Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
Colourways
3 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
Released for commerce
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House · Z-Vibe Footwear
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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Visual experience—color and fit may vary.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Chaser Pursuit Onyx yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Z-Air™ Onyx Cutunit ZA-7991
Cut for this style alone — no other shoe in the house carries this sole.
Reference specification for design review — not a manufacturing document.
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
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
Z-Glide Wheel System™ is a house design specification shown for review. Figures describe the intended engineering, not a certified production part.
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.
Keep moving. Keep becoming.
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3 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-CHASER-Z-CHASER-PURSUIT-ONYX
Mudcloth in ivory & black — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth tab stitched at the tongue centre.
Story behind the design
Fila-ni mudcloth in ivory & black, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
ivory & black
ZB-FILA-IVO-877
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 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.
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™ 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.
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 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.
Elevate every entrance.
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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