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Board art present
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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
12 colourway(s) registered.
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House · Z-Vibe Season Atelier™ · Girls
Autumn. Mid-cut high-top with a mudcloth collar panel. Laced with hand-loomed Bogolan mudcloth tape and gold diamond Z aglets, set on a Z-Sole™ engineered chassis: lattice-printed midsole, energy-return core and a sculpted grip outsole. Child-safe by construction: no neck cords, fixed hardware only, rounded trims. Wash cool, dry flat, keep the mudcloth trim away from bleach.
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Commission the film →Autumn. Mid-cut high-top with a mudcloth collar panel. Laced with hand-loomed Bogolan mudcloth tape and gold diamond Z aglets, set on a Z-Sole™ engineered chassis: lattice-printed midsole, energy-return core and a sculpted grip outsole. Child-safe by construction: no neck cords, fixed hardware only, rounded trims. Wash cool, dry flat, keep the mudcloth trim away from bleach.
Made up in Ecru canvas upper, Bogolan mudcloth collar panel and laces, Z-Sole™ lattice midsole.
Registered in 4 colourways: Ecru, Onyx Black, Sand, Deep Teal.
Sized 28–37 across the run.
Filed under Girls · Z-Vibe Footwear Atelier™ as Girls suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Season Atelier™ · Girls line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-GIRLS-FOOTWEAR-HIGH-TOP-HERITAGE
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 crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
teal & sand
ZB-KANA-TEA-486
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 ecru canvas upper.
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: 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 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™ Heritage Cut (ZG-3480) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 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 Ecru canvas upper with Bogolan mudcloth collar panel and laces, Z-Sole™ lattice midsole. Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.
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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