Explorer Heritage Slide · Boys · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: signature band.
Colourways
3 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
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House · Z-Vibe Luxury Slippers™
Navy leather slide with a Bogolan mudcloth inlay band, contoured cushioned footbed and a flexible anti-slip sole. Tiny gold Z at the strap. Care: wipe the upper with a soft dry cloth, condition the leather twice a year with a neutral balm, brush hair-on-hide with the grain, never machine wash, air dry away from direct heat, store in the house dust bag.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Explorer Heritage Slide · Boys yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Navy leather slide with a Bogolan mudcloth inlay band, contoured cushioned footbed and a flexible anti-slip sole. Tiny gold Z at the strap. Care: wipe the upper with a soft dry cloth, condition the leather twice a year with a neutral balm, brush hair-on-hide with the grain, never machine wash, air dry away from direct heat, store in the house dust bag.
Made up in Navy leather strap, Bogolan mudcloth inlay band, contoured cushioned footbed, flexible anti-slip sole, gold Z hardware.
Registered in 3 colourways: Navy / Ivory Bogolan, Onyx / Chalk Bogolan, Olive / Clay Bogolan.
Sized EU 28–EU 35 across the run.
Filed under Boys & Baby · Z-Vibe Slippers™ as Boys footwear, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Luxury Slippers™ line.
Built for the running years.
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3 colourways
SKU ZV-BOYS-LUXURY-SLIPPERS-EXPLORER-HERITAGE-SLIDE-BOYS
Mudcloth in cream & indigo — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Tape wrapping the heel counter seam.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in cream & indigo, worked into the signature band.
cream & indigo
ZB-NTOM-CRE-826
Bogolanfini begins as cotton mudcloth backed with a fine leather skiver so it can take a lace and a lasting pull. It is dyed with a wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets navy leather strap.
The tape carries fanned chevrons opening from a spine. In the Bamana reading, Ntomi is the shade tree — gathering, welcome, shelter for others. Z-Vibe keeps the motif at heritage scale rather than shrinking it into a logo pattern, so the hand of the maker stays legible on the finished shoe.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: signature band. These are the lines the eye already follows on this silhouette, so the cloth reads as structure — an edge, a facing, a seam — and holds its meaning at three metres and at arm's length alike.
Each length is block-matched panel to panel — the atelier discards any length where the repeat cannot be aligned. Tape width and motif repeat are cut to the size band, so a petite run and an extended run carry the same proportion rather than the same measurement.
African heritage, global luxury, future design: the mudcloth is set against European finishing and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark. Nothing is erased on either side — the meeting is the design. Different Roots. One Human Story.
Care · Cold hand-wash or specialist clean only. Mud dye deepens with age; never bleach, and dry flat away from direct sun.
Each step below reflects work that actually exists for this piece. Refinement is a design process — it does not imply the piece is production-released.
Owner-approved design board intakeComplete
The signed design board was registered as the source of truth; silhouette, Bogolan placement and hardware were locked from it.
Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete
Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Boys Cut (ZG-6971) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop, laced in flat woven Bogolan mudcloth tape, aged-gold aglets, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Tread, last and stack height were made unique to the shoe rather than shared across the register.
Bogolan signature verificationComplete
Mudcloth was confirmed as a construction detail (laces, panel, tongue or heel band) and not surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark was placed.
Z-Studio 4K refinement passComplete
Studio refinement rebuilt the shoe at 4K: cleaner last geometry, corrected proportions and true material rendering on the released angles.
Seven-view studio captureIn progress
1 of 7 angles are distinct photographs; 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail still read the design board.
Cut in Navy leather strap with Bogolan mudcloth inlay band, contoured cushioned footbed, flexible anti-slip sole, gold Z hardware. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Z zip pull at the heel counter and a micro-Z at the tongue, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Momentum, tailored.
Bogolan SignatureIn development
Reference study · not yet for sale
This piece is documented from an atelier design board. It is shown for reference only while the house completes its photography, sizing and release. Purchase, pricing and availability appear here once the owner approves the finished piece.
Readiness · 2 of 8 complete
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