Kansai Man Vintage Phoenix Sukajan, Bordeaux Rayon Velour, Navy Nylon Sleeves, Made in Japan, Size M3
Kansai Man Vintage Phoenix Sukajan, Bordeaux Rayon Velour, Navy Nylon Sleeves, Made in Japan, Size M3
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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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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
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- Honest Wear
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Plumage for the stage
A phoenix rising over crushed velour is not a souvenir from a port town but a designer's set piece, and it carries Kansai Yamamoto's theatrical streak into the most democratic of jackets. The bordeaux pile catches light like a curtain; the nylon sleeves keep it wearable.
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Condition notes
Light wear for age. Pilling to the rib at hem, cuffs and collar. Handwriting on an inner tag.
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A vintage souvenir jacket from Kansai Yamamoto's Kansai Man line: crushed bordeaux rayon velour with navy nylon sleeves, and across the back a gold phoenix with wings flung wide above the house name. Made in Japan; tagged M3.
The Piece
The phoenix fills the upper back, worked in gold, amber and rose thread, its wings raised in fanned feathers and its tail falling in long flame-like plumes. Beneath it run KANSAI YAMAMOTO CO., LTD., a short quoted passage in fine white script and the signature Kansai.
The front is quieter: a KANSAI MAN patch at the chest and two patch pockets piped in cream with a red stripe. The navy nylon sleeves carry a red stripe of their own, and the collar, cuffs and hem are ribbed in bordeaux, gold and black. Inside, a diamond-quilted lining.
Kansai Yamamoto, the Japanese designer remembered for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust costumes, brought the same theatrical instinct to his menswear; the phoenix here is pure stagecraft.
Details
- Maker: Kansai Yamamoto, Kansai Man line (Kansai Company)
- Reference: 130-80-11207 (per label)
- Style: Souvenir jacket, zip front, quilted
- Shell: 100% rayon velour, woven with slit yarn (per label)
- Sleeves: 100% nylon
- Lining: 100% polyester, quilted
- Colour: Bordeaux and navy; gold embroidery
- Size: M3, for heights 177 to 182 cm (per label)
- Chest width: 61.5 cm (24.2 in)
- Length: 66 cm (26.0 in)
- Yuki, centre back to cuff: 90 cm (35.4 in)
- Made in: Japan (per label)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light wear for its age.
- Pilling to the rib at the hem, cuffs and collar.
- Handwriting on an inner care tag.
Condition grade B (light wear, with the notes above) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Dry clean only; store on a broad hanger so the velour pile is never crushed.
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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