WEST RIDE Cycle Togs Reversible Sukajan, Black Rayon Eagle and Skull, Velveteen Spider Web Side, Size 38
WEST RIDE Cycle Togs Reversible Sukajan, Black Rayon Eagle and Skull, Velveteen Spider Web Side, Size 38
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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。
Condition report
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Where Yokosuka meets the open road
Two traditions share this jacket. The rayon face keeps the souvenir jacket's old vocabulary of eagle, Fuji and snake, while the velveteen face turns to the motorcycle club, with pistons, a spider web and Forever in script. The shirt collar gives it the line of a 1950s club jacket rather than a bomber.
Best for: Collectors of Japanese motorcycle heritage clothing; skull-motif sukajan wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use overall, with some creasing to the rayon. Every photograph is part of the description.
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A WEST RIDE reversible souvenir jacket under its Cycle Togs label, cut with a shirt collar: black rayon embroidered with an eagle, skull and snake before Mount Fuji, turning to black velveteen with a skull, serpent and spider web beneath the word Forever. Tagged 38.
The Piece
The rayon face carries the classic composition. A white eagle swoops down from a snow-capped Fuji, a red cord trailing from its talons, onto a skull wrapped by a green snake, with a cherry blossom drifting at one side. Two cream skulls sit on the chest, one either side of the gold zip, and black and white striped rib closes the cuffs and hem.
Turned out, the velveteen face speaks the language of the motorcycle club. A skull lies across crossed engine pistons, a red and green serpent coils through it, and a white spider web spreads behind, with Forever in script above. The twin chest skulls repeat on this side, and cream rib finishes the cuffs.
WEST RIDE is a Japanese label devoted to motorcycle clothing in the American vintage manner; this jacket carries its Cycle Togs label with San Francisco lettering.
Details
- Maker: WEST RIDE (Cycle Togs label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket with shirt collar
- Shell: Rayon
- Reverse: Velveteen
- Embroidery: Eagle, Fuji, skulls, snakes, pistons, spider web
- Colour: Black; striped and cream rib
- Size: 38 (per label)
- Shoulder: 42 cm (16.5 in)
- Chest width: 51 cm (20.1 in)
- Length: 67 cm (26.4 in)
- Sleeve: 64 cm (25.2 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 some creasing to the rayon, as shown in the photographs.
- 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 sukajan collection and across American casual and wagara.
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