Women · Z-Vibe Rise & Lead Edition
Built for the cold. Made to rise. A pearl weather-resistant shell over high-performance down-alternative insulation, cut fitted with a detachable sculptural hood. Black-and-gold Bogolan mudcloth lines the hood, the cuff tabs, the zipper guard and selective pocket facings; a gold Z zipper pull finishes the front. Fit: fitted with room for a knit layer, hood detaches with a concealed zip. Care: machine wash cold on gentle, tumble dry low with dryer balls to restore loft, do not dry clean.
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Commission the film →Built for the cold. Made to rise. A pearl weather-resistant shell over high-performance down-alternative insulation, cut fitted with a detachable sculptural hood. Black-and-gold Bogolan mudcloth lines the hood, the cuff tabs, the zipper guard and selective pocket facings; a gold Z zipper pull finishes the front. Fit: fitted with room for a knit layer, hood detaches with a concealed zip. Care: machine wash cold on gentle, tumble dry low with dryer balls to restore loft, do not dry clean.
Made up in Recycled weather-resistant pearl shell with DWR finish, responsibly sourced high-loft down-alternative insulation, Bogolan mudcloth hood lining, cuff tabs, zip guard and pocket facings, two-way YKK front zip with gold-tone Z pull, fleece-lined hand pockets.
Registered in 6 colourways: Pearl Ivory, Obsidian, Camel, Midnight Navy, Deep Emerald, Chocolate Espresso.
Sized XXS–5X across the run.
Filed under Z-Vibe Women · Rise & Lead Edition as Women suits, carried on the Women · Z-Vibe Rise & Lead Edition line.
Built for the cold. Made to rise.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-RISE-LEAD-Z-RESILIENT-HERITAGE-WINTER-PUFFER
Mudcloth in camel & espresso — 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
Bamana star mudcloth in camel & espresso, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
camel & espresso
ZB-BAMA-CAM-960
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 recycled weather-resistant pearl shell with dwr finish.
The tape carries eight-point stars set in a measured grid. In the Bamana reading, Bamana star is orientation after dark — guidance and clear intent. 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™ Puffer Cut (ZG-5785) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, fractured basalt facets with a polished torsion spine, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, 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 Recycled weather-resistant pearl shell with DWR finish with responsibly sourced high-loft down-alternative insulation, Bogolan mudcloth hood lining, cuff tabs, zip guard and pocket facings, two-way YKK front zip with gold-tone Z pull, fleece-lined hand pockets. 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.
Unstoppable, and elegant with it.
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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