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Z-Ember Loop™ High-Top

Z-Ember Loop™ High-Top — a rose-clay and black high-top with a curved rear zipper and a structural Bogolan collar ribbon on a soft cushioned midsole — seven views including the curved-zip and collar details. The board shows every approved angle with the house colourway range.

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Seven views

  • Z-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ 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-Ember Loop™ High-Top — the seven studio views

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Z-Sole Architecture™

Z-Grip™ High-Top Cutunit ZG-4889

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
hexagonal mudcloth-lattice lugs mirroring the Bogolan grid
Last
low-slung court last with a flattened tread plane
Stack
40 mm heel / 26 mm forefoot, 14 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-Ember Loop™ High-Top — a rose-clay and black high-top with a curved rear zipper and a structural Bogolan collar ribbon on a soft cushioned midsole — seven views including the curved-zip and collar details. The board shows every approved angle with the house colourway range.

Made up in Full-grain leather, suede and technical knit uppers with woven Bogolan collar ribbons, lace-anchor systems, zipper garages and lacing webs, aged-gold asymmetrical zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and engineered traction outsoles.

Registered in 5 colourways: Rose Clay / Black, Black / Gold, Bone / Indigo, Burnt Orange / Cream, Deep Teal / Sand.

Sized EU 39–EU 46 across the run.

Filed under Z-Vibe Footwear · Women's Circuit Atelier™ as Women suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear · Circuit Atelier line.

Fabric
Full-grain leather, suede and technical knit uppers with woven Bogolan collar ribbons, lace-anchor systems, zipper garages and lacing webs, aged-gold asymmetrical zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and engineered traction outsoles
Wearer & garment
Women · Suits

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Color

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5 colourways

SKU ZV-Z-WOMEN-CIRCUIT-ATELIER-Z-EMBER-LOOP-HIGH-TOP

Materials
Full-grain leather
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-INDI-COR-HOUS

Mudcloth in indigo & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.

24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

Matching cloth & accessory

Mudcloth tab stitched at the tongue centre.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Kere mudcloth in indigo & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.

indigo & ivory

ZB-KERE-IND-842

  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket

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 wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — 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 leather.

The motif — Kere

The tape carries tight lattice with hand-dotted corners. In the Bamana reading, Kere is the fence weave — protection of what has been built. 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: 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.

The hand-work

Each length is cut on the straight grain, mitred at the corners and felled by hand so no raw edge is left inside. 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™ High-Top Cut (ZG-4671) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, radial claw ribs closing into a solid pivot disc, narrow blade last drawn long through the waist, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in heavy Bogolan rope lace, brass-crimped tips, 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 leather with suede and technical knit uppers with woven Bogolan collar ribbons, lace-anchor systems, zipper garages and lacing webs, aged-gold asymmetrical zips with Z-pull hardware and diamond Z badges, sculpted cushioned platforms and engineered traction outsoles. Curve-friendly darted tailoring, modest coverage, clean shoulder line.

Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 crop neck band, left cuff, front placket \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

Victory in the details.

Bogolan Signature
Main cloth
fine wool-blend suiting
Bogolan signature
artisanal hand-painted Bogolan mudcloth on handwoven cotton strip cloth, concentric square geometry, worked into the waistband facing, belt / sash, side seam insert, with interior facing visible at the fold.
Heritage palette
Bogolan mudcloth, indigo & ivory
Mudcloth placement
  • crop neck band
  • left cuff
  • front placket
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 Asian house model, three-quarter turn, hand at the waist.

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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