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. White thermal long-sleeve tee with a rust-ember Bogolan band across the high collar and asymmetric shoulder, flowing embroidery lines tracing the Bogolan. Plate 03/50. The house delivered two boards for this style; the open-interior view is filed alongside. Cold gentle cycle, air dry in shade; Bogolan band deepens in tone with wear.
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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. White thermal long-sleeve tee with a rust-ember Bogolan band across the high collar and asymmetric shoulder, flowing embroidery lines tracing the Bogolan. Plate 03/50. The house delivered two boards for this style; the open-interior view is filed alongside. Cold gentle cycle, air dry in shade; Bogolan band deepens in tone with wear.
Made up in Ivory-white thermal knit with rust-ember Bogolan high-collar and asymmetric shoulder band, embroidery tracing.
Registered in 5 colourways: Ivory White (Board), Onyx Black, Copper Ember, Sage Green, Indigo Night.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Arctic Tee Atelier™ I as Women t-shirts, carried on the Winter Warmth Collection — thermal tees, cold-climate Bogolan. line.
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SKU ZV-WOMEN-ARCTIC-TEE-I-Z-VIBE-EMBER-SHIELD-TEE
Mudcloth in clay & bone — 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 clay & bone, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
clay & bone
ZB-SIRA-CLA-580
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 ivory-white thermal knit with rust-ember bogolan high-collar and asymmetric shoulder band.
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 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™ Tee Cut (ZG-2510) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, 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 Ivory-white thermal knit with rust-ember Bogolan high-collar and asymmetric shoulder band with embroidery tracing. 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.
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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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