Empower Padded Tank Top · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
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Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
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House · Z-Vibe Signature Collection
Cross-front racerback tank with removable pads, a gold Z emblem at the shoulder strap and Bogolan mudcloth trim on the strap and hem band.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Empower Padded Tank Top yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Cross-front racerback tank with removable pads, a gold Z emblem at the shoulder strap and Bogolan mudcloth trim on the strap and hem band.
Made up in Silky-soft breathable moisture-wicking rib knit, woven Bogolan mudcloth trim tape, gold-tone Z-signature button.
Registered in 6 colourways: Ebony Black, Sage Green, Terracotta Clay, Ocean Blue, Wine Berry, Ivory White.
Sized XS–XXL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Signature Active as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Signature Collection line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-SIGNATURE-ACTIVE-EMPOWER-PADDED-TANK-TOP
Mudcloth in teal & sand — 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 teal & sand, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
teal & sand
ZB-NTOM-TEA-507
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 silky-soft breathable moisture-wicking rib knit.
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: 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 cut on the straight grain, mitred at the corners and felled by hand so no raw edge is left inside. 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™ Top Cut (ZG-7113) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, longitudinal rail flutes with a scalloped braking heel, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 mm drop, laced in flat woven Bogolan mudcloth tape, 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 Silky-soft breathable moisture-wicking rib knit with woven Bogolan mudcloth trim tape, gold-tone Z-signature button. 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-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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