KANSAI MAN Black Satin Sukajan, Embroidered Tiger and Kansai Lettering Back, Gold Chest Crest, Size M
KANSAI MAN Black Satin Sukajan, Embroidered Tiger and Kansai Lettering Back, Gold Chest Crest, Size M
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- Prepared and sent from Tokyo within 7–14 days, often sooner, or as arranged
- Arrival
- United States · usually 4–7 days after dispatch, insured and tracked Check the Shipping Flowchart here
- Import
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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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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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Sukajanスカジャン
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
- Giftable
- Mint
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
A designer's manifesto in thread
Most souvenir jackets tell a place; this one tells an attitude. Kansai Yamamoto set his own creed in gold thread beside the oldest motif in the sukajan vocabulary, the tiger, and the result reads as much like a designer's statement as a keepsake.
Best for: Collectors of Japanese designer sukajan and Kansai Yamamoto graphics
Condition notes
Light marks and signs of use. Soft creasing and some loss of sheen to the satin, most visible on the sleeves. Care label faded and partly illegible.
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A KANSAI MAN souvenir jacket in black satin, its back given over to a lunging tiger, the word Kansai in pink chain stitch and a column of gold lettering that reads like a manifesto: Stylish, Sporty Retro, Comfortable, Simple Chic, Cosmopolitan, Groovy. Tagged M.
The Piece
KANSAI MAN was the menswear line of Kansai Yamamoto, the Japanese designer remembered for bringing theatrical colour and bold graphic imagery to fashion. Here that spirit meets the sukajan. Across the back, a tiger in amber and brown thread lunges upward from the lower left, mouth open, while three white stars run along the hem beside it. The pink Kansai script and the gold word list fill the shoulders, ending in the line's own name.
The front is quieter: a small gold embroidered crest on the left chest, a full-length zip and two pockets fastened with brass-tone snaps. Black rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem, and the shell has the soft, liquid sheen of a rayon blend satin. Inside, a cream lining carries the woven KANSAI MAN label, the letters stacked in red within an ornamental silver frame.
Details
- Maker: KANSAI MAN (Kansai Yamamoto)
- Style: Zip-front souvenir jacket
- Shell: Rayon blend satin, 55% rayon (second fibre faded on the label)
- Lining: Cream, blended fibre (label faded)
- Embroidery: Tiger, Kansai script, word list and stars on the back; crest on the chest
- Colour: Black with pink, gold and amber thread
- Size: M (per label, partly faded)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
- Length: 66 cm (26.0 in)
- Sleeve (centre back to cuff): 87 cm (34.3 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in). For the shoulder measurement, simply write to the Desk.
Condition
- Light marks and signs of use consistent with a worn jacket.
- Soft creasing and some loss of sheen to the satin, most visible on the sleeves.
- The care label is faded and partly illegible; the woven maker's label is clear.
Condition grade B (good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the woven label and embroidery are consistent with the line. Dry clean only, and store on a broad hanger away from direct light so the rayon keeps its sheen.
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 designer in Kansai Yamamoto and the wider sukajan collection.
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