First Step Bootie Slipper · Baby · 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
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House · Z-Vibe Luxury Slippers™
Ivory soft-leather bootie slipper with a narrow Bogolan mudcloth ankle band, wide covered elastic cuff, plush cotton lining and a suede non-slip sole. No small detachable parts. Care: baby-safe wipe-clean upper, sponge with lukewarm water and mild soap, air dry flat, no bleach, no tumble dry. No small detachable decorative parts.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for First Step Bootie Slipper · Baby yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Ivory soft-leather bootie slipper with a narrow Bogolan mudcloth ankle band, wide covered elastic cuff, plush cotton lining and a suede non-slip sole. No small detachable parts. Care: baby-safe wipe-clean upper, sponge with lukewarm water and mild soap, air dry flat, no bleach, no tumble dry. No small detachable decorative parts.
Made up in Ivory soft leather upper, Bogolan mudcloth ankle band, covered elastic cuff, plush cotton lining, suede non-slip sole, embossed gold Z.
Registered in 3 colourways: Ivory / Brown Bogolan, Sage / Clay Bogolan, Sand / Indigo Bogolan.
Sized EU 18–EU 23 across the run.
Filed under Boys & Baby · Z-Vibe Slippers™ as Boys footwear, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Luxury Slippers™ line.
The first pair of the house.
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3 colourways
SKU ZV-BOYS-LUXURY-SLIPPERS-FIRST-STEP-BOOTIE-SLIPPER-BABY
Mudcloth in teal & sand — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth tab stitched at the tongue centre.
Story behind the design
Sirablen mudcloth in teal & sand, worked into the signature band.
teal & sand
ZB-SIRA-TEA-047
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 n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — 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 ivory soft leather upper.
The tape carries a broken line stepping across the ground cloth. In the Bamana reading, Sirablen is the road home — steadiness on a long journey. 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 hand-turned and pick-stitched in silk thread, then pressed over a ham so the tape sits flat, not glued. 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 · Spot-clean the mudcloth with cool water and a soft cloth. Dry-clean the body of the piece; the tape is colour-set but not bleach-safe.
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™ Baby Cut (ZG-9548) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, split-diamond Z lugs stepped in three depths, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 mm drop. 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 Ivory soft leather upper with Bogolan mudcloth ankle band, covered elastic cuff, plush cotton lining, suede non-slip sole, embossed gold Z. Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z-signature buttons 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.
Rise into the room.
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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