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Midnight Royal

Bold black maternity boubou with a full-length mudcloth centre panel. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.

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  • Midnight Royal — Women, 01 Front (view 1 of 7). Straight-on front: collar or lapel line, closure and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.01 Front
    Straight-on front: collar or lapel line, closure and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 02 Left (view 2 of 7). Left profile: shoulder line, sleeve fall and the outer seam trim.02 Left
    Left profile: shoulder line, sleeve fall and the outer seam trim.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 03 Right (view 3 of 7). Right profile: waist shaping, pocket line and the house Z mark.03 Right
    Right profile: waist shaping, pocket line and the house Z mark.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 04 Back (view 4 of 7). Back view: yoke, centre seam and the hem finish.04 Back
    Back view: yoke, centre seam and the hem finish.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 05 Interior (view 5 of 7). Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.05 Interior
    Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 06 Inner tags (view 6 of 7). Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.06 Inner tags
    Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.
  • Midnight Royal — Women, 07 Fabric detail (view 7 of 7). Fabric detail: close study of the cloth, hand-printed mudcloth motif and stitching.07 Fabric detail
    Fabric detail: close study of the cloth, hand-printed mudcloth motif and stitching.

Midnight Royal — the seven studio views

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Slim-cut notes

Trouser
Every style in the register is worn with the very slim tapered trouser with a hairline Bogolan mudcloth seam stripe.
Full description

Bold black maternity boubou with a full-length mudcloth centre panel. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.

Made up in Soft bazin, Bogolan mudcloth centre panel.

Registered in a single colourway, Onyx Black.

Sized XS–XL across the run.

Filed under Maternity · Z-Vibe Boubou Comfort™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Maternity line.

Fabric
Soft bazin, Bogolan mudcloth centre panel
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

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Color

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11 colourways

SKU ZV-MATERNITY-BOUBOU-COMFORT-MIDNIGHT-ROYAL

Materials
Soft bazin
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
S · M · L · XL
Availability
Provided by seller
Fulfilment
Provided by seller

Sizes

Bogolan detailing

ZB-MOSS-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in moss & ochrelight tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

Matching cloth & accessory

Woven tape belt cut from the same run as the garment trim.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Kere mudcloth in moss & ochre, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.

moss & ochre

ZB-KERE-MOS-811

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

The cloth

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 soft bazin.

The motif — Kere

The tape carries tight lattice with hand-dotted corners. In the Bamana reading, Kere is the fence weave — protection of what has been built. 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.

Why it sits where it sits

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.

The hand-work

Each length is bias-cut for the curved runs, hand-basted before the topstitch so the motif never breaks at a seam. 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.

Global Heritage Fusion™

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.

Refinement provenance

Z-Studio refined · 1/7 views shot

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete

    Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Royal Cut (ZG-6218) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

The Story Behind the Design

Cut in Soft bazin with Bogolan mudcloth centre panel. 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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House treatment

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Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
fine knit jersey
Bogolan signature
artisanal hand-painted Bogolan mudcloth on handwoven cotton strip cloth, diamond lattice geometry, worked into the collar edge and under-collar, front placket, hem tape, with inner waistband tape.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, moss & ochre
Mudcloth placement
  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket
Z hardware
Z-signature buttons — discreet, functional, never a chest logo.
Fit
Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
Editorial
Worn by our Asian house model, back turn over the shoulder.

In 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

  • Seven approved image views (01 Front, 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail)1 of 7 angles shot. The rest are read from the design board.
  • Approved primary assetDesign board in use — reference only, awaiting owner approval.
  • Product name and descriptionName and description written.
  • SKU and variant / colour mappingNo registered SKU for this piece yet.
  • Approved retail priceNo approved price — nothing is displayed.
  • Real inventoryNo connected stock feed — quantities are not shown.
  • Fulfilment and return policyFulfilment and returns not attached yet.
  • Owner approval to publishAwaiting explicit owner release.
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