Winter Warmth Collection — thermal tees, cold-climate Bogolan.
Studio board photographed on our house fit model — front, back, fabric detail, interior detail and hang-tag detail are all visible on the board. Porcelain-white turtleneck long-sleeve pullover with a flowing Bogolan crescent across the yoke, asymmetric zipper detail and metallic accent thread tracing the curve. Delivered untitled on its board ("Modern Warmth" series, 02/30); the house files it as the Arctic Crescent Pullover. Cold gentle cycle, air dry in shade; Bogolan band deepens in tone with wear.
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Seven views
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Commission the film →Studio board photographed on our house fit model — front, back, fabric detail, interior detail and hang-tag detail are all visible on the board. Porcelain-white turtleneck long-sleeve pullover with a flowing Bogolan crescent across the yoke, asymmetric zipper detail and metallic accent thread tracing the curve. Delivered untitled on its board ("Modern Warmth" series, 02/30); the house files it as the Arctic Crescent Pullover. Cold gentle cycle, air dry in shade; Bogolan band deepens in tone with wear.
Made up in Porcelain-white knit with a Bogolan crescent yoke, asymmetric zipper detail and metallic accent thread.
Registered in 5 colourways: Porcelain White (Board), Onyx Black, Midnight Navy, Copper Ember, Sage Green.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Arctic Tee Atelier™ I as Women suits, carried on the Winter Warmth Collection — thermal tees, cold-climate Bogolan. line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-ARCTIC-TEE-I-Z-VIBE-ARCTIC-CRESCENT-PULLOVER
Mudcloth in ivory & black — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Folded square echoing the placket tape.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in ivory & black, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
ivory & black
ZB-KANA-IVO-445
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 porcelain-white knit with a bogolan crescent yoke.
The tape carries twin arms above a bar, repeated along the tape. In the Bamana reading, Kanaga is the sign of the crossing — passage between worlds, carried by travellers. 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 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 · 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™ Pullover Cut (ZG-2080) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, raked sawtooth blades set on a 12° forward rake, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 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 passNot yet run
No refinement output released yet — this page reads the approved board unretouched.
Seven-view studio captureNot yet run
No angle has been shot yet; all 7 views read the design board.
Cut in Porcelain-white knit with a Bogolan crescent yoke with asymmetric zipper detail and metallic accent thread. 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 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.
Courage, cut clean.
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.
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