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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
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House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier
Woven Bogolan mudcloth webbing belt on obsidian waxed cotton, closed by a solid cast aged-gold Z buckle with a keeper loop and adjustable back slide.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
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Commission the film →Woven Bogolan mudcloth webbing belt on obsidian waxed cotton, closed by a solid cast aged-gold Z buckle with a keeper loop and adjustable back slide.
Made up in Obsidian waxed cotton webbing, hand-woven Bogolan mudcloth face band, solid cast aged-gold Z buckle, antique-brass back slide.
Registered in 3 colourways: Obsidian / Ivory, Espresso / Ivory, Deep Emerald / Gold.
Sized 75 cm–105 cm across the run.
Filed under Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier™ · Accessories as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier line.
Built for wild hearts and wanderers.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-OILSKIN-ATELIER-ACCESSORIES-OBSIDIAN-TRAIL-BELT
Mudcloth in white & brown — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Matching zip pouch cut from the same panel.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in white & brown, worked into the signature band.
white & brown
ZB-KERE-WHI-284
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. 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 obsidian waxed cotton webbing.
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: 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™ Belt Cut (ZG-9897) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, longitudinal rail flutes with a scalloped braking heel, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 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.
Cut in Obsidian waxed cotton webbing with hand-woven Bogolan mudcloth face band, solid cast aged-gold Z buckle, antique-brass back slide. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Circular gold Z medallion at the closure, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Radiance, finished by hand.
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 · 2 of 8 complete
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