House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Women
Long-sleeved column dress with a Bogolan mudcloth yoke and cuff banding. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
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Commission the film →Long-sleeved column dress with a Bogolan mudcloth yoke and cuff banding. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: wash cool, dry in shade, never bleach the mudcloth trim.
Made up in Onyx crepe, Bogolan mudcloth yoke and cuff bands.
Registered in a single colourway, Onyx Black.
Sized XS–XL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Signature Grace™ as Women dresses, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Maison™ · Women line.
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SKU ZV-WOMEN-SIGNATURE-GRACE-GRACE-COLUMN-DRESS-ONYX
Mudcloth in burgundy & black — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Hand-rolled edges, motif matched to the collar facing.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in burgundy & black, worked into the neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape.
burgundy & black
ZB-KANA-BUR-224
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — 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 onyx crepe.
The tape carries twin arms above a bar, repeated along the tape. In the Bamana reading, Kanaga is the sign of the crossing — passage between worlds, carried by travellers. 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: neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape. 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™ Onyx Cut (ZG-4276) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, raked sawtooth blades set on a 12° forward rake, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 22 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 4 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 Onyx crepe with Bogolan mudcloth yoke and cuff bands. Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 neckline facing, left sleeve edge, hem tape \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.
Courage, cut clean.
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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