SAINT MICHAEL × Denim Tears 21SS Choose Your Savior Varsity Jacket SM-S21-0000-041, Black Wool and Cream Leather, Size S
SAINT MICHAEL × Denim Tears 21SS Choose Your Savior Varsity Jacket SM-S21-0000-041, Black Wool and Cream Leather, Size S
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A guide for this piece: about $194, 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.
Condition report
Very Good8.0 / 10
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A sermon in chenille
Two labels that think in symbols meet on the most American of garments. The back poses a question in candy-coloured chenille, the front answers with an eye, a sun and lines of scripture-like script, and the sleeves reach out with open hands. Few varsity jackets carry this much meaning per square inch.
Best for: SAINT MICHAEL and Denim Tears collectors; statement varsity wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use; minor marks possible on close inspection. Light handling to the cream leather sleeves.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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The SAINT MICHAEL and Denim Tears varsity jacket from Spring Summer 2021, reference SM-S21-0000-041: black wool body, cream cowhide sleeves, and a back that reads Choose Your Savior in multicoloured chenille around a robed figure with open arms. Tagged S.
The Piece
The back is a full composition. CHOOSE YOUR arches across the shoulders in letters of yellow, red, blue and purple chenille; beneath it a figure in a red robe stands with arms spread over a small banner, and SAVIOR completes the line at the hem in the same mixed colours.
The front is just as dense. A blue chenille M and a red S stack on the right chest, lines of gold chain-stitch script run down the left, and below them sit an embroidered eye and a blazing sun. The cream leather sleeves carry chenille hands and faces in brown and tan, worked as if pinned to the hide. Black and white striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem; inside, a quilted lining carries the circular woven house label with the line Be careful what you wish for.
Denim Tears is the label of Tremaine Emory; SAINT MICHAEL is the Tokyo label known for deliberately aged graphics, and this collaboration is one of its most sought-after varsity pieces.
Details
- Maker: SAINT MICHAEL × Denim Tears
- Reference: SM-S21-0000-041, 21SS
- Style: Varsity jacket, snap front
- Shell: 100% wool; sleeves 100% cowhide (per label)
- Lining: 100% rayon; padding 100% polyester
- Rib: 70% acrylic, 30% wool
- Colour: Black and cream with multicoloured chenille
- Size: S (per label)
- Shoulder: 54 cm (21.3 in)
- Chest width: 64 cm (25.2 in)
- Length: 67 cm (26.4 in)
- Sleeve: 58 cm (22.8 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light signs of use, with minor marks possible on close inspection.
- The cream leather sleeves show light handling; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Specialist leather dry cleaning only; store on a broad hanger away from direct light so the chenille keeps its loft.
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 maker in SAINT MICHAEL and across our Amekaji collection.
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