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This bomber, Sukajan, also called souvenir jacket, is a flamboyant jacket with mystical embroidery full of colors and secrets, born from the meeting between American and Japanese cultures.
Decorated with a Dragon, called in Japan ryū or tatsu (龍 or 竜?). lThe Japanese dragon is a creature of great creative power. A positive icon, representing the strong masculine yang principle of heaven, change, energy, wealth and creativity.
Materials: Satin & Polyester
Coat Edge: 6 cm wide
Padded = stuffed/padded
Unpadded = without extra stuffing
Sizes Chart:
S
Chest: 104 cm / 40.9 inches
Length: 55 cm / 21.6 inches
M
Chest: 108 cm / 42.5 inches
Length: 56 cm / 22 inches
L
Chest: 112 cm / 44 inches
Length: 59 cm / 23 inches
XL
Chest: 116 cm / 45.6 inches
Length: 61 cm / 24 inches
3L
Chest: 122 cm / 48 inches
Length: 65 cm / 25.5 inches
!! Attention: these are Asian sizes, remember to take one or even two sizes above yours!!
Short story:
According to legend, the story of the souvenir jacket comes from the desire of an American marine stationed at the Yokosuka naval base, who, at the end of the Second World War, had the idea of having his feats of arms and his personal interpretation of Japanese culture embroidered on his baseball jacket.
The craze for the souvenir jacket was such that the demand for these jackets exploded. It is even said that tailors used surplus parachute sails to make more, giving the jacket its shine thanks to the parachute silk!!
"3 who already imitate the marines by wearing jeans, leather jackets and even their haircut. The souvenir jacket is no exception: the sukaman are making it their own.
These jackets intrigued young Japanese people from the fashion movement called "sukaman" (contraction of Yokosuka Mambo), they would take up certain elements of the civilian style of the military from the Yokosuka base, wearing jeans, leather jackets, and sometimes going so far as to imitate the American haircut (the James Dean pompadour). would be renamed: sukajan
From then on, the souvenir jacket went from being a souvenir object to a symbol of rebellion against mainstream society and acquired a new name: sukajan (for "Yokosuka jumpers").
And it doesn't stop there: with the film "Buta to Gunkan" (Pigs and Battleships - 1961) by Shohei Imamura, who dresses his main character in a sukajan, the souvenir jacket definitively enters Japanese culture and gains national notoriety. The sukajan becomes the equivalent of the black jacket, the leather perfecto of Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953), it is the jacket of rebels and bad boys.
The sukajan remains unconditionally a coat full of symbolisms continuing to tell the stories and references between American and Japanese cultures. A timeless piece constantly brought up to date with different aesthetic universes, bikers, tattoos, rock ... Rebellious or just free, this piece will bring a lot to your wardrobe.
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