House · Z-Vibe Heritage Collection™
The full Bogolan Heritage Collection spec board: black tee with a Bogolan shoulder field and framed Z pocket, shot front, side, back and lifestyle with the complete colourway range. Campaign design plate. Wash cool inside out, tumble low and press on the reverse so the Bogolan work keeps its depth. Registered from the approved campaign plate. Where side, back and detail views are not separately shot, the board opens as a single full-length plate rather than a 360 set.
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Commission the film →The full Bogolan Heritage Collection spec board: black tee with a Bogolan shoulder field and framed Z pocket, shot front, side, back and lifestyle with the complete colourway range. Campaign design plate. Wash cool inside out, tumble low and press on the reverse so the Bogolan work keeps its depth. Registered from the approved campaign plate. Where side, back and detail views are not separately shot, the board opens as a single full-length plate rather than a 360 set.
Made up in Premium cotton jersey, authentic Bogolan mudcloth-inspired patterns, Z button detail, framed chest pocket, contrast sleeve trim, reinforced neckline, woven Z-VIBE tag.
Registered in 10 colourways: Onyx, Sandstone, Deep Olive, Cobalt, Terracotta, Cream, Charcoal, Ochre, Plum, White.
Sized XS–3XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Heritage Collection Tees™ as Men t-shirts, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Heritage Collection™ line.
Rooted in Heritage. Made for Tomorrow.
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10 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-HERITAGE-COLLECTION-TEES-HERITAGE-COLLECTION-TEE
Mudcloth in clay & bone — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Woven tape belt cut from the same run as the garment trim.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in clay & bone, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
clay & bone
ZB-KERE-CLA-246
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 premium cotton jersey.
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.
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 · 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™ Tee Cut (ZG-8808) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 mm drop, laced in round braided Bogolan cord over a waxed core, 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 Premium cotton jersey with authentic Bogolan mudcloth-inspired patterns, Z button detail, framed chest pocket, contrast sleeve trim, reinforced neckline, woven Z-VIBE tag. 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.
Thrive in motion.
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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