Z-Roll Dash · 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: crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
Colourways
3 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
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House · Z-Vibe Footwear
Z-Roll Dash — a dash sprint chassis with lift-and-lower rear wheels and mudcloth lace shroud. Bogolan mudcloth is placed as a considered construction detail, never as surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware signs the shoe.
Choose how you inspect it.
Visual experience—color and fit may vary.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Roll Dash yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Z-Glide™ Dash Cutunit ZG-2499
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™
Four-wheel retractable chassis, forefoot and heel axles.
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-Roll Dash — a dash sprint chassis with lift-and-lower rear wheels and mudcloth lace shroud. 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 Technical shell upper, retractable wheel chassis with Lock / Walk / Roll toggle, woven Bogolan mudcloth panel, aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware. Z-Glide™ Dash Cut (ZG-2499) on the Z-Glide™ retractable wheel chassis, radial claw ribs closing into a solid pivot disc, narrow blade last drawn long through the waist, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 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: Ember Orange, Onyx Chrome, Chalk Ivory.
Sized EU 39–EU 46 across the run.
Filed under Z-Vibe Footwear · Z-Roll™ as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear line.
Lock. Walk. Roll.
Select a color to update all 7 views.
3 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-ROLL-Z-ROLL-DASH
Mudcloth in emerald & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Flat woven mudcloth laces with gold Z aglets.
Story behind the design
Bamana star mudcloth in emerald & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
emerald & ivory
ZB-BAMA-EME-743
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 n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — 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 technical shell upper.
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 shoe.
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 · 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™ Dash Cut (ZG-4373) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, hexagonal mudcloth-lattice lugs mirroring the Bogolan grid, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 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 Technical shell upper with retractable wheel chassis with Lock / Walk / Roll toggle, woven Bogolan mudcloth panel, aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware. Z-Glide™ Dash Cut (ZG-2499) on the Z-Glide™ retractable wheel chassis, radial claw ribs closing into a solid pivot disc, narrow blade last drawn long through the waist, stack 18 mm heel / 16 mm forefoot, 2 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. 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 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.
Forward, always.
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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