Navy Crest Blazer · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
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Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
Colourways
11 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
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House · Z-VIBE LINEN EMBROIDERY MAISON™
Midnight navy linen blazer with a gold-thread breast crest and a mudcloth tile pinned at the lapel. Fit: structured shoulder, two-button. Care: dry clean only, steam to refresh, store on a broad wooden hanger.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Navy Crest Blazer yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Midnight navy linen blazer with a gold-thread breast crest and a mudcloth tile pinned at the lapel. Fit: structured shoulder, two-button. Care: dry clean only, steam to refresh, store on a broad wooden hanger.
Made up in Midnight navy linen, gold-thread hand-look crest, Bogolan mudcloth lapel tile, dark horn buttons.
Registered in 3 colourways: Midnight Navy, Onyx Black, Espresso.
Sized 46–56 across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Linen Embroidery Maison™ — Blazers & Jackets as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-VIBE LINEN EMBROIDERY MAISON™ line.
A crest earned, not printed.
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11 colourways
SKU ZV-MENS-LINEN-EMBROIDERY-BLAZERS-NAVY-CREST-BLAZER
Mudcloth in plum & cream — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Cut to sit inside the collar facing.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in plum & cream, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
plum & cream
ZB-KERE-PLU-735
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — 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 midnight navy 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: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back. 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 · 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™ Blazer Cut (ZG-2016) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 mm drop, laced in heavy Bogolan rope lace, brass-crimped tips, 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 Midnight navy linen with gold-thread hand-look crest, Bogolan mudcloth lapel tile, dark horn buttons. Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back \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.
Empowered by design.
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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