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Seven views
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Bogolan signature
Placements: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
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House · Z-VIBE NECK ARCHITECTURE™ Drop II
Onyx black technical cotton crop with a high stand collar and two diagonal shoulder cutouts placed so the remaining panels read as an upright-diagonal-upright geometry, all bound and fully lined at the edges. A Bogolan mudcloth waistband closes the piece. Fit: close at the collar and shoulder, easy at the waist, full bust and midriff coverage. Care: cool wash inside out, line dry, cool iron.
Photography pending
No studio views have been shot for Z-Vibe N-Nova Crop yet. Z-360 Atelier and the seven-view controls open as soon as the studio frames are approved.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Vibe N-Nova Crop yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Onyx black technical cotton crop with a high stand collar and two diagonal shoulder cutouts placed so the remaining panels read as an upright-diagonal-upright geometry, all bound and fully lined at the edges. A Bogolan mudcloth waistband closes the piece. Fit: close at the collar and shoulder, easy at the waist, full bust and midriff coverage. Care: cool wash inside out, line dry, cool iron.
Made up in Onyx black technical cotton, Bogolan mudcloth waistband, tonal black binding at every cutout edge, discreet gold-tone Z at the collar.
Registered in 5 colourways: Onyx Black, Graphite, Midnight Navy, Chalk Ivory, Deep Emerald.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Neck Architecture™ as Women t-shirts, carried on the House · Z-VIBE NECK ARCHITECTURE™ Drop II line.
Two uprights, cut through on the diagonal.
Select a color to update all 7 views.
12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-NECK-ARCHITECTURE-Z-VIBE-N-NOVA-CROP
Mudcloth in burgundy & black — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Woven tape belt cut from the same run as the garment trim.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in burgundy & black, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
burgundy & black
ZB-NTOM-BUR-948
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — 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 technical cotton.
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.
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 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 · 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™ Crop Cut (ZG-9621) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, longitudinal rail flutes with a scalloped braking heel, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 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 captureComplete
All 7 angles were shot as distinct photographs.
Cut in Onyx black technical cotton with Bogolan mudcloth waistband, tonal black binding at every cutout edge, discreet gold-tone Z at the collar. 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-signature buttons 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.
Victory in the details.
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 · 3 of 8 complete
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