{"product_id":"gakuran","title":"Gakuran 'Tsumeeri'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe black stand-collar jacket with gold buttons and matching trousers, the schoolboy uniform\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Japanese schoolboy for a century has worn this jacket, and it has not changed: black, buttoned to the throat with a row of gold buttons, a stand collar that closes high, two flap pockets at the hip, and straight black trousers to go with it. Under it, a white shirt, the collar showing above the black. The gakuran came from the Prussian army by way of the Meiji government, and it still looks like it was issued rather than bought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis set follows the pattern exactly: the jacket has five gold-tone buttons, a stiff stand collar, a small badge at the chest where a school would put its crest, and the trousers are cut straight in the same black. Worn together over a white shirt, the three pieces read as one dark line from collar to shoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tsumeeri, is the stand collar itself, the closed collar that gives the jacket its name in Japanese and its posture in the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a polyester blend, firmly woven with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a uniform must hold a pleat, keep a collar flat and survive a term of washing, and this one does all three. It washes cold, hangs, and the pleats come back on the hanger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it buttoned to the top over a white shirt with the collar out, as in the photograph, and black shoes, which is the uniform. Wear it open over a white tee with the same trousers, and it is a jacket that has left school and kept the buttons. Both are correct; the second is how it is worn in Tokyo by people who never had to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collar is stiffened so it stands, the buttons are sewn on rather than shanked, and the trousers have a soft waist under the fly. The cloth has enough body to hold the jacket's line without shoulder pads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a black jacket with a row of gold buttons and a white collar. From close the badge shows its enamel, the buttons show their crest, and the stand collar shows its hook. It is the most recognisable garment in Japanese menswear, and it is here without a school attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XXXL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207747043676,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:100014064","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207747076444,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:361386","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207747109212,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:361385","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207747141980,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:100014065","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL","offer_id":59207747174748,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:4182","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXXL","offer_id":59207747207516,"sku":"14:193#3pcs;5:4183","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/gakuran-tsumeeri-1.jpg?v=1790580940","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/gakuran","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}