Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare — The slope, in evening navy.
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Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare

Global Luxury. African Soul.

One deliberate Bogolan mudcloth signature, warm construction and fixed child-safe hardware — never an all-over print.

Midnight navy softshell ski-flare with gold zips and a Bogolan mudcloth zip-reveal gusset opening at the outer hem. Warm-lined, movement-tested and child-safe: no loose cords at the neck, fixed hardware only. Wash cool, dry flat, keep the mudcloth trim out of bleach.

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The slope, in evening navy.

Engineered detail, held to house standard.

Bogolan zip-reveal gusset

Opening the gold outer-hem zip reveals a full mudcloth gusset behind the flare.

Bogolan inner waistband tape

Mudcloth tape faces the inside of the waistband, seen on the interior view.

Fabric

Midnight navy bonded softshell, fleece back, Bogolan mudcloth hem gusset, gold zip hardware

Winter care

Machine wash cool (30°C), gentle cycle, zips closed. No softener and no bleach — both flatten the fleece backing. Line dry away from direct heat; never iron the bonded face. Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: keep it away from bleach and oxygen brighteners, wash cool, and dry out of direct sun so the motif stays deep.

Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare — The slope, in evening navy. — shown in Midnight Navy, with the house African heritage cloth signature
Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare — The slope, in evening navy. · Midnight Navy

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Colourway

  • Midnight Navy
  • Onyx Black
  • Deep Emerald
  • Garnet

Bonded softshell with hand-dyed Bogolan mudcloth from the house atelier, placed at zip-reveal gusset, inner waistband tape.

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Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare — The slope, in evening navy. — Midnight Navy, Z-View 360 at 0°

Midnight Aurora Ski-Flare — The slope, in evening navy.

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The range

One line. Every essential.

Sizes

  • 3-4Y
  • 5-6Y
  • 7-8Y
  • 9-10Y
  • 11-12Y
  • 13-14Y

Colourways

  • Midnight Navy
  • Onyx Black
  • Deep Emerald
  • Garnet

Age guide

  • 3-4Y · 3–4 years · 98–104 cm
  • 5-6Y · 5–6 years · 110–116 cm
  • 7-8Y · 7–8 years · 122–128 cm
  • 9-10Y · 9–10 years · 134–140 cm
  • 11-12Y · 11–12 years · 146–152 cm
  • 13-14Y · 13–14 years · 158–164 cm

How it works

  1. 01

    Measure

    Measure the child, not a garment: waist at the narrowest point, inseam from crotch to ankle bone.

  2. 02

    Choose the size

    Between two sizes, take the larger — every waist is elasticated or belted and the hems allow one turn-up.

  3. 03

    Care for the mudcloth

    Bogolan mudcloth is hand-dyed: keep it away from bleach and oxygen brighteners, wash cool, and dry out of direct sun so the motif stays deep.

Story behind the design

The Bogolan story

Fila-ni mudcloth in emerald & ivory, worked into the waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe.

emerald & ivory

ZB-FILA-EME-269

  • waistband tape
  • pocket edge
  • side seam stripe

The cloth

Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away.

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 piece.

Why it sits where it sits

Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe. 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 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.

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 · Cold hand-wash or specialist clean only. Mud dye deepens with age; never bleach, and dry flat away from direct sun.

Refinement provenance

Approved design board · studio capture pending

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 intakeIn progress

    Registered from the collection register entry; the full design board is still being filed.

  2. Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete

    Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Ski-Flare Cut (ZG-3587) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, banded terrace steps rising from forefoot to heel, asymmetric anatomical last shaped to the natural toe splay, 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.

  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 passNot yet run

    No refinement output released yet — this page reads the approved board unretouched.

  5. Seven-view studio captureNot yet run

    No angle has been shot yet; all 7 views read the design board.

Questions

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Available finishes

  • Midnight Navy
  • Onyx Black
  • Deep Emerald
  • Garnet

Heritage signature

Bonded softshell with hand-dyed Bogolan mudcloth from the house atelier, placed at zip-reveal gusset, inner waistband tape.

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