Chaqueta varsity Takashi Murakami × Saint Mxxxxxx Cherry Blossom Flower Smile, lana rosa y piel blanca, talla S

Takashi Murakami's smiling flower, multiplied in dense embroidery across a pink wool varsity jacket with white leather sleeves. Made with Saint Mxxxxxx, the collaboration rebuilds an American collegiate archetype as a carrier of contemporary art, and this example is offered unused.

The Piece

The jacket sets Murakami's iconic flower motif within the structured framework of a classic American-inspired varsity silhouette. Executed in pink wool with contrasting white leather sleeves, it departs from traditional varsity design through extensive embroidered floral elements, turning the surface into a dense field of repeated symbols. It is the high-density embroidered variant within the collaboration.

The smiling flower is one of Murakami's most enduring symbols, cheerful on the surface yet often read as a comment on emotional commodification and surface-level happiness. Multiplied, scaled and distributed across the body, it becomes a chorus of identical emotional signals, and the pink base, usually associated with softness, turns assertive at full-garment scale. The white leather sleeves ground the composition and keep the varsity silhouette recognizable.

Technically the varsity format is preserved: a wool body for weight and insulation, leather sleeves for durability and contrast, ribbed cuffs and hem for structure. High-density embroidery across chest and body, however, turns the cloth into something closer to a semi-rigid surface, changing how the jacket drapes, reflects light and occupies space, so that it behaves as much as a mobile display object as outerwear.

Saint Mxxxxxx works within the long Japanese reinterpretation of American heritage garments, with a design language rooted in distress, reconstruction and Americana and drawn from READYMADE's ethos of recontextualization. Murakami's involvement reframes the varsity jacket, long a symbol of collegiate achievement and belonging, within a global dialogue between fashion, streetwear and contemporary art.

Details

• Maker: Saint Mxxxxxx × Takashi Murakami
• Line: Cherry Blossom “Flower Smile” varsity jacket, high-density embroidered variant
• Material: Pink wool body; white leather sleeves; ribbed cuffs and hem; multi-point embroidery
• Color: Pink with white sleeves
• Size: S

Condition

Japonista grade S · Unworn or as new, complete with original packaging.

Unused collector's example.

Authenticity & Care

Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.

Delivery from Japan

Packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Returns follow our published policy.

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