House · Z-Vibe Winter Motion Maison™
Black wool storm coat with a funnel collar, gold-edged front zip finished with a diamond Z medallion pull, and Bogolan mudcloth cuff facings. Cut for real winter movement. Wash cool, reshape and dry flat, and keep the mudcloth trim away from bleach so the hand-printed clay tones stay true.
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Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Onyx Tailored Storm Coat yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Black wool storm coat with a funnel collar, gold-edged front zip finished with a diamond Z medallion pull, and Bogolan mudcloth cuff facings. Cut for real winter movement. Wash cool, reshape and dry flat, and keep the mudcloth trim away from bleach so the hand-printed clay tones stay true.
Made up in Black double-face wool, storm-taped seams, Bogolan mudcloth cuff facings, gold diamond Z medallion pull.
Registered in 4 colourways: Onyx Black, Charcoal, Midnight Navy, Deep Umber.
Sized XS–3XL across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Winter Motion Maison™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Winter Motion Maison™ line.
Quiet black, marked house.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-WINTER-MOTION-ONYX-TAILORED-STORM-COAT
Mudcloth in clay & bone — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Self-tie tape belt in the jacket palette.
Story behind the design
Bamana star mudcloth in clay & bone, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
clay & bone
ZB-BAMA-CLA-460
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 black double-face wool.
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: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back. 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 · 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™ Coat Cut (ZG-1031) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 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 Black double-face wool with storm-taped seams, Bogolan mudcloth cuff facings, gold diamond Z medallion pull. Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back \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.
Empowered by design.
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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