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スーベニアジャケット（スカジャン）とは戦後間もない頃、米兵が日本駐留の記念としてオリエンタルな柄（鷲・虎・龍）や所属していた部隊、基地名などを自分たちのジャケットに刺繍したのが始まりである。それらは土産物として商品化され、各地のPX（Post Exchangeの略で米軍基地内の売店の通称）で販売されるようになった。当時、このスーベニアジャケットを　>>> 続きを読む

The souvenir jacket, or suka-jan as it is commonly known, originated in the early postwar days when the U.S. servicemen stationing in the Pacific had their own jackets embroidered with their unit names, base names, or even the oriental motifs at the local merchants in order to make their unique mementos. Later on those jackets were commercialized　>>> Read More

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May 02, 2022

Lot No. TT13761-123 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

1965年から66年にベトナムへ駐留していた米兵が持ち帰ったベトジャンを再現。背中の柄は王道のベトナムマップだが、胸は漢字の「福」ではなく「HAPPINESS」表記でアメリカと南ヘ　>>> 続きを読む

#TAILOR TOYO #JACKET #VIETNAM JACKET

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May 02, 2022

Lot No. TT14342-105 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

#TAILOR TOYO #JACKET #VIETNAM JACKET

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May 02, 2022

Lot No. TT78775 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “SKULL & SNAKE”

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May 02, 2022

Lot No. TT78774 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “ALOHA HAWAII”

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Apr 26, 2022

Lot No. TT15052-119 / Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket “TIGER HEAD” × “CHEVY LOVER”

#TAILOR TOYO #SOUVENIR JACKET #ACETATE

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Apr 15, 2022

Lot No. TT78995 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “MONO-TONE TIGER”

#TAILOR TOYO #TIGER #T-SHIRT

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Apr 15, 2022

Lot No. TT78996 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “GOLD TIGER”

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Mar 31, 2022

Lot No. TT14643-198 / Mid 1960s Style Woodland Camouflage Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

#TAILOR TOYO #JACKET #VIETNAM JACKET

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Mar 09, 2022

Lot No. TT15086-119 / Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket “KOSHO & CO.” Special Edition “BAMBOO & TIGER” × “TIGER PRINT”

#TAILOR TOYO #SOUVENIR JACKET #SPECIAL EDITION

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Mar 09, 2022

Lot No. TT15086-119 / Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket “KOSHO & CO.” Special Edition “BAMBOO & TIGER” × “TIGER PRINT” (Reversible Side)

#TAILOR TOYO #SOUVENIR JACKET #SPECIAL EDITION

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Mar 08, 2022

Lot No. TT15053-119 / Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket “TIGER HEAD” × “DRAGON” (AGING MODEL)

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Lot No. TT13761-123 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

Lot No. TT13761-123 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

35,200円（税込）

#TAILOR TOYO #JACKET #COTTON TWILL

Lot No. TT14342-105 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

Lot No. TT14342-105 / Mid 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket “VIETNAM MAP”

35,200円（税込）

#TAILOR TOYO #JACKET #COTTON TWILL

Lot No. TT78775 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “SKULL & SNAKE”

Lot No. TT78775 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “SKULL & SNAKE”

9,790円（税込）

#TAILOR TOYO #T-SHIRT #SKULL

Lot No. TT78774 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “ALOHA HAWAII”

Lot No. TT78774 / SUKA T-SHIRT EMBROIDERD “ALOHA HAWAII”

9,790円（税込）

#TAILOR TOYO #T-SHIRT #HAWAII MAP

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Lot No. TT15086-119 Early 1950s Style Acetate Souv

Lot No. TT15086-119
Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“KOSHO & CO.” Special Edition
“BAMBOO & TIGER” × “TIGER PRINT”

We have a tradition to name the year after one of twelve signs of the traditional zodiac system. 2022 is “the year of Tiger”. This year Toyo releases a special limited edition of Sukajan with two Tiger artworks on each side that were carefully opted from numerous vintage tiger Sukajans.

The artwork on one side is a tiger emerging from a bamboo forest, which is a wonderful composition like a Japanese painting. The combination of tiger and bamboo is traditionally regarded as exquisite. Among the many tiger Sukajans, the tiger embroidered with red colored thread is very rare, and the gradation of green leaves and blue splashes of water is impressive.

