Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO J15SH181 Distressed Check Shirt with Flame Embroidery, Faded Red Plaid, Size 44
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO J15SH181 Distressed Check Shirt with Flame Embroidery, Faded Red Plaid, Size 44
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Condition report
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A Shirt That Has Heard Things
The plaid is worn thin by design, the hem left to fray, and across the back the house has stitched a wall of flames and a line about music and listening. It is a punk shirt that remembers it was once a workshirt, and wears both lives openly.
Best for: Collectors of Japanese designer shirts with embroidery and distressing
Condition notes
Some marks from use. Holes, fraying, repair stitching and fading are part of the original design.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A long-sleeved check shirt from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference J15SH181: faded red and cream plaid cotton, deliberately distressed, with chain-stitched flames across the back and small embroidered motifs at the chest. Size 44.
The Piece
The back leads. A row of tall flames, outlined in pale thread, rises from the waist towards the yoke, and along the yoke runs a line of hand-drawn lettering: ONLY THE SOUND THE EAR PERMITS IS MUSIC. A small skull and crossbones sits at the right shoulder. The plaid has been bleached and washed so that the reds soften to rose and the creams turn almost white.
At the front, a spiralled apple sits on the left chest and a pair of cherries carrying the letters M and Y on the right, above a single patch pocket. A small pin is fixed below the collar, and the house sign-in patch is stitched near the hem. Slashes at the body and sleeves, a frayed raw hem and visible repair stitching give it the look of a shirt worn for years.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Reference: J15SH181
- Style: Distressed check shirt, button front
- Fabric: Cotton
- Embroidery: Flames, yoke lettering and skull at the back; apple and cherries at the chest
- Colour: Faded red, cream and black plaid
- Size: 44 (per label)
- Shoulder: 62 cm (24.4 in)
- Chest width: 70 cm (27.6 in)
- Length: 69 cm (27.2 in)
- Sleeve: 59 cm (23.2 in); centre back to cuff 91 cm (35.8 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Some marks from use, noted at inspection.
- The holes, fraying and fading are part of the original design.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good, visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the house label and inner tab appear in the photographs. Hand wash cold, inside out, to protect the distressing.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand 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; ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Every figure above is taken by hand with the garment laid flat, in centimetres. Lay a shirt or jacket you already love beside them and allow a centimetre or two of margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our size guide to tops and jackets turns pit-to-pit figures into US, UK, EU and Japanese sizes, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
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