Unisex · Z-Chain Snow Traction
Break The Trail. Hiking build: heavy chain grid, forest-and-black harness with woven heritage strap texture, ankle-over strap for steep, broken ground.
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Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Chain Trailblazer Traction System yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Break The Trail. Hiking build: heavy chain grid, forest-and-black harness with woven heritage strap texture, ankle-over strap for steep, broken ground.
Made up in Forest-and-black elastomer harness with woven heritage strap texture, heavy stainless chain grid and an ankle-over stabiliser strap.
Registered in 10 colourways: Forest Green, Obsidian, Bogolan Clay, Steel Silver, Midnight Navy, Bronze Ash, Graphite, Ivory Chalk, Oxblood, 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.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-CHAIN-TRACTION-Z-CHAIN-TRAILBLAZER-TRACTION-SYSTEM
Mudcloth in teal & sand — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Sirablen mudcloth in teal & sand, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
teal & sand
ZB-SIRA-TEA-087
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 forest-and-black elastomer harness with woven heritage strap texture.
The tape carries a broken line stepping across the ground cloth. In the Bamana reading, Sirablen is the road home — steadiness on a long journey. 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 · 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™ System Cut (ZG-8394) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 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 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 Forest-and-black elastomer harness with woven heritage strap texture with heavy stainless chain grid and an ankle-over stabiliser strap. 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 cuff link 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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