House · Z-Vibe Cyber Heritage
Sculpted A-line skirt with structured side panels, Bogolan mudcloth inlay columns and concealed fibre-optic light channels along the seams.
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Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Cyber Skirt Bogolan Inlay yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Sculpted A-line skirt with structured side panels, Bogolan mudcloth inlay columns and concealed fibre-optic light channels along the seams.
Made up in Technical bonded twill, Bogolan mudcloth inlay panels, fibre-optic light channels.
Registered in 4 colourways: Noir Or, Ivoire, Indigo Clay, Bordeaux.
Sized XS–XL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Cyber Skirt Atelier as Women dresses, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Cyber Heritage line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-CYBER-SKIRT-CYBER-SKIRT-BOGOLAN-INLAY
Mudcloth in clay & bone — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Folded square echoing the placket tape.
Story behind the design
Sirablen mudcloth in clay & bone, worked into the waistband tape, hem tape.
clay & bone
ZB-SIRA-CLA-704
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — 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 technical bonded twill.
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: waistband tape, hem tape. 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 bias-cut for the curved runs, hand-basted before the topstitch so the motif never breaks at a seam. 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 · Spot-clean the mudcloth with cool water and a soft cloth. Dry-clean the body of the piece; the tape is colour-set but not bleach-safe.
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™ Inlay Cut (ZG-7403) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring, 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 Technical bonded twill with Bogolan mudcloth inlay panels, fibre-optic light channels. Contoured waistband, smooth hip, easy walking room.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 waistband tape, hem tape \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z waist badge 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.
Readiness · 1 of 8 complete
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