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Sculpted mandarin-collar jacket over a column skirt, gold Bogolan mudcloth galloon running the collar, placket and deep cuffs, gold diamond Z at the chest.
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Commission the film →Sculpted mandarin-collar jacket over a column skirt, gold Bogolan mudcloth galloon running the collar, placket and deep cuffs, gold diamond Z at the chest.
Made up in Ivory wool crepe with hand-drawn gold Bogolan mudcloth galloon.
Registered in 7 colourways: Ivoire Or, Crème Sable, Obsidienne Or, Bleu Nuit, Olive Royale, Bordeaux, Gris Perle.
Sized XS–3XL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe First Lady Sovereign as Women dresses, carried on the Women · First Lady line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-FIRST-LADY-SOVEREIGN-IVORY-CROWN-SKIRT-SUIT
Mudcloth in camel & espresso — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in camel & espresso, worked into the hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe.
camel & espresso
ZB-KERE-CAM-493
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. 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 ivory wool crepe with hand-drawn gold bogolan mudcloth galloon.
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: hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe. 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 block-matched panel to panel — the atelier discards any length where the repeat cannot be aligned. 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™ Suit Cut (ZG-6982) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, honeycomb vacuum cells with siped micro-edges, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in heavy Bogolan rope lace, brass-crimped tips, 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 Ivory wool crepe with hand-drawn gold Bogolan mudcloth galloon. Coordinated top and bottom cut as one designed system, curve-friendly through the waist.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe \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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