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Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 7 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: signature band.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
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House · Z-VIBE HERITAGE ACCESSORIES™
Black felt wide-brim hat banded in a narrow woven Bogolan mudcloth strip and pinned with a tiny gold Z. Structured crown, shaped brim. Care: brush with the nap, store crown-down.
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Visual experience—color and fit may vary.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Heritage Brim Hat yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Black felt wide-brim hat banded in a narrow woven Bogolan mudcloth strip and pinned with a tiny gold Z. Structured crown, shaped brim. Care: brush with the nap, store crown-down.
Made up in Wool felt, woven Bogolan mudcloth band, miniature gold-tone Z pin.
Registered in 3 colourways: Midnight Black, Charcoal, Cocoa Brown.
Sized S–XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Heritage Accessories™ as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-VIBE HERITAGE ACCESSORIES™ line.
Silhouette first, mark second.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-HERITAGE-ACCESSORIES-HERITAGE-BRIM-HAT
Mudcloth in sand & charcoal — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Matching zip pouch cut from the same panel.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in sand & charcoal, worked into the signature band.
sand & charcoal
ZB-KANA-SAN-113
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. 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 wool felt.
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: signature band. 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 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.
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™ Hat Cut (ZG-7727) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring, 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 captureComplete
All 7 angles were shot as distinct photographs.
Measure a garment you already wear flat and compare — house pieces are listed as body measurements, not garment measurements.
On this piece: brush with the nap, store crown-down.
Cut in Wool felt with woven Bogolan mudcloth band, miniature gold-tone Z pin. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Circular gold Z medallion at the closure, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Momentum, tailored.
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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