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Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
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House · Global Heritage Fusion
Balance Is Strength. Olive cropped sleeveless active top with cream wide-leg knit trousers for studio-to-street wear. Olive-and-cream woven Bogolan mudcloth binds the racer neckline, faces the pull-on waistband and runs as full-length vertical side panels; a small gold Z marks the hip. Fit: cropped supportive top, relaxed high-rise wide leg. Occasion: studio, weekend, travel. Care: cold gentle wash, hang dry.
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Seven views
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Commission the film →Balance Is Strength. Olive cropped sleeveless active top with cream wide-leg knit trousers for studio-to-street wear. Olive-and-cream woven Bogolan mudcloth binds the racer neckline, faces the pull-on waistband and runs as full-length vertical side panels; a small gold Z marks the hip. Fit: cropped supportive top, relaxed high-rise wide leg. Occasion: studio, weekend, travel. Care: cold gentle wash, hang dry.
Made up in Brushed modal-blend knit with soft drape, woven olive / cream Bogolan mudcloth neckline binding, waistband facing and side panels, gold-tone Z mark.
Registered in 6 colourways: Olive / Cream, Noir / Ivory, Cocoa / Sand, Indigo / Ivory, Burgundy / Cream, Charcoal / Gold.
Sized XXS–5X across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Rise in Motion as Women performance, carried on the House · Global Heritage Fusion line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-RISE-IN-MOTION-THRIVE-BALANCE-SET
Mudcloth in emerald & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Folded square echoing the placket tape.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in emerald & ivory, worked into the hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe.
emerald & ivory
ZB-NTOM-EME-468
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 brushed modal-blend knit with soft drape.
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: hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe. 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™ Set Cut (ZG-4203) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, radial claw ribs closing into a solid pivot disc, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 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 Brushed modal-blend knit with soft drape with woven olive / cream Bogolan mudcloth neckline binding, waistband facing and side panels, gold-tone Z mark. Coordinated top and bottom cut as one designed system, curve-friendly through the waist.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 hood & chest band, left cuff, leg seam stripe \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z waist badge 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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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 · 1 of 8 complete
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