Tailor Toyo Reversible Sukajan, Green Alaska Flag and Totem Back, Black Husky 49th State Side, Size XL
Tailor Toyo Reversible Sukajan, Green Alaska Flag and Totem Back, Black Husky 49th State Side, Size XL
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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。
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Postcard from the 49th State
Alaska jackets are the far-north chapter of the sukajan story, and this one tells it twice. The green face is a crowded postcard of flag, bears and totems; the black face distils it to a single husky and a line of lettering. Two moods, one territory, in a generous XL cut.
Best for: Collectors of Tailor Toyo Alaska designs; larger frames
Condition notes
Visible wear and soiling overall, including marks on the cream sleeves shown in the close photograph.
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A Tailor Toyo reversible souvenir jacket on the Alaska theme: forest green acetate with the Alaska flag, totem poles and America's Last Frontier on the back, turning to black with a husky's head above The 49th State. Cream sleeves on both faces; tagged XL.
The Piece
The green face holds the fuller scene. ALASKA in red capitals tops a band of gold clouds and mountains, the blue flag with its gold stars flies at the centre, two bears rear up either side, and painted totem poles and pines stand along the lower edge above America's Last Frontier in script. Two bears face each other across the chest.
Reversed, the black face is spare and graphic: a husky's head in tan and white beneath ALASKA and a gold cloud band, with The 49th State lettered below. The Alaska flag and a swooping eagle sit on the chest, and white arrows point into each welt pocket. Black and gold striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem on both sides.
Tailor Toyo is the souvenir jacket label of Toyo Enterprise in Tokyo, which supplied embroidered jackets to American servicemen in the 1950s; its Alaska series recalls the jackets made for men posted to the far north.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% acetate (per label)
- Lining: 100% acetate (per label)
- Embroidery: 100% rayon thread (per label)
- Rib: 100% acrylic (per label)
- Colour: Forest green and black; cream sleeves
- Size: XL (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
- Length: 65 cm (25.6 in)
- Sleeve (yuki, centre back neck to cuff): 87 cm (34.3 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
- Visible wear and soiling overall, including marks on the cream sleeves shown in the close photograph.
- Every photograph is part of the description; please study them closely.
Condition grade C (good, visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Specialist dry clean only; acetate dislikes heat and water, so store the jacket on a broad hanger away from sunlight.
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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