Cognac Heritage Bomber · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: signature band.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
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House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™
Cognac leather bomber with a Bogolan mudcloth collar band, tonal sleeve embroidery and gold zip. 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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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
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Commission the film →Cognac leather bomber with a Bogolan mudcloth collar band, tonal sleeve embroidery and gold zip. 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 Cognac calf leather, Bogolan mudcloth collar band, sleeve embroidery, gold zip.
Registered in 4 colourways: Cognac, Chocolate, Olive, Onyx Black.
Sized XS–4XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Leather Jackets™ as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™ line.
Flight lines, house band.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-LEATHER-JACKETS-COGNAC-HERITAGE-BOMBER
Mudcloth in brown & cream — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in brown & cream, worked into the signature band.
brown & cream
ZB-KANA-BRO-394
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 cognac calf leather.
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 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 · 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™ Bomber Cut (ZG-7034) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in flat woven Bogolan mudcloth tape, 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 Cognac calf leather with Bogolan mudcloth collar band, sleeve embroidery, gold zip. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \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.
Legacy you can wear.
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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