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Bogolan signature
Placements: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
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Unisex · Z-Chain Snow Traction
Rise Above The Ice. The everyday classic: obsidian cold-flexible harness, full-coverage stainless chain across forefoot and heel, gold diamond Z quick-lock at the instep. Fits shoes, sneakers and boots. On and off in seconds with gloves on. Care: rinse, dry, store in the carry pouch.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Chain Ascend Traction System yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Rise Above The Ice. The everyday classic: obsidian cold-flexible harness, full-coverage stainless chain across forefoot and heel, gold diamond Z quick-lock at the instep. Fits shoes, sneakers and boots. On and off in seconds with gloves on. Care: rinse, dry, store in the carry pouch.
Made up in Cold-flexible elastomer harness (-40°C rated) with hardened stainless steel traction chain and gold-tone Z quick-lock.
Registered in 10 colourways: Obsidian, Steel Silver, Midnight Navy, Bogolan Clay, Ivory Chalk, Bronze Ash, Graphite, Oxblood, Forest Green, Gold Signature.
Sized S (36–38)–XXL (48–50) across the run.
Filed under Z-Chain · Snow Traction Systems as Men accessories, carried on the Unisex · Z-Chain Snow Traction line.
Legacy you can wear.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-CHAIN-TRACTION-Z-CHAIN-ASCEND-TRACTION-SYSTEM
Mudcloth in white & brown — 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
Kanaga mudcloth in white & brown, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
white & brown
ZB-KANA-WHI-236
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 cold-flexible elastomer harness (-40°c rated) with hardened stainless steel traction chain and gold-tone z quick-lock.
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: 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 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 · 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™ System Cut (ZG-5228) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, split-diamond Z lugs stepped in three depths, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, 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 passNot yet run
No refinement output released yet — this page reads the approved board unretouched.
Seven-view studio captureNot yet run
No angle has been shot yet; all 7 views read the design board.
Cut in Cold-flexible elastomer harness (-40°C rated) with hardened stainless steel traction chain and gold-tone Z quick-lock. Shaped through the waist, tasteful length, comfortable sleeve rotation.
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.
Legacy you can wear.
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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