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Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
11 colourway(s) registered.
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House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Girls
Onyx boubou with a gold sash and mudcloth shoulder facing. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
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Commission the film →Onyx boubou with a gold sash and mudcloth shoulder facing. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
Made up in Onyx crepe, Bogolan mudcloth shoulder facing.
Registered in a single colourway, Onyx Gold.
Sized XS–XL across the run.
Filed under Girls · Z-Vibe Modern Elegance™ as Girls suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Girls line.
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11 colourways
SKU ZV-GIRLS-FASHION-BOARDS-III-GOLD-SASH-BOUBOU
Mudcloth in emerald & ivory — 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
Bamana star mudcloth in emerald & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
emerald & ivory
ZB-BAMA-EME-281
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — 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 onyx crepe.
The tape carries eight-point stars set in a measured grid. In the Bamana reading, Bamana star is orientation after dark — guidance and clear intent. 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: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket. 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 cut on the straight grain, mitred at the corners and felled by hand so no raw edge is left inside. 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™ Boubou Cut (ZG-5826) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 mm drop, laced in heavy Bogolan rope lace, brass-crimped tips, 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 Onyx crepe with Bogolan mudcloth shoulder facing. Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 crop neck band, left cuff, front placket \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z-signature buttons 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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