{"product_id":"readymade-x-takashi-murakami-multi-eye-applique-shorts","title":"READYMADE × Takashi Murakami Multi-Eye Appliqué Shorts, Reconstructed Military Fabric, Size L","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eTwo influential creative forces meet on a single garment: Takashi Murakami's \"me me\" eye motif, rendered in layered embroidery and appliqué across READYMADE's reconstructed military textile. Preserved unworn, the shorts belong to the emerging category of collectible fashion objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first glance the composition feels playful, almost surreal: a field of scattered eyes stitched across military green fabric, blinking in every direction at once. The longer one looks, the more unsettling it becomes. Murakami's \"me me\" motif has always hovered between innocence and unease, drawing on anime aesthetics while quietly referencing surveillance, multiplicity of identity and the fragmentation of the self. Here the eyes leave the canvas; they are worn, and the artwork begins to look back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREADYMADE does not produce garments in the traditional sense; it reassembles them. Military fabrics drawn from surplus or archival stock are deconstructed and reimagined into new forms, each carrying a past life that is never fully erased. When Murakami's hyper-polished, digitally fluent visual language enters that system, it collides with the raw, tactile world of reconstructed textile: the embroidery is deliberate, the base fabric resists uniformity, and the eyes are precise while their placement feels almost chaotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike a painting fixed in one state, the piece changes with movement, altering how the eyes align, overlap and catch light and shadow. Murakami and READYMADE lay the foundation; the wearer completes the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rarity is one of intersection as much as quantity. Murakami carries global art-market weight and READYMADE commands cult reverence in fashion; together they produce objects too conceptual for mainstream fashion yet too wearable to remain in the gallery. Released in an extremely limited WEB capsule, pieces like this rarely circulate and are quickly absorbed into private collections, and as early crossover pieces they are taking on archival significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e READYMADE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollaboration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takashi Murakami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLine:\u003c\/strong\u003e Limited collaboration drop (WEB release capsule)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Military-derived fabric reconstruction (READYMADE signature), military green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Patchwork with embroidery and layered appliqué\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Multi-eye appliqué in Murakami's \"me me\" visual language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremely limited distribution; immediate sell-out category\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-grade\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaponista grade S\u003c\/strong\u003e · Unworn or as new, complete with original packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew and unused; preserved in unworn condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSuperflat Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurakami's practice and the Kaikai Kiki studio sit at the intersection of fine art, commercial production and mass-media aesthetics. Superflat dissolves the hierarchy between gallery and marketplace, elevating pop iconography to conceptual discourse, and a collaboration such as this carries that dialogue between reconstruction and visual theory, history and hyper-modernity, into clothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREADYMADE × Takashi Murakami collaboration from the limited WEB release capsule, constructed on READYMADE's signature military-derived fabric base. Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked 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. Returns follow our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. Pieces over $1,000 may be reserved over several payments with \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/japonista-layaway-privilege-program\"\u003eLayaway Privilege™\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-related\"\u003eRelated pieces: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/readymade-murakami-flower-embroidered-basketball-shorts-m\"\u003eREADYMADE × Murakami flower basketball shorts\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/readymade-takashi-murakami-flower-mods-coat-limited-edition\"\u003eREADYMADE × Murakami flower mods coat\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cote-mer-embroidered-wagara-kimono-riders-jacket-souvenir\"\u003eCOTE MER wagara embroidered kimono riders jacket\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eYokosuka Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particular size, motif or decade in mind? Postwar souvenir jackets and heritage amekaji surface in Japan one at a time. Name the maker, the embroidery and the chest measurement, and the Hunting Salon™ watches for it on your behalf. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hunting-salon%E2%84%A2\"\u003eRequest a jacket search →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-search\"\u003eCollectors also search: readymade murakami shorts · readymade takashi murakami · murakami eye shorts · readymade military shorts · murakami me me eyes · readymade collaboration shorts size l\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kaikai Kiki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52220670050597,"sku":null,"price":5480.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/8829\/6229\/files\/READYMADEMurakamiMeMeEyeShortsRareMilitaryReconstructionDesignerStreetwearArtPieceSizeL_1.png?v=1776224326","url":"https:\/\/japonista.com\/products\/readymade-x-takashi-murakami-multi-eye-applique-shorts","provider":"Japonista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}