House · Z-VIBE LINEN TEE COUTURE™
Onyx black linen tee crossed by an embroidered line running shoulder to opposite hip, shadowed by a slim Bogolan mudcloth accent. Fit: easy through the body, longline, side splits. Care: cool wash inside out, line dry, cool iron.
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Commission the film →Onyx black linen tee crossed by an embroidered line running shoulder to opposite hip, shadowed by a slim Bogolan mudcloth accent. Fit: easy through the body, longline, side splits. Care: cool wash inside out, line dry, cool iron.
Made up in Onyx black premium linen, diagonal embroidered line, slim Bogolan mudcloth accent, discreet gold-tone Z at the line foot.
Registered in 5 colourways: Onyx Black, Chalk Ivory, Warm Grey, Cocoa Chocolate, Midnight Navy.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Linen Tee Couture™ as Women t-shirts, carried on the House · Z-VIBE LINEN TEE COUTURE™ line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-LINEN-TEE-COUTURE-ASYMMETRIC-LINE-TEE
Mudcloth in black & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Hand-rolled edges, motif matched to the collar facing.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in black & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
black & ivory
ZB-KERE-BLA-533
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — 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 onyx black premium linen.
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: 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.
Each length is hand-turned and pick-stitched in silk thread, then pressed over a ham so the tape sits flat, not glued. 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™ Tee Cut (ZG-7909) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, fractured basalt facets with a polished torsion spine, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 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.
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 Onyx black premium linen with diagonal embroidered line, slim Bogolan mudcloth accent, discreet gold-tone Z at the line foot. Stay-put ergonomic panels, high-rise support, breathable zones, functional pockets.
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.
Empowered by design.
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 · 2 of 8 complete
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