House · Global Heritage Fusion
See Further. Sleeveless tailored vest cut with a bold geometric notch lapel, worn open or buttoned. Ochre-and-black woven Bogolan mudcloth faces the full lapel and repeats on the pocket welts and waist edge, finished with refined gold Z buttons. Fit: sculpted through the waist, hits at the high hip. Occasion: layered over tailoring or worn as a top. Care: dry clean recommended.
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Commission the film →See Further. Sleeveless tailored vest cut with a bold geometric notch lapel, worn open or buttoned. Ochre-and-black woven Bogolan mudcloth faces the full lapel and repeats on the pocket welts and waist edge, finished with refined gold Z buttons. Fit: sculpted through the waist, hits at the high hip. Occasion: layered over tailoring or worn as a top. Care: dry clean recommended.
Made up in Structured black crepe-wool with clean tailored edges, woven ochre / black Bogolan mudcloth lapel facing, welts and waist edge, gold-tone Z buttons.
Registered in 6 colourways: Noir / Ochre Bogolan, Noir / Indigo, Ivory / Cocoa, Burgundy / Cream, Sand / Espresso, Charcoal / Gold.
Sized XXS–5X across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Rise in Motion as Women suits, carried on the House · Global Heritage Fusion line.
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SKU ZV-WOMEN-RISE-IN-MOTION-VISIONARY-NOIR-VEST
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
Kere mudcloth in emerald & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
emerald & ivory
ZB-KERE-EME-526
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 structured black crepe-wool with clean tailored edges.
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 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 · Cold hand-wash or specialist clean only. Mud dye deepens with age; never bleach, and dry flat away from direct sun.
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™ Vest Cut (ZG-1687) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, concentric compass rings radiating from a gold-hubbed pivot, sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in heavy Bogolan rope lace, brass-crimped tips, 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 Structured black crepe-wool with clean tailored edges with woven ochre / black Bogolan mudcloth lapel facing, welts and waist edge, gold-tone Z buttons. 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.
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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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