House · Z-Vibe Footwear
Z-Track Derby — a derby tracked by a horizontal gold zip over mudcloth tape. Bogolan mudcloth is placed as a considered construction detail, the laces are Bogolan cord, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware signs the shoe. Shown on the approved series design board — individual studio plates are in production.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Z-Track Derby yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Z-Grip™ Derby Cutunit ZG-5186
Cut for this style alone — no other shoe in the house carries this sole.
Reference specification for design review — not a manufacturing document.
Z-Track Derby — a derby tracked by a horizontal gold zip over mudcloth tape. Bogolan mudcloth is placed as a considered construction detail, the laces are Bogolan cord, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ hardware signs the shoe. Shown on the approved series design board — individual studio plates are in production.
Made up in Blackened house leather upper with an exposed Z-Closure™ zip run, woven Bogolan mudcloth trim tile, Bogolan mudcloth lacing, aged-gold zip pull, blackened rubber outsole. Z-Grip™ Derby Cut (ZG-5186) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in flat woven Bogolan mudcloth tape, aged-gold aglets, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall.
Registered in 2 colourways: Onyx Black, Aged Gold.
Sized EU 39–EU 46 across the run.
Filed under Z-Vibe Footwear · Z-Zipper Series · 02 as Men footwear, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Footwear line.
Woven heritage. Modern walk.
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2 colourways
SKU ZV-Z-ZIPPER-SERIES-Z-TRACK-DERBY
Mudcloth in black & ivory — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth tab stitched at the tongue centre.
Story behind the design
Ntomi mudcloth in black & ivory, worked into the crop neck band, left cuff, front placket.
black & ivory
ZB-NTOM-BLA-312
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 blackened house leather upper with an exposed z-closure™ zip run.
The tape carries fanned chevrons opening from a spine. In the Bamana reading, Ntomi is the shade tree — gathering, welcome, shelter for others. 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 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 · 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™ Derby Cut (ZG-2096) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, split-diamond Z lugs stepped in three depths, rounded volume last with a deep instep for thick socks, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 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 Blackened house leather upper with an exposed Z-Closure™ zip run with woven Bogolan mudcloth trim tile, Bogolan mudcloth lacing, aged-gold zip pull, blackened rubber outsole. Z-Grip™ Derby Cut (ZG-5186) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, woven-cord relief echoing a Bogolan warp, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 28 mm heel / 18 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in flat woven Bogolan mudcloth tape, aged-gold aglets, 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 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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