Tailor Toyo TT11510 Wheels Reversible Sukajan, Pin-Up Skull Hot Rod Back, Tonal Tiger Reverse, Green, Size M
Tailor Toyo TT11510 Wheels Reversible Sukajan, Pin-Up Skull Hot Rod Back, Tonal Tiger Reverse, Green, Size M
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Condition report
Very Good8.0 / 10
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- As Found
Garage gothic in green satin
Wheels swaps the dragon and eagle for the custom car shop: pin-ups, skulls and a demon caught between racing tyres, stitched with the same density Tailor Toyo gives its classical motifs. The tonal tiger on the reverse is the counterweight, almost invisible until the light catches it. A jacket for the collector who likes the souvenir form bent toward rockabilly.
Best for: Rockabilly and hot rod sukajan collectors; Tailor Toyo reversibles
Condition notes
General signs of wear, light scuffing to the satin and some fraying on the sleeve piping. Embroidery on both faces complete.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A reversible Tailor Toyo sukajan, reference TT11510, from the maker's Wheels design: olive green satin carrying a hot rod tableau of two pin-up women, skulls and racing tyres beneath gold lettering, and a champagne satin reverse with a tiger worked in tone on tone thread. Tagged M.
The Piece
The green face is the showpiece. Across the back, the word WHEELS is set in antique gold capitals; below it, two women in black gowns and laced stockings each raise a skull on an open palm, flanking a grinning blue demon head held between two large tyres, with grey smoke curling up to a faint skull outline. On the chest, a pair of skull and crossbones emblems frame the zip, above arrow tipped pockets.
Turn it inside out and the jacket quietens. The champagne satin carries a large tiger among bamboo, embroidered in close browns and taupes so that the image rises through relief rather than colour. Navy, gold and rust striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem, and gold satin sleeves with navy piping complete the green side.
The label carries the Tailor Toyo mark with Mount Fuji, cherry blossom and torii gate and the words Hand Embroidery. Tailor Toyo is the line of Toyo Enterprise, the company most closely tied to the souvenir jackets made for servicemen in postwar Japan, and the Wheels design is one of its hot rod themed releases.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: TT11510 (per care label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% polyester satin (per label)
- Lining: 100% polyester satin, worn as the reverse face
- Embroidery: Pin-ups, skulls and tyres; tonal tiger on the reverse
- Colour: Olive green with gold sleeves; champagne reverse
- Size: M (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 54 cm (21.3 in)
- Length: 62 cm (24.4 in)
- Sleeve: 86 cm (33.9 in), centre back neck to cuff
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in). For the shoulder figure, please write to the Desk.
Condition
- General signs of wear throughout, with light scuffing to the satin.
- Some fraying, noted on the sleeve piping and visible in the close photographs.
- The embroidery on both faces remains complete and well defined; 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, and support the body when turning the jacket so the sleeves are not forced through the cuffs.
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 Tailor Toyo and the wider sukajan collection.
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