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Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
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House · Z-VIBE LINEN HERITAGE SHIRTS™
Rust linen shirt with a narrow vertical Bogolan mudcloth strip running the left front from shoulder to hem, shadowed in tonal embroidery. Fit: modern slim, straight hem. Care: cool wash, line dry, warm iron on the reverse.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
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Commission the film →Rust linen shirt with a narrow vertical Bogolan mudcloth strip running the left front from shoulder to hem, shadowed in tonal embroidery. Fit: modern slim, straight hem. Care: cool wash, line dry, warm iron on the reverse.
Made up in Rust premium linen, left-front Bogolan mudcloth strip, tonal embroidery shadow.
Registered in 5 colourways: Rust Clay, Terracotta, Coffee Brown, Chalk Ivory, Charcoal Ash.
Sized XS–3XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Linen Heritage Shirts™ as Men shirts, carried on the House · Z-VIBE LINEN HERITAGE SHIRTS™ line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-LINEN-HERITAGE-SHIRTS-RUST-VERTICAL-STRIP-SHIRT
Mudcloth in indigo & ivory — 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
Kere mudcloth in indigo & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
indigo & ivory
ZB-KERE-IND-866
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 rust premium linen.
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 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™ Shirt Cut (ZG-1358) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 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.
| Size | Chest | Waist | Body length |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 86–91 cm / 34–36 in | 71–76 cm / 28–30 in | 70 cm / 27.5 in |
| S | 92–97 cm / 36–38 in | 77–82 cm / 30–32 in | 72 cm / 28.3 in |
| M | 98–104 cm / 38.5–41 in | 83–89 cm / 32.5–35 in | 74 cm / 29.1 in |
| L | 105–112 cm / 41.5–44 in | 90–97 cm / 35.5–38 in | 76 cm / 29.9 in |
| XL | 113–120 cm / 44.5–47 in | 98–106 cm / 38.5–41.5 in | 78 cm / 30.7 in |
| 2XL | 121–129 cm / 47.5–51 in | 107–115 cm / 42–45 in | 80 cm / 31.5 in |
| 3XL | 130–138 cm / 51–54 in | 116–124 cm / 45.5–49 in | 82 cm / 32.3 in |
| 4XL | 139–147 cm / 54.5–58 in | 125–133 cm / 49–52 in | 84 cm / 33.1 in |
Measure a garment you already wear flat and compare — house pieces are listed as body measurements, not garment measurements.
On this piece: cool wash, line dry, warm iron on the reverse.
Cut in Rust premium linen with left-front Bogolan mudcloth strip, tonal embroidery shadow. 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.
Victory in the details.
In 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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