House · Z-VIBE LINEN EMBROIDERY MAISON™
Sand linen-jersey polo with a two-button placket edged in cream whipstitch and a mudcloth tile beneath. Fit: tailored polo, ribbed sleeve edge. Care: cool gentle wash, line dry in shade, warm iron on the reverse, never bleach the mudcloth.
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Commission the film →Sand linen-jersey polo with a two-button placket edged in cream whipstitch and a mudcloth tile beneath. Fit: tailored polo, ribbed sleeve edge. Care: cool gentle wash, line dry in shade, warm iron on the reverse, never bleach the mudcloth.
Made up in Sand linen jersey, cream whipstitch placket, Bogolan mudcloth tile, corozo buttons.
Registered in 4 colourways: Desert Sand, Chalk Ivory, Sage, Onyx Black.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Linen Embroidery Maison™ — Tees & Knits as Men t-shirts, carried on the House · Z-VIBE LINEN EMBROIDERY MAISON™ line.
A placket worth reading.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MENS-LINEN-EMBROIDERY-TEES-SAND-WHIPSTITCH-POLO
Mudcloth in plum & cream — 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
Sirablen mudcloth in plum & cream, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
plum & cream
ZB-SIRA-PLU-071
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — 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 sand linen jersey.
The tape carries a broken line stepping across the ground cloth. In the Bamana reading, Sirablen is the road home — steadiness on a long journey. 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 · 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™ Polo Cut (ZG-1212) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 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 Sand linen jersey with cream whipstitch placket, Bogolan mudcloth tile, corozo buttons. Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
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.
Elevate every entrance.
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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