On the reverse side it has a tiger “Printed” on sleek acetate fabric. It is still printed by hands using primitive printing machines with printing screens prepared for each color. This requires unimaginable labor and time. Therefore, the number of the jackets produced at that time was not small and, as a result the number of existing jackets now is very little. This is the reason why these jackets have been traded at unbelievably high price among vintage collectors.

#1950s #sukajan #vintagesukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#koshoandco #tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15087-119 Early 1950s Style Acetate Souv

Lot No. TT15087-119
Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“KOSHO & CO.” Special Edition
“TIGER HEAD” × “ROARING TIGER”

We have a tradition to name the year after one of twelve signs of the traditional zodiac system. 2022 is “the year of Tiger”. This year Toyo releases a special limited edition of Sukajan with two Tiger artworks on each side that were carefully opted from numerous vintage tiger Sukajans.

The artwork on one side is so-called "Tiger Head," which depicts the impressive face of a roaring tiger in detail. The artwork uses many curves lines to describe the intricate hairs of cheek and mane of the tiger. The pupil of eye is emphasized by red color. All the details can’t be expressed properly without the excellent embroidery skills of skilled craftsmen.

On the reverse side it has a tiger of which details are gloriously depicted by the steric effect of embroidery, which requires a high level of embroidery skill. The tiger staring hard at sky is described at rare and unique angle, and colored purposely with navy threads instead of ordinary black. The impressive color contrast of orange and yellow acetate fabric makes this jacket very stylish.

#1950s #sukajan #vintagesukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#koshoandco #tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15023-119 Mid 1960s Style Vietnam Jacket

Lot No. TT15023-119
Mid 1960s Style Vietnam Jacket
“VIETNAM MAP” (AGING MODEL)

In the spring of 2022 Tailor Toyo releases the new series of aged jackets. So far, we have made our jacket look aged by fading the color of shell fabric which is acetate. In the developing this new series, we stuck to making the jacket “touch and feel” like authentic vintage jackets, not only making it look like them, by using proper materials and thread colors to create more natural aged-texture that is normally created by over-year wearing.

The jacket is made based on the vintage jacket that a US soldier who stationed in Vietnam for the war from 1966 to 67, obtained in Vietnam and brought back to the United States with him. Made of the aged, supple rayon/cotton twill fabric, with cuff-button shaped like an old-coin. It has the Japanese character “福” (means Happiness or Fortune) and a tiger head embroidered on the chest, and the Vietnam on the back side, and dragons on the sleeves. They are depicted in pale colors.

#1960s #vietnamjacket #vietjan
#sukajan #vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15022-119 Late 1950s Style Souvenir Jack

Lot No. TT15022-119
Late 1950s Style Souvenir Jacket
“LANDSCAPE” (AGING MODEL)

In the spring of 2022 Tailor Toyo releases the new series of aged Sukajan. So far, we have made our jacket look aged by fading the color of shell fabric which is acetate. In the developing this new series, we stuck to making the sukajan “touch and feel” like an authentic vintage jacket, not only making it look like, by using proper materials and thread colors to create more natural aged-texture that is normally created by over-year wearing.

This jacket is a rare type among many vintage sukajans, of set-in sleeves, with self-fabric collar, buttoned-cuffs and shirring bottom. Made of the aged, supple rayon/cotton twill fabric. The motif of the embroidery is nostalgic landscape of Japan, including symbolic icons of the country such as Mt. Fuji, dragon, five-storied pagoda, taiko-bridge, and dears standing in the background of pine trees. They are depicted in pale colors.

#1950s #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15054 Late 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Ja

Lot No. TT15054
Late 1960s Style Cotton Vietnam Jacket
“VIETNAM DRAGON”

It is made based on the vintage jacket that a US soldier who stationed in Vietnam for the war from 1967 to 68, obtained in Vietnam and brought back to the United States with him. The flags of USA and the South Vietnam are embroidered on the chest. Another distinctive feature of this jacket is that the design of dragons on the both sleeve and back are all same, which is very rare for the Viet-jan. The font for “viet-nam” is also unique.

The shell fabric used is cotton twill, and the lining is acetate twill fabric. The button for cuff is shaped like an old-coin. All the details are duplicated true to ones of the original vintage.

