Tailor Toyo TT15666 Reversible Sukajan, Black Velveteen Skull and Snake, Quilted Dragon and Tiger Reverse, Size L
Tailor Toyo TT15666 Reversible Sukajan, Black Velveteen Skull and Snake, Quilted Dragon and Tiger Reverse, Size L
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A guide for this piece: about $236, 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. 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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Sukajanスカジャン
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。
Condition report
Very Good
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- Mint
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- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
Two moods, one jacket
The velveteen face is the collector's side: memento mori in rayon thread, a skull, a serpent and a web, the darkest register of the souvenir jacket. The quilted reverse answers with the classic dragon and tiger, the oldest pairing in the sukajan vocabulary. One garment, two complete statements.
Best for: Collectors of Tailor Toyo reversibles; dark-motif sukajan wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use; no conspicuous marks or stains noted. Soft creasing to the velveteen pile and satin sleeves.
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A reversible Tailor Toyo sukajan, reference TT15666: black cotton velveteen on one face, worked in hand-guided embroidery with a skull, a coiling snake and a spider web, and a quilted black and silver face on the other, where a dragon and a tiger meet beneath the word Japan. Tagged L.
The Piece
The velveteen side carries the jacket's darkest story. Across the back, a cracked skull rests on crossed bones while a grey serpent winds through its eye, all set against a fine white spider web and the script word Japon. Two smaller skulls sit on the chest, and a dragon in pale thread climbs each sleeve.
Turn it inside out and the mood changes. The black body is diamond quilted, the sleeves are silver satin, and the back shows a dragon and a tiger locked together among plum blossoms under a red Japan script, with a pair of embroidered birds on the chest. Striped rib in green, cream and gold closes the collar, cuffs and hem on both sides.
The label carries the Tailor Toyo mark with Mount Fuji, cherry blossom and torii gate, the line maker of the original Yokosuka souvenir jacket, and the words Hand Embroidery.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: TT15666 (per care label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% cotton velveteen; reverse side quilted, lining 100% acetate
- Interlining: 80% cotton, 20% polyester
- Embroidery: 100% rayon thread; rib 100% acrylic
- Colour: Black velveteen; black and silver reverse
- Size: L (per label)
- Shoulder: 58 cm (22.8 in)
- Chest width: 53 cm (20.9 in)
- Length: 63 cm (24.8 in)
- Sleeve: 61 cm (24.0 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 no conspicuous marks or stains noted.
- The velveteen pile and the satin sleeves show the soft creasing of a worn jacket; 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, so the rayon embroidery keeps its sheen.
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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