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Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip

Cobalt half-zip with a Bogolan-lined stand collar and geometric mudcloth cuff bands. Reference design board. Wash cool or dry clean by cloth, press on the reverse, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.

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Seven views

  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 01 Front (view 1 of 7). Straight-on front: collar or lapel line, closure and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.01 Front
    Straight-on front: collar or lapel line, closure and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 02 Left (view 2 of 7). Left profile: shoulder line, sleeve fall and the outer seam trim.02 Left
    Left profile: shoulder line, sleeve fall and the outer seam trim.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 03 Right (view 3 of 7). Right profile: waist shaping, pocket line and the house Z mark.03 Right
    Right profile: waist shaping, pocket line and the house Z mark.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 04 Back (view 4 of 7). Back view: yoke, centre seam and the hem finish.04 Back
    Back view: yoke, centre seam and the hem finish.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 05 Interior (view 5 of 7). Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.05 Interior
    Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — 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.
  • Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — Women, 07 Fabric detail (view 7 of 7). Fabric detail: close study of the cloth, hand-printed mudcloth motif and stitching.07 Fabric detail
    Fabric detail: close study of the cloth, hand-printed mudcloth motif and stitching.

Cobalt Meridian Half-Zip — the seven studio views

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Slim-cut notes

Trouser
Every style in the register is worn with the very slim tapered trouser with a hairline Bogolan mudcloth seam stripe.
Full description

Cobalt half-zip with a Bogolan-lined stand collar and geometric mudcloth cuff bands. Reference design board. Wash cool or dry clean by cloth, press on the reverse, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.

Made up in Double-knit performance cotton, hand-blocked Bogolan collar and cuffs, gold Z zip pull.

Registered in a single colourway, Cobalt Blue.

Sized XS–3XL across the run.

Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Heritage Boards™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Heritage Boards™ line.

Fabric
Double-knit performance cotton, hand-blocked Bogolan collar and cuffs, gold Z zip pull
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

Designed by the World. Inspired by Heritage.

Materials
Double-knit performance cotton
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
XS · S · M · L · XL · 2XL · 3XL
Availability
Provided by seller
Fulfilment
Provided by seller

Sizes

Bogolan detailing

ZB-SAND-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in sand & charcoal — light tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

Matching cloth & accessory

Woven tape belt cut from the same run as the garment trim.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Ntomi mudcloth in sand & charcoal, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.

sand & charcoal

ZB-NTOM-SAN-883

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

The cloth

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 double-knit performance cotton.

The motif — Ntomi

The tape carries fanned chevrons opening from a spine. In the Bamana reading, Ntomi is the shade tree — gathering, welcome, shelter for others. 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.

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 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.

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 · Air the piece after wear and store folded with the tape inside. Steam from the reverse — a hot iron directly on the mudcloth flattens the weave.

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™ Half-Zip Cut (ZG-9520) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, raked sawtooth blades set on a 12° forward rake, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, 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.

  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 Double-knit performance cotton with hand-blocked Bogolan collar and cuffs, gold Z zip pull. 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.

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House treatment

Momentum, tailored.

Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
matte satin
Bogolan signature
hand-blocked woven cotton Bogolan mudcloth, matte and tactile, cross-hatch field geometry, worked into the asymmetric front panel, peplum panel, slit facing, with inner waistband tape.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, sand & charcoal
Mudcloth placement
  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket
Z hardware
Z zipper pull — discreet, functional, never a chest logo.
Fit
Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
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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