A Japanese map artwork made up of the colorful fabrics and embroidery of beautifully colored threads.
It has more city names of US bases of those days embroidered than other map artworks of Sukajan.
The reversible side has the tiger design as a main character of this jacket.
Because it takes an unimaginable amount of time and effort, the number of jackets made at the time was very limited, the number of still-existing ones is extremely small.
It can be said that it is a perfect jacket to culminate the last of the special edition serious for Year of the Tiger, which is associated with the 2022 Chinese zodiac.
“KOSHO & CO.” SPECIAL EDITION
The “Special Edition” collection is a superior version of Tailor Toyo Sukajan that is an absolute reproduction of vintage souvenir jackets originated in the early days of post WWII.
The intricate artworks are depicted in details by the experienced craftsmen with the vintage embroidery machines.
The 100% wool rib that is purposely knitted loose by the primitive knitting machine in the same manner the rib of vintage jackets was done.
The zipper with two pullers meant for reversible jacket is duplicated by using the 50-year-old vintage fastener machines.
The special jacket has a woven label of “Kosho & Co.” which is a predecessor company of Toyo Enterprise, all the details of the day built in.