Engineered Garments jacket for sale here. Engineered Garments, designed by Daiki Suzuki and under the umbrella of Japanese company Nepenthes, manufactures their products exclusively in the United States and almost entirely in New York City. Part of their design ethos is utilize some of the high quality materials and services available in the city and to keep their factories going. EG started before the current minor resurgence of American-made products and really continues to push things forward. One of their other main ideals is to update classic workwear pieces with a more modern approach. That’s often manifested in high quality materials, and sometimes more fashion-forward designs as well.
In this case, we have a jacket done in a cotton ripstop fabric. Material is on the lighter side, making for a good fall-spring-summer piece. Cotton ripstop is essentially densely woven cotton in a grid pattern. The grid helps to stop any abrasions from tearing further, hence the name. It’s a very strong fabric, actually used by the US military. This makes for a highly resilient piece.
Fabric is a nice shade of red as you can see, with contrasting white zippers and pulls used throughout. Front has two large side zips that actually wrap around toward to the back. There are two pocket sections with these side pockets, one on the front and one on the back on each side. There is a third zipped section higher up as well. Everything is fully considered with nothing out of place. It’s an excellent, timeless design and features Engineered Garments’ newer neck tag.
Size is labeled a medium and like a lot of EG has a relaxed fit. I measure the chest at 22”, shoulders at 18”, length at 26” in front and 28.5” in back, both from the base of the neck, and sleeves at 25” from the shoulder. The jacket comes in used but good shape. There is a bit of fading on the cuffs, but really not much, and no holes, tears or stains. Made in USA.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $30.