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Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx

Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — a black quilted high-top with a gold side zip. The Z-Glide Wheel System™ is fitted: lock the wheels flush with the sole to walk, or deploy them below the sole to roll, with Z-Beam™ lighting at the toe. Bogolan mudcloth is placed as a considered construction detail, never as surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware signs the shoe.

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  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 01 Front (view 1 of 7). Straight-on front: toe shape, lace path and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.01 Front
    Straight-on front: toe shape, lace path and the placement of the Bogolan mudcloth panel.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 02 Left (view 2 of 7). Left profile: sole stack height, midsole line and the medial side panel.02 Left
    Left profile: sole stack height, midsole line and the medial side panel.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 03 Right (view 3 of 7). Right profile: outer quarter panel, heel counter and the house diamond mark.03 Right
    Right profile: outer quarter panel, heel counter and the house diamond mark.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 04 Back (view 4 of 7). Back view: heel tab, counter stitching and the rear pull loop.04 Back
    Back view: heel tab, counter stitching and the rear pull loop.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 05 Interior (view 5 of 7). Interior: footbed, lining texture and the padded collar.05 Interior
    Interior: footbed, lining texture and the padded collar.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 06 Inner tags (view 6 of 7). Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.06 Inner tags
    Inner tags: size scale, atelier reference and care instructions.
  • Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — Unisex, 07 Fabric detail (view 7 of 7). Fabric detail: close study of the material, lace weave and hand-painted motif.07 Fabric detail
    Fabric detail: close study of the material, lace weave and hand-painted motif.

Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — the seven studio views

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Z-Sole Architecture™

Z-Air™ Onyx Cutunit ZA-7991

Cut for this style alone — no other shoe in the house carries this sole.

Chassis
Z-Air™ cushioned EVA — long-day rebound under a light shell
Tread cut
banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel
Last
low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane
Stack
40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop
Laces
narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper
Side signature
Diamond Z medallion, aged gold, set into the lateral wall. Z-VIBE wordmark, tonal debossed, along the medial wall.

Reference specification for design review — not a manufacturing document.

Z-Glide Wheel System™

4 wheels · lockable · Z-Beam™

Twin retractable axles, forefoot and heel, recessed into the midsole cavity.

Guided demonstration · wheel collar

Step 1 of 3

Step 1 · Lock

You do
Press the heel collar down until it clicks.
Chassis
Both axles retract into the midsole cavity and the collar pin engages.
Underfoot
A firm, quiet outsole — the shoe behaves as a walking sneaker with no wheel travel.

Wheels fully retracted into the chassis, level with the bottom of the sole. The collar is pinned — the shoe walks like any luxury sneaker.

Collar pinned · wheels immobilised · wheel drop 0 mm

Z-Beam™ lighting

A low ivory running light traces the toe cap — presence, not glare.

Heel-cell battery with step-harvest trickle charge · USB-C service port under the medial collar

  • · Aged-gold anodised wheel hubs
  • · Polyurethane 62A treads
  • · Carbon-composite retraction collar
  • · Woven Bogolan mudcloth chassis facing

Z-Glide Wheel System™ is a house design specification shown for review. Figures describe the intended engineering, not a certified production part.

House notes

Full description

Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx — a black quilted high-top with a gold side zip. The Z-Glide Wheel System™ is fitted: lock the wheels flush with the sole to walk, or deploy them below the sole to roll, with Z-Beam™ lighting at the toe. Bogolan mudcloth is placed as a considered construction detail, never as surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware signs the shoe.

Made up in House leather and technical textile upper, woven Bogolan mudcloth panel, Z-Glide™ retractable wheel chassis with Lock / Walk / Roll collar, Z-Beam™ toe lighting module, aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware. Z-Air™ Onyx Cut (ZA-7991) on the Z-Air™ cushioned EVA chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall.

Registered in 3 colourways: Onyx Black, Graphite, Aged Gold.

Sized EU 39–EU 46 across the run.

Filed under Z-Vibe Footwear · Z-Chaser™ as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear line.

Fabric
House leather and technical textile upper, woven Bogolan mudcloth panel, Z-Glide™ retractable wheel chassis with Lock / Walk / Roll collar, Z-Beam™ toe lighting module, aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware. Z-Air™ Onyx Cut (ZA-7991) on the Z-Air™ cushioned EVA chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall
Wearer & garment
Men · Suits

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Color

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3 colourways

SKU ZV-Z-CHASER-Z-CHASER-PURSUIT-ONYX

Materials
House leather and technical textile upper
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
EU 39 · EU 40 · EU 41 · EU 42 · EU 43 · EU 44 · EU 45 · EU 46
Availability
Provided by seller
Fulfilment
Provided by seller

Sizes

Bogolan detailing

ZB-IVOR-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in ivory & blacklight tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back

Matching cloth & accessory

Mudcloth tab stitched at the tongue centre.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Fila-ni mudcloth in ivory & black, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.

ivory & black

ZB-FILA-IVO-877

  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back

The cloth

Bogolanfini begins as cotton mudcloth backed with a fine leather skiver so it can take a lace and a lasting pull. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — 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 house leather and technical textile upper.

The motif — Fila-ni

The tape carries paired diagonals folding into one another. In the Bamana reading, Fila-ni is two paths that meet — the House reading of Different Roots, One Human Story. 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 shoe.

Why it sits where it sits

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.

The hand-work

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.

Global Heritage Fusion™

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.

Refinement provenance

Z-Studio refined · 1/7 views shot

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete

    Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Onyx Cut (ZG-2322) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance, asymmetric anatomical last shaped to the natural toe splay, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

The Story Behind the Design

Cut in House leather and technical textile upper with woven Bogolan mudcloth panel, Z-Glide™ retractable wheel chassis with Lock / Walk / Roll collar, Z-Beam™ toe lighting module, aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware. Z-Air™ Onyx Cut (ZA-7991) on the Z-Air™ cushioned EVA chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane, stack 40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.

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 Z zip pull at the heel counter and a micro-Z at the tongue, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.

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House treatment

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Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
fine wool-blend suiting
Bogolan signature
woven Bogolan mudcloth tape with a dry, fibrous artisanal hand, arrow and chevron geometry, worked into the ankle collar, lace loops, Bogolan dreadlock-style laces, with footbed / sock liner print.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, ivory & black
Mudcloth placement
  • collar facing
  • lapel edge
  • left cuff turn-back
Z hardware
Z zipper pull — discreet, functional, never a chest logo.
Fit
Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.
Editorial
Worn by our Black house model, straight-on, arms relaxed.

In 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

  • Seven approved image views (01 Front, 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail)1 of 7 angles shot. The rest are read from the design board.
  • Approved primary assetDesign board in use — reference only, awaiting owner approval.
  • Product name and descriptionName and description written.
  • SKU and variant / colour mappingNo registered SKU for this piece yet.
  • Approved retail priceNo approved price — nothing is displayed.
  • Real inventoryNo connected stock feed — quantities are not shown.
  • Fulfilment and return policyFulfilment and returns not attached yet.
  • Owner approval to publishAwaiting explicit owner release.
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