Tailor Toyo TT10496 Reversible Sukajan, Black Velveteen Alaska Moose, Blue Quilted Map Side, Size L
Tailor Toyo TT10496 Reversible Sukajan, Black Velveteen Alaska Moose, Blue Quilted Map Side, Size L
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Two winters, one garment
Alaska jackets are the far-north branch of the sukajan family, made for servicemen who wanted the frontier stitched onto their backs. This one gives two readings: a hushed black velveteen moose for evening, and a bright quilted map that names the territory town by town. It is the kind of reversible that rewards turning over in the hand.
Best for: Collectors of Tailor Toyo Alaska designs; reversible velveteen sukajan wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use overall, with no conspicuous damage noted. Every photograph is part of the description.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A Tailor Toyo reversible souvenir jacket, reference TT10496: black cotton velveteen embroidered with a bull moose among pines beneath ALASKA, turning to royal blue quilted satin worked with an embroidered map of the territory. Tagged L.
The Piece
The velveteen face is the quieter, richer side. Across the back a pale gold moose stands among pine trees under ALASKA in script, with America's Last Frontier lettered below. Two eagles with spread wings face each other across the chest, and embroidered figures and sled dogs run down both sleeves. Camel rib frames the collar, cuffs and hem.
Turned inside out, the jacket becomes a second garment entirely. Diamond quilting runs across royal blue satin, and the back carries an embroidered outline of Alaska with its towns and rivers named in thread, an igloo and a dog sled among them, finished with a striped rib in red, green and gold.
Tailor Toyo is the souvenir jacket label of Toyo Enterprise in Tokyo, which supplied embroidered jackets to American servicemen in the 1950s; its Alaska designs recall the jackets made for men posted to the far north.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: TT10496 (per label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% cotton velveteen (per label)
- Reverse: 100% polyester quilted satin (per label)
- Embroidery: Moose, pines and eagles; Alaska map on the reverse
- Colour: Black with camel rib; royal blue reverse
- Size: L (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 60 cm (23.6 in)
- Length: 60 cm (23.6 in)
- Sleeve (yuki, centre back neck to cuff): 85 cm (33.5 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light signs of use overall, with no conspicuous damage noted.
- Every photograph is part of the description; please study them closely.
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 dry clean only; brush the velveteen with the pile and store the jacket on a broad hanger.
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 in the Tailor Toyo collection and the sukajan collection.
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