GHOST GEISHA IS A FUSION OF TWO OF MY FAVORITE CULTURES IN THE WORLD: JAPAN AND MEXICO.

Limited Edition, background video here. Pre-order now for mid-November Shipping. Removable hood not shown. 

Removable down-filled hood, deep insulated pockets. Dry clean only. The attention to detail is what you'd expect from Y.Chroma, right down to the leather finishes, oversized gunmetal zippers, Cognac Silk™ lining and Italian Thindown™ panels. This helps avoid cold spots, avoids shedding feathers, and keep you looking more like a Marvel hero and less like a Marshmallow.

Back Story:  How did a chance encounter with THIS art in Mexico City lead to this amazing jacket? 

The Ghost Geisha jacket is a fusion of two of my favorite cultures – Japan and Mexico. It all started in Mexico City.

Joci and I were walking around Coyoacán after breakfast one day and stumbled upon this installation.I fell in love with it.

I don’t know what made me want to fuse all that Day of the Dead stuff with Japanese art. Maybe it was the fact that my beloved Joci was wearing one of our Furoshiki scarves in her hair that morning. The art for that series was done by the famous Brian Reedy in Miami. 

I called Brian and explained and he got the vision instantly. He went through a series of sketches fusing Day of the Dead with our beloved Japanese manga art… and just nailed it.

You can see that her eyes are white. In the Japanese manga tradition, that means that she is a denizen of the spirit world.

Nicky Pachev – our principal designer – really took hold of this project. This is pure Nicky.

In fact, he brought the test we had made to New York for fashion week. On a whim we took this photo of Neil Fenton, and I think they ended up on social because my phone blew up with you guys basically commanding me to do this.

I was on the fence about the economics of this, but what the hell. Sometimes you just gotta do it.

It’s a very limited edition, so pre-order yours now if you want one. Before long, they’ll only exist in the spirit world.

-Max