I am the newest victim of the Tras-Pacific Care Package For Cultural Exchange and Other Good Things Foundation.
I gave few instructions. 1) very rarely do pants from japan fit me. 2) I am looking for the perfect pair of cropped pants. 3) i like plaid on my pants. 4) i'm a size 4 in undercover. 5) I like weird shit but not like, SUPER weird shit - i want to be able to wear the clothes. Boy, did he deliver.
First, the pants:
The pair on the left are this gorgeous cotton linen blend with a neat little cinch on the back. Hey, the grosgrain at the fly looks kinda like sacai. Hey, these are sacai pants. Holy shit, they're great.
The middle pair are Digawel pants. They have a tear at the pocket that I didn't notice until I read trasparenti's note, wherein he mentions that they were 'on him,' which is bogus since they're perfectly fine and are like, the ultimate beach pant. These are what I wanted the uniqlo easy pants that they just released to be (those are like leggings, whereas these are like wearing two large, lightweight pipes). Very cool.
The right pair are . great gingham fabric, but incredibly high rise, or incredibly dropped crotch, or both. I can't tell. A little trim in the waist for me (but they've got ample pleats!) and the low crotch actually makes 'them a little difficult to walk in. nice cut through the legs and good cuffs.
Next out came a sweater from AKM. Gray cotton with a generous boat neck, I can't tell if it makes me look femme or a like a sex-haver. Why not both? Trim through the arms but not unwearable.
Now a jacket from appropriately named brand . Has a funny li'l three-roll-two press, but it's actually just a two button jacket. Neat effect. It also has the all-important kangaroo pockets instead of patch or jetted pockets. I don't know why more brands haven't latched on to this design feature, because it's fucking awesome. The reinforcement at the pocket entrance actually matches a pair of pants I have in a similar color. I will try to make a fake suit out of it.
Another jacket, from Wastetwice. This is the big tragedy of this package. Wastetwice was one of the first 'underground' japanese brands whose wares i coveted, and with this, it appears to be with good reason. Cool jacket wih gold thread woven into the plaid, beautiful buttons with matching tiny functional cuff buttons on the side, this thing is simply too small for me. It's going into the "pass on to someone else" pile because I can't trust myself to starve myself.
A black denim vest from phenomenon. Something I'd never but for myself but would be glad to have, this thing has all the fixin's for me to live out my Joe Strummer cosplay fantasies. eyelets studded around the shoulder and a quilted, deconstructed back panel, a really rad tag, this thing is on the fence for too small for me. I mean, I know it's too small for me, I can't button it up, but I wonder if I can fake my way through it...
A sophnet 3/4 sleeve sweatshirt. This thing is soft as hell and right up my alley. Nothing particularly notable about it compared to some of the weird stuff that's popped out of this box, but very easy to slot into any wardrobe. Like, say, mine.
A nonnative tee, again on the fence about too small as it's a size 1 and I'm normally a 3 in nonnative. It fits on my body but the shoulders are tight, but you can get away with tightness in tees. Massive tag on the back, shows of my muskels.
It all came in this heavy canvas porter tote, just like the kind I've been eyeing and would've paid $700 gazillion fucking dollars for if it said undercover on it somewhere. Definitely going into the Bag Rotation.
oh yeah, there was this hat, too. See ya!
