House · Z-Vibe Carriage™
Black leather tote with a Bogolan zip band. Concept register. Wipe leather and coated shells with a soft cloth, wash knits cool, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.
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Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Orbit Tote yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Black leather tote with a Bogolan zip band. Concept register. Wipe leather and coated shells with a soft cloth, wash knits cool, and keep the hand-printed Bogolan trim away from bleach so the clay tones stay true.
Made up in Full-grain and coated leather, hardshell composite, Bogolan mudcloth panel, gold Z-Closure™ zip.
Registered in 4 colourways: Onyx Black, Cocoa Brown, Deep Forest, Sand.
Sized One size–One size across the run.
Filed under Z-Vibe Carriage™ · Bogolan Zipper Series as Men accessories, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Carriage™ line.
Modern travel, made memorable.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-VIBE-CARRIAGE-Z-ORBIT-TOTE
Mudcloth in black & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Adjustable mudcloth strap with leather tabs.
Story behind the design
Kanaga mudcloth in black & ivory, worked into the signature band.
black & ivory
ZB-KANA-BLA-268
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. 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 coated leather.
The tape carries twin arms above a bar, repeated along the tape. In the Bamana reading, Kanaga is the sign of the crossing — passage between worlds, carried by travellers. 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: 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.
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.
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.
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™ Tote Cut (ZG-8558) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, squared architectural last with a chiselled toe box, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in round braided Bogolan cord over a waxed core, 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 Full-grain and coated leather with hardshell composite, Bogolan mudcloth panel, gold Z-Closure™ zip. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z zipper pull at the Circular gold Z medallion at the closure, 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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