A BATHING APE Shark MA-1 Flight Jacket 001HJK801006M, Black Nylon, WGM and Ape Head Sleeves, Size L
A BATHING APE Shark MA-1 Flight Jacket 001HJK801006M, Black Nylon, WGM and Ape Head Sleeves, Size L
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Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape. すべて手採寸（cm表記）。素材のゆとりや採寸の個人差により、1〜2cm程度の誤差が生じる場合がございます。あらかじめご了承ください。
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Bomber and flight jacketボンバー・フライトジャケット
Widths are taken across one layer with the piece laid flat; double them for the full circumference.幅は平置きの片面を採寸しています。周囲は2倍してください。
Condition report
Very Good
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- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
Teeth on a flight jacket
The shark face is the most recognisable graphic BAPE ever drew, and here it is laid over the most functional jacket in the military wardrobe. Black on black with grey teeth and eyes, it reads as menace only up close. WGM runs down one sleeve and the ape head stamps the other: the house signature, worn as flight insignia.
Best for: BAPE collectors; Harajuku streetwear archives
Condition notes
Light signs of use with no conspicuous damage noted; the nylon shows soft creasing from wear.
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An A BATHING APE shark MA-1 flight jacket, reference 001HJK801006M: padded black nylon carrying the full shark face in tonal print across the front, WGM in grey down one sleeve and a large ape head on the other. Tagged size L.
The Piece
The front leads. Two shark eyes sit high on the chest and the open, toothed mouth spans the body from pocket to pocket, printed in grey and black so the design surfaces as the light moves. A grey ape head silhouette fills the left forearm above a zipped utility pocket, and the letters WGM, World Gone Mad, descend the right sleeve in raised grey type.
The back is clean black nylon, gathered softly at the sleeves in the MA-1 manner. Black rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem, and inside, the black lining carries the yellow Ape-Ops Proper Uniform label.
A BATHING APE was founded by Nigo in Harajuku in 1993; the shark face became one of its defining motifs.
Details
- Maker: A BATHING APE
- Reference: 001HJK801006M (per care label)
- Style: MA-1 flight jacket, zip front
- Shell: 100% polyamide
- Lining: 100% polyester; padding 100% polyester
- Rib: 63% acrylic, 27% wool, 7% polyester, 3% polyurethane
- Colour: Black with grey print
- Size: L (per label)
- Shoulder: 48 cm (18.9 in)
- Chest width: 59 cm (23.2 in)
- Length: 68.5 cm (27.0 in)
- Sleeve: 63 cm (24.8 in); centre back to cuff 90 cm (35.4 in)
- Made in: China (per label)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light signs of use, with no conspicuous damage noted.
- The nylon shows soft creasing from wear; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Professional clean recommended; keep the printed panels away from a hot iron.
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. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. More from the maker in BAPE, and across our Amekaji collection.
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