Terracotta Trail Jacket · 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: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
Colourways
1 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
Released for commerce
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House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier™
Hooded terracotta trail jacket with a full Bogolan-print lining, Bogolan cuff turnbacks and a gold Z zip pull. Reference design board. Wipe waxed cloth clean, re-wax at the seams once a season, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.
Choose how you inspect it.
Visual experience—color and fit may vary.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Terracotta Trail Jacket yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Hooded terracotta trail jacket with a full Bogolan-print lining, Bogolan cuff turnbacks and a gold Z zip pull. Reference design board. Wipe waxed cloth clean, re-wax at the seams once a season, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.
Made up in Water-repellent terracotta cotton twill, full Bogolan-print lining, Bogolan cuff turnbacks, gold Z zip pull.
Registered in a single colourway, Terracotta.
Sized 3/4–13/14 across the run.
Filed under Girls · Z-Vibe Oilskin Studio Boards™ as Girls suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier™ line.
Wear the Vibe. Lead the Future.
Mudcloth in teal & sand — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Sirablen mudcloth in teal & sand, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
teal & sand
ZB-SIRA-TEA-944
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. 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 water-repellent terracotta cotton twill.
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 piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back. 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™ Jacket Cut (ZG-5472) 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 narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, 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 Water-repellent terracotta cotton twill with full Bogolan-print lining, Bogolan cuff turnbacks, gold Z zip pull. Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z zipper pull 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.
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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