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Z-Coral Step™ High-Top

Z-Coral Step™ High-Top — a coral-and-ivory leather high-top with a Bogolan collar band, gold side zip and heel cradle, Bogolan-patterned heritage laces and a Z-tread outsole, shown across seven views. The board shows every approved angle with the house colourway range.

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Seven views

  • Z-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — Women, 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-Coral Step™ High-Top — the seven studio views

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Z-Sole Architecture™

Z-Grip™ High-Top Cutunit ZG-3339

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

Chassis
Z-Grip™ lugged rubber — deep wet-weather bite on stone and trail
Tread cut
radial claw ribs closing into a solid pivot disc
Last
narrow blade last drawn long through the waist
Stack
34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 mm drop
Laces
round braided Bogolan cord over a waxed core, aged-gold aglets
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.

House notes

Full description

Z-Coral Step™ High-Top — a coral-and-ivory leather high-top with a Bogolan collar band, gold side zip and heel cradle, Bogolan-patterned heritage laces and a Z-tread outsole, shown across seven views. The board shows every approved angle with the house colourway range.

Made up in Full-grain and suede leather uppers with technical knit, woven Bogolan mudcloth collar tiles, heel counters, quarter facings and heritage laces, aged-gold side zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and traction outsoles.

Registered in 5 colourways: Coral / Ivory, Sand Moon, Midnight Lilac, Olive Gold, Rose Blush.

Sized EU 39–EU 46 across the run.

Filed under Z-Vibe Footwear · Signature Sneaker Atelier™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear line.

Fabric
Full-grain and suede leather uppers with technical knit, woven Bogolan mudcloth collar tiles, heel counters, quarter facings and heritage laces, aged-gold side zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and traction outsoles
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

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Color

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5 colourways

SKU ZV-Z-SIGNATURE-SNEAKER-ATELIER-Z-CORAL-STEP-HIGH-TOP

Materials
Full-grain and suede leather uppers with technical knit
Stretch
Provided by seller
Care
Specialist dry clean; cool iron on the reverse.
Maker
Provided by seller
Sizes
EU 39 · 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

  • signature band

Matching cloth & accessory

Tape wrapping the heel counter seam.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Fila-ni mudcloth in ivory & black, worked into the signature band.

ivory & black

ZB-FILA-IVO-605

  • signature band

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 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 full-grain and suede leather uppers with technical knit.

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: signature band. 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 bias-cut for the curved runs, hand-basted before the topstitch so the motif never breaks at a seam. 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 · 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.

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™ High-Top Cut (ZG-4465) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, fractured basalt facets with a polished torsion spine, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 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. 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 Full-grain and suede leather uppers with technical knit with woven Bogolan mudcloth collar tiles, heel counters, quarter facings and heritage laces, aged-gold side zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and traction outsoles. Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.

Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \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
fluid crepe de chine
Bogolan signature
hand-blocked woven cotton Bogolan mudcloth, matte and tactile, zigzag river geometry, worked into the removable strap, selected upper panel, heel tab, with footbed / sock liner print.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, ivory & black
Mudcloth placement
  • signature band
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 White house model, seated, shoulders squared.

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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