Paraguas Craneo Jacket Black

BLACK SOUVENIR BOMBER JACKET WITH SKULL EMBROIDERY AND CHEST EMBROIDERY IN POLYESTER

As is the case with many sartorial icons, the Souvenir jacket is a garment that has evolved beyond its cultural origins and integrated into our popular culture. This very particular embroidery style was originally created for American GIs to bring home souvenir jackets after the post-war occupation of Japan, from which the garment gets its name.

Since then, Souvenir jackets have appeared countless times in films, on fashion runways, and continue to serve as an iconic representation of rebellion to this day.

Beyond the embroidered motifs themselves, this style of jacket is defined by its cut, which is similar to a classic American baseball jacket. This style was adopted by working-class youth and also became a symbol of rebellion in post-war Japan. For the Japanese bourgeoisie, the jacket had negative connotations, notably as a symbol of gang ties and delinquency.

This embroidery is a metaphor for existence and the human condition. Clinically, we define death as the state that sets in when our heart stops beating. Blood circulation stops, we stop breathing, our brain stops, and that's what divides the states we occupy from one moment (alive) to the next (dead). But philosophically, our definition of death is based on something else: the point beyond which we can no longer return. Are you alive?

► Model wears size M and is 193cm tall
► Long Sleeves
► Zipper closure
► 100% Polyester
► Machine wash
► Handcrafted in Peru at the Misericordia workshop