House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier
Cropped waxed-cotton rain shell with a sculpted hood, storm back yoke and turn-back cuffs revealing a porcelain Bogolan mudcloth lining. Bogolan is placed as a considered construction detail, never as surface print.
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Commission the film →Cropped waxed-cotton rain shell with a sculpted hood, storm back yoke and turn-back cuffs revealing a porcelain Bogolan mudcloth lining. Bogolan is placed as a considered construction detail, never as surface print.
Made up in Clay-dyed waxed cotton, porcelain Bogolan mudcloth cuff and hood lining, brushed cotton body lining, aged-gold Z-Closure™ zip.
Registered in 4 colourways: Clay Cloud, Obsidian Wax, Sandline Wax, Forest Wax.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Oilskin Atelier line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-OILSKIN-ATELIER-RTW-CLAY-CLOUD-CROPPED-RAIN-JACKET
Mudcloth in black & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in black & ivory, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
black & ivory
ZB-NTOM-BLA-902
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 clay-dyed waxed 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: 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.
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.
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.
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™ Jacket Cut (ZG-7298) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, 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 Clay-dyed waxed cotton with porcelain Bogolan mudcloth cuff and hood lining, brushed cotton body lining, aged-gold Z-Closure™ zip. 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 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.
Thrive in motion.
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 · 2 of 8 complete
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