House · Men's Bogolan Shirt Atelier
Cobalt short-sleeve linen shirt with twin vertical Bogolan relay bands running from shoulder to chest, a gold quarter-zip mandarin stand and Bogolan sleeve cuffs. Hand wash cold or wash cool inside out, hang dry, warm iron on the reverse so the linen keeps its hand and the Bogolan work keeps its depth. Registered from the approved design board, which carries the front, back, lateral left, lateral right, collar, Bogolan macro and interior label crops inside one composite sheet. It opens as the full design board rather than an interactive 360 set.
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Commission the film →Cobalt short-sleeve linen shirt with twin vertical Bogolan relay bands running from shoulder to chest, a gold quarter-zip mandarin stand and Bogolan sleeve cuffs. Hand wash cold or wash cool inside out, hang dry, warm iron on the reverse so the linen keeps its hand and the Bogolan work keeps its depth. Registered from the approved design board, which carries the front, back, lateral left, lateral right, collar, Bogolan macro and interior label crops inside one composite sheet. It opens as the full design board rather than an interactive 360 set.
Made up in Cobalt premium linen, gold-on-black Mali Bogolan relay bands, sleeve cuff bands and interior collar facing, gold-tone quarter zip, mandarin stand, curved hem.
Registered in 5 colourways: Cobalt / Gold, Porcelain / Indigo, Oxblood / Cream, Obsidian / Clay, Forest / Ivory.
Sized XS–3XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Atelier Shirts™ XIV as Men shirts, carried on the House · Men's Bogolan Shirt Atelier line.
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SKU ZV-MEN-ATELIER-SHIRTS-XIV-Z-VIBE-ROYAL-RELAY-SHIRT
Mudcloth in sand & charcoal — 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
Ntomi mudcloth in sand & charcoal, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
sand & charcoal
ZB-NTOM-SAN-103
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 cobalt premium linen.
The tape carries fanned chevrons opening from a spine. In the Bamana reading, Ntomi is the shade tree — gathering, welcome, shelter for others. 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 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 · 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™ Shirt Cut (ZG-3467) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, 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 Cobalt premium linen with gold-on-black Mali Bogolan relay bands, sleeve cuff bands and interior collar facing, gold-tone quarter zip, mandarin stand, curved hem. Stay-put ergonomic panels, high-rise support, breathable zones, functional pockets.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 crop neck band, left cuff, front placket \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.
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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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