House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Girls
Wrap gown with a mudcloth tie belt and cuff rule. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
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Commission the film →Wrap gown with a mudcloth tie belt and cuff rule. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
Made up in Silk crepe, Bogolan mudcloth tie belt.
Registered in 2 colourways: Cocoa, Sand.
Sized XS–XL across the run.
Filed under Girls · Z-Vibe Couture Heritage IV™ as Girls dresses, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Girls line.
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SKU ZV-GIRLS-COUTURE-BOARDS-IV-EFUA-WRAP-GOWN
Mudcloth in teal & sand — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Hand-rolled edges, motif matched to the collar facing.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in teal & sand, worked into the neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape.
teal & sand
ZB-KANA-TEA-899
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a n'tjankara leaf mordant followed by a slow black-mud pass — 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 silk crepe.
The tape carries twin arms above a bar, repeated along the tape. In the Bamana reading, Kanaga is the sign of the crossing — passage between worlds, carried by travellers. 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 piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape. 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 · Air the piece after wear and store folded with the tape inside. Steam from the reverse — a hot iron directly on the mudcloth flattens the weave.
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™ Gown Cut (ZG-5226) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance, narrow blade last drawn long through the waist, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 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 Silk crepe with Bogolan mudcloth tie belt. Bias-shaped through the waist, fluid fall, refined coverage.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Discreet Z at the cuff, waist or closure — never a chest logo, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
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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 · 1 of 8 complete
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