RUDE GALLERY x The Birthday Reversible Sukajan, Black Virgin Mary Back, Skull and Swallows Reverse, Size S
RUDE GALLERY x The Birthday Reversible Sukajan, Black Virgin Mary Back, Skull and Swallows Reverse, Size S
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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
- As Found
Hymns and rock and roll
Two devotions share this jacket: the Virgin of Guadalupe and praying hands on one face, a skull with swallows and the band's name on the other. Made by RUDE GALLERY for The Birthday, it belongs to the line of Japanese rock merchandise that borrowed the sukajan's embroidered language, and it reads as much a fan's relic as a garment.
Best for: Collectors of RUDE GALLERY and Japanese rock collaborations; dark-motif sukajan wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use with some minor marks. Pronounced creasing to the rayon on both faces.
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A reversible RUDE GALLERY sukajan made for the Japanese rock band The Birthday: black rayon embroidered with the Virgin of Guadalupe and praying hands on one face, and a skull, crossed bones and two swallows under the band's name on the other. Tagged S.
The Piece
On the first face, the Virgin stands in her full radiating mandorla across the back, worked in white and silver thread above a Rude Gallery banner. On the chest, a pair of praying hands holds a rosary over matching banners, and white arrows point into each pocket. Fine white piping follows the raglan seams.
Turned, the jacket becomes the band's. A grinning skull rests on crossed bones between two swallows in blue and red, framed by the words The Birthday above and Rude Gallery below, with a single embroidered character on the sleeve. Black rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem on both faces.
RUDE GALLERY is a Tokyo label whose motto, Music Is Everything, appears on the inner label.
Details
- Maker: RUDE GALLERY, for The Birthday
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% rayon (per label)
- Rib: 70% acrylic, 30% wool
- Embroidery: Both faces
- Colour: Black, both faces
- Size: S (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records; please write to the Desk
- Chest width: 50 cm (19.7 in)
- Length: 60 cm (23.6 in)
- Sleeve (yuki, centre back neck to cuff): 82 cm (32.3 in)
- Made in: China (per label)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light signs of use, with some minor marks.
- The rayon shows pronounced creasing on both faces; 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. Dry clean only; store on a broad hanger, away from direct light.
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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