Tailor Toyo TT15175 Reversible Sukajan, Green Quilted Alaska Map, Black Velveteen Polar Bear Side, M
Tailor Toyo TT15175 Reversible Sukajan, Green Quilted Alaska Map, Black Velveteen Polar Bear Side, M
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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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Condition report
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- Honest Wear
- As Found
A whole state, stitched to the back
Map jackets were the most literal souvenirs, and this one rewards close reading: river, derrick, igloo and peak, each named town a stop on someone's tour of duty. The velveteen bear on the other face is the counterweight, bold where the map is intricate.
Best for: Collectors of map and Alaska sukajan
Condition notes
Light signs of use; soft creasing to the quilted satin and sleeves.
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A reversible Tailor Toyo sukajan, reference TT15175: green diamond quilted satin with an embroidered map of Alaska across the back, and black cotton velveteen on the other face, where a polar bear rears before forked lightning. Tagged M.
The Piece
The quilted face is a souvenir map in the truest sense. Under ALASKA in red, a gold-outlined state names its towns in thread, Barrow, Nome, Fairbanks and Kodiak among them, with the Yukon River, an igloo, an oil derrick and Mount McKinley. Twin polar bears sit on the chest and the raglan sleeves are cream quilted satin.
Turned out, the black velveteen gives the bear its drama: it rises from ice and sea against yellow lightning, ALASKA above and AMERICA'S LAST FRONTIER below, with a smaller bear on each side of the chest.
Tailor Toyo is the souvenir jacket line of Toyo Enterprise, the maker most closely tied to the original post-war sukajan.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: TT15175
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% cotton velveteen; reverse 100% acetate
- Padding: 80% cotton, 20% polyester
- Embroidery: 100% rayon thread; rib 100% acrylic
- Colour: Green with cream sleeves; reverse black
- Size: M (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 52 cm (20.5 in)
- Length: 60 cm (23.6 in)
- Sleeve: being confirmed against our archive records
- Centre back to cuff: 80 cm (31.5 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 soft creasing to the quilted satin.
- Every photograph is part of the description; for any measurement still being confirmed, please write to the Desk.
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; brush the velveteen gently and store 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 from the maker in Tailor Toyo and the wider sukajan collection.
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