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  • Bogolan signature

    Placements: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.

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House · Z-Vibe Heritage Boards™

Onyx Mudcloth Jacket

Cropped black jacket with a mudcloth-embroidered collar and hem band, gold piping and a full Bogolan-print lining. 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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  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — Women, 05 Interior (view 5 of 7). Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.05 Interior
    Interior: lining, facings and the concealed closure.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.
  • Onyx Mudcloth Jacket — 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.

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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

Cropped black jacket with a mudcloth-embroidered collar and hem band, gold piping and a full Bogolan-print lining. 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 Black wool-cotton suiting, hand-embroidered mudcloth bands, gold piping, full Bogolan lining, gold Z chest mark.

Registered in a single colourway, Onyx Black.

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
Black wool-cotton suiting, hand-embroidered mudcloth bands, gold piping, full Bogolan lining, gold Z chest mark
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

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Materials
Black wool-cotton suiting
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
M · L · XL
Availability
Provided by seller
Fulfilment
Provided by seller

Sizes

Bogolan detailing

ZB-CLAY-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in clay & bone — light tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back

Matching cloth & accessory

Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Fila-ni mudcloth in clay & bone, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.

clay & bone

ZB-FILA-CLA-876

  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back

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 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 black wool-cotton suiting.

The motif — Fila-ni

The tape carries paired diagonals folding into one another. In the Bamana reading, Fila-ni is two paths that meet — the House reading of Different Roots, One Human Story. 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: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back. 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 · 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™ Jacket Cut (ZG-7709) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, hexagonal mudcloth-lattice lugs mirroring the Bogolan grid, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 mm drop, laced in round braided Bogolan cord over a waxed core, 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 Black wool-cotton suiting with hand-embroidered mudcloth bands, gold piping, full Bogolan lining, gold Z chest mark. Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.

Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.

Z cuff link 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

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Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
double-faced wool blend
Bogolan signature
woven Bogolan mudcloth tape with a dry, fibrous artisanal hand, arrow and chevron geometry, worked into the under-collar, placket / zipper guard, back vent facing, with full mudcloth lining panel.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, clay & bone
Mudcloth placement
  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back
Z hardware
Z cuff link — discreet, functional, never a chest logo.
Fit
Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.
Editorial
Worn by our Black house model, straight-on, arms relaxed.

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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