Up for sale here is a jacket from the Burgus Plus label, the house label of the Hinoya shop out of Ueno, Tokyo. Hinoya is well known as being one of the go-to places for denim in Tokyo. They stock many of the heavy hitters, and Burgus Plus themselves have collaborated with some of the big names like Warehouse and Oni among others. The Burgus Plus line skews pretty strongly to the denim and workwear side of things, although they do produce a nice full range of clothing. Their pieces are actually pretty substantial and very well-made, easily rivaling the big names out there. Burgus is one of my favorite labels going right now, still largely under the radar, but easily putting out some top quality stuff.
This is an iteration of the classic three button blazer, done here as a summer weight plaid. Fabric is a 55% linen, 45% cotton blend. Linen is one of the lightest fabrics out there, naturally cooling and ideal for the warmer