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Board art present
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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 EMBROIDERY MAISON™
Navy linen shirt with tonal grid embroidery across the body and an ivory mudcloth motif tile set near the hem. Fit: modern, easy. Care: cool gentle wash, line dry in shade, warm iron on the reverse, never bleach the mudcloth.
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Seven views
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Commission the film →Navy linen shirt with tonal grid embroidery across the body and an ivory mudcloth motif tile set near the hem. Fit: modern, easy. Care: cool gentle wash, line dry in shade, warm iron on the reverse, never bleach the mudcloth.
Made up in Navy premium linen, tonal grid embroidery, ivory Bogolan mudcloth hem tile, navy buttons.
Registered in 3 colourways: Midnight Navy, Slate Grey, Onyx Black.
Sized S–3XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Linen Embroidery Maison™ — Shirts as Men shirts, carried on the House · Z-VIBE LINEN EMBROIDERY MAISON™ line.
A quiet grid, broken once.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MENS-LINEN-EMBROIDERY-SHIRTS-NAVY-GRID-LINEN-SHIRT
Mudcloth in sapphire & chalk — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Folded square echoing the placket tape.
Story behind the design
Fila-ni mudcloth in sapphire & chalk, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
sapphire & chalk
ZB-FILA-SAP-362
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 navy premium linen.
The tape carries paired diagonals folding into one another. In the Bamana reading, Fila-ni is two paths that meet — the House reading of Different Roots, One Human Story. 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 · 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™ Shirt Cut (ZG-7188) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, 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 Navy premium linen with tonal grid embroidery, ivory Bogolan mudcloth hem tile, navy buttons. 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.
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 · 1 of 8 complete
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