House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™
Black leather sling bag with a Bogolan mudcloth strap panel and gunmetal-gold hardware. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
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No film cut for Onyx Crossbody Sling yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Black leather sling bag with a Bogolan mudcloth strap panel and gunmetal-gold hardware. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
Made up in Black leather, Bogolan mudcloth strap panel, gunmetal and gold hardware.
Registered in 4 colourways: Onyx Black, Charcoal, Chocolate, Navy.
Sized One size–One size across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Leather Accessories™ as Men accessories, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™ line.
Light carry, full signature.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-LEATHER-ACCESSORIES-ONYX-CROSSBODY-SLING
Mudcloth in plum & cream — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Matching zip pouch cut from the same panel.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in plum & cream, worked into the signature band.
plum & cream
ZB-NTOM-PLU-390
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. 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 black leather.
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: 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 cut on the straight grain, mitred at the corners and felled by hand so no raw edge is left inside. 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™ Sling Cut (ZG-1204) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, raked sawtooth blades set on a 12° forward rake, 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 Black leather with Bogolan mudcloth strap panel, gunmetal and gold hardware. 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.
Courage, cut clean.
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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