#1960s #vietnamjacket #vietjan
#sukajan #vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15052-162 Early 1950s Style Acetate Souv

Lot No. TT15052-162
Early 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“ROARING TIGER” × “JAPAN MAP”

A jacket made in the early 1950s that depicts a tiger roaring to a crescent moon in the sky. This jacket has several distinctive features, one is the embroidery threads used for the clouds, which is white color thread but partly dyed into blue. Another one is color of the knit rib. The color usually differs between surface and reverse side, but this jacket has same color for the both sides.

The reverse side has a Japan map embroidered with colorful threads. Since many of the city name in the map are of the Tohoku (northern part of Japan) region, it could be a Sukajan made especially for U.S. military bases in the area. By the 38-degree line of the Korean Peninsula on the jacket, it can identified as a product made during the Korean War.

#1950s #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15052-128 Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souven

Lot No. TT15052-128
Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“BLUE EAGLE” × “DRAGON”

A jacket made in the mid-1950s that depicts an eagle gliding with its wings opened widely, features the beauty of blue color gradation created by combination of different shades of blue colored threads and the acetate fabrics.

On the reverse side it has a greenish dragon running up through clouds and cherry blossoms. The “rising dragon” has been considered as an auspicious design and appreciated in Japan. The impressive color contrast of red and blue acetate makes this jacket very stylish.

#1950s #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15052-125 Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souven

Lot No. TT15052-125
Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“BLACK TIGER” × “ALOHA HAWAII”

A reproduction of the vintage souvenir jacket that Kosho company (the predecessor of Tailor Toyo) produced in the mid-1950s for the PX, or commissary stores in the US base of Hawaii. The detail of the black tiger is gloriously depicted by the steric effect of embroidery, which requires a high level of embroidery skill.

The motif of the reverse side is Hawaiian landscape. Is a mountain behind the palm trees the Diamond Head? In the 1950s Hawaii had flourished as a resort area and Hawaiian shirts became popular. US had experienced an oriental boom. This jacket seems to symbolize such golden age of Hawaii.

#1950s #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Lot No. TT15052-119 Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souven

Lot No. TT15052-119
Mid 1950s Style Acetate Souvenir Jacket
“TIGER HEAD” × “CHEVY LOVER”

The jacket produced in the mid-1950s, is so-called "Tiger Head," which depicts the impressive tiger's face in detail. Among the many tiger head designs, this is particularly artistic, using many curves lines to describe the intricate hairs of cheek and mane of the tiger. It shows that it the work is done by the skillful embroidery craftsman.

On the reverse side, it has an artwork widely known as "Chevy Lover". It was made by a custom-order for a US soldier who loved the American car, Chevrolet, and reflecting the high popularity of the custom-car culture in US of the day. This jacket that has been released by Tailor Toyo in the past, was re-produced this season in response to many requests.

#1950s #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

Happy New Year!! We wish you all the best in 2022.

Happy New Year!! We wish you all the best in 2022.

The pic shows the vintage Tiger Sukajans, which are all rare and precious ones made in the 1950s.

Japanese like a tradition to have the year symbolized by one of the twelve animals. It is known as the Oriental zodiac, one of the ancient methods of expression to indicate time and direction, and still widely used. The 2022 is the year of TIGER. That’s why we are emphasizing vintage Tiger sukajans here. Moreover, Tailor Toyo is planning to release many attractive Tiger sukajans in 2022. Hopefully you will like them.

#1950s #tiger #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise
#2022 #寅年

The Tiger Sukajans in the photos are all vintages

The Tiger Sukajans in the photos are all vintages made in the 1950s.

Japanese like a tradition to have the year symbolized by one of the twelve animals. It is known as the Oriental zodiac, one of the ancient methods of expression to indicate time and direction, and still widely used. The 2022 is the year of TIGER. That’s why we are emphasizing vintage Tiger sukajans here. Moreover, Tailor Toyo is planning to release many attractive Tiger sukajans in 2022. Hopefully you will like them.

#1950s #tiger #sukajan
#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise
#2022 #寅年

TT14895 145)Green Mid 1950s Style Velveteen Souve

TT14895 145)Green
Mid 1950s Style Velveteen Souvenir Jacket
"EAGLE"×"JAPAN MAP"

#vintage #souvenirjacket #vintagesouvenirjacket
#sukajan #1950s
#tailortoyo #toyoenterprise

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