Women · Z-Vibe Rise & Lead Edition
See beyond. Lead beyond. A pearl-ivory wool-silk long tailored vest with an architectural lapel, sculpted waist seams and a clean elongated line over trouser or skirt. Black-and-gold Bogolan mudcloth faces the underside of the lapel and the side-waist insets; Z medallion hardware closes the front. Fit: tailored, nips at the waist, hits below the hip. Care: dry clean; hang on a broad-shouldered hanger.
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Commission the film →See beyond. Lead beyond. A pearl-ivory wool-silk long tailored vest with an architectural lapel, sculpted waist seams and a clean elongated line over trouser or skirt. Black-and-gold Bogolan mudcloth faces the underside of the lapel and the side-waist insets; Z medallion hardware closes the front. Fit: tailored, nips at the waist, hits below the hip. Care: dry clean; hang on a broad-shouldered hanger.
Made up in Pearl-ivory wool-silk suiting, canvassed front, Bogolan mudcloth under-lapel facing and side-waist insets, cupro lining, gold-tone Z medallion buttons.
Registered in 6 colourways: Pearl Ivory, Obsidian, Camel, Midnight Navy, Deep Emerald, Burgundy.
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.
See beyond. Lead beyond.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-RISE-LEAD-Z-VISION-SCULPTED-EXECUTIVE-VEST
Mudcloth in teal & sand — 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
Kere mudcloth in teal & sand, worked into the waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe.
teal & sand
ZB-KERE-TEA-793
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 pearl-ivory wool-silk suiting.
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: waistband tape, pocket edge, side 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 · 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™ Vest Cut (ZG-6156) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, interlocking arrowhead cleats angled outward for lateral bite, sculpted almond last with a lifted toe spring, 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 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 Pearl-ivory wool-silk suiting with canvassed front, Bogolan mudcloth under-lapel facing and side-waist insets, cupro lining, gold-tone Z medallion buttons. High-waisted, contoured seat, fluid wide leg with a clean break.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe \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.
Ascend, quietly.
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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