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Copper Loop High-Top

Embossed copper leather high-top with a tooled Bogolan field, obsidian panels and woven heritage laces. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.

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  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 01 Front (view 1 of 7). Straight-on front: toe shape, lace path and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.01 Front
    Straight-on front: toe shape, lace path and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 02 Left (view 2 of 7). Left profile: sole stack height, midsole line and the medial side panel.02 Left
    Left profile: sole stack height, midsole line and the medial side panel.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 03 Right (view 3 of 7). Right profile: outer quarter panel, heel counter and the house diamond mark.03 Right
    Right profile: outer quarter panel, heel counter and the house diamond mark.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 04 Back (view 4 of 7). Back view: heel tab, counter stitching and the rear pull loop.04 Back
    Back view: heel tab, counter stitching and the rear pull loop.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 05 Interior (view 5 of 7). Interior: footbed, lining texture and the padded collar.05 Interior
    Interior: footbed, lining texture and the padded collar.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 06 Inner tags (view 6 of 7). Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.06 Inner tags
    Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.
  • Copper Loop High-Top — Women, 07 Fabric detail (view 7 of 7). Fabric detail: close study of the material, lace weave and hand-painted motif.07 Fabric detail
    Fabric detail: close study of the material, lace weave and hand-painted motif.

Copper Loop High-Top — the seven studio views

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Z-Sole Architecture™

Z-Grip™ High-Top Cutunit ZG-4422

Cut for this style alone — no other shoe in the house carries this sole.

Chassis
Z-Grip™ lugged rubber — deep wet-weather bite on stone and trail
Tread cut
chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance
Last
sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring
Stack
30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop
Laces
narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper
Side signature
Diamond Z medallion, aged gold, set into the lateral wall. Z-VIBE wordmark, tonal debossed, along the medial wall.

Reference specification for design review — not a manufacturing document.

House notes

Full description

Embossed copper leather high-top with a tooled Bogolan field, obsidian panels and woven heritage laces. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.

Made up in Embossed metallic copper leather, Bogolan-tooled panels, woven heritage laces, Z-Sole™ chassis.

Registered in 2 colourways: Copper, Obsidian.

Sized 7–13 across the run.

Filed under Women · Copper Loop High-Top™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear Atelier™ · Women line.

Fabric
Embossed metallic copper leather, Bogolan-tooled panels, woven heritage laces, Z-Sole™ chassis
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

Momentum, tailored.

Color

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11 colourways

SKU ZV-WOMEN-COPPER-LOOP-HIGH-TOP-COPPER-LOOP-HIGH-TOP

Materials
Embossed metallic copper leather
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Availability
Provided by seller
Fulfilment
Provided by seller

Sizes

Bogolan detailing

ZB-BROW-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in brown & cream — light tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

Matching cloth & accessory

Flat woven mudcloth laces with gold Z aglets.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Sirablen mudcloth in brown & cream, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.

brown & cream

ZB-SIRA-BRO-600

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

The cloth

Bogolanfini begins as cotton mudcloth backed with a fine leather skiver so it can take a lace and a lasting pull. It is dyed with a n'tjankara leaf mordant followed by a slow black-mud pass — 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 embossed metallic copper leather.

The motif — Sirablen

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 shoe.

Why it sits where it sits

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.

The hand-work

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.

Global Heritage Fusion™

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.

Refinement provenance

Z-Studio refined · 1/7 views shot

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete

    Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ High-Top Cut (ZG-5916) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

The Story Behind the Design

Cut in Embossed metallic copper leather with Bogolan-tooled panels, woven heritage laces, Z-Sole™ chassis. 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 Z zip pull at the heel counter and a micro-Z at the tongue, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.

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House treatment

Momentum, tailored.

Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
matte silk-blend twill
Bogolan signature
hand-blocked woven cotton Bogolan mudcloth, matte and tactile, cross-hatch field geometry, worked into the collar edge and under-collar, front placket, hem tape, with inner waistband tape.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, brown & cream
Mudcloth placement
  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket
Z hardware
Z-signature buttons — discreet, functional, never a chest logo.
Fit
Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.
Editorial
Worn by our White house model, profile, chin lifted.

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

  • Seven approved image views (01 Front, 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail)1 of 7 angles shot. The rest are read from the design board.
  • Approved primary assetDesign board in use — reference only, awaiting owner approval.
  • Product name and descriptionName and description written.
  • SKU and variant / colour mappingNo registered SKU for this piece yet.
  • Approved retail priceNo approved price — nothing is displayed.
  • Real inventoryNo connected stock feed — quantities are not shown.
  • Fulfilment and return policyFulfilment and returns not attached yet.
  • Owner approval to publishAwaiting explicit owner release.
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