FREE CITY Velour Sukajan, Life Nature Love Sun Back, Hummingbird Chest, Quilted Lining, Burgundy, Size 3
FREE CITY Velour Sukajan, Life Nature Love Sun Back, Hummingbird Chest, Quilted Lining, Burgundy, Size 3
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A guide for this piece: about $62, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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- Character
- QuietResplendent Balanced 4 of 10 ·
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Condition report
Very Good8.0 / 10
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Optimism, tone on tone
Where most souvenir jackets shout in gold thread, this one speaks quietly: a sun and three words that surface only when the velour catches the light. It suits someone who wants the shape and warmth of a sukajan without the spectacle. A Californian answer to a Japanese form.
Best for: Quiet everyday wear; FREE CITY followers
Condition notes
Light signs of wear; soft creasing and natural nap shading to the velour.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A FREE CITY souvenir jacket in deep burgundy velour, its back carrying a tonal rising sun above the words Life, Nature and Love, a hummingbird hovering on the chest, and a softly quilted lining inside. Tagged 3.
The Piece
This is the souvenir jacket translated into the Los Angeles label's own vocabulary. Instead of tigers and dragons, the back holds a sun with long rays at the shoulder blade and three stacked words in large outlined letters, all worked tone on tone so the design appears and fades with the light across the pile. On the left chest a single hummingbird, wings spread, is set in the same quiet register.
The cut keeps the classic souvenir shape: a zip front, slanted welt pockets, a small woven tab at the hem, and broad ribbing at the collar, cuffs and waist in a dusty rose. Inside, a wine coloured lining is quilted in rounded cloud channels over a light padding, a warmer build than the usual satin.
FREE CITY has long dealt in hopeful slogans and sun motifs, and this piece places that optimism on a form born in postwar Yokosuka.
Details
- Maker: FREE CITY
- Reference: 700071-380, FCJJKT82A (per care label)
- Style: Velour souvenir jacket
- Shell: 55% polyester, 45% cotton velour
- Lining: 100% polyester, quilted
- Padding: 70% polyester, 30% rayon
- Colour: Burgundy, with dusty rose rib
- Size: 3 (per label)
- Shoulder: 43 cm (16.9 in)
- Chest width: 51 cm (20.1 in)
- Length: 69 cm (27.2 in)
- Sleeve: 67 cm (26.4 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light signs of wear, consistent with a jacket that has been worn and enjoyed.
- The velour pile shows soft creasing and the natural shading of the nap; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Follow the care label; professional cleaning keeps the velour pile even. Store on a broad hanger rather than folded.
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.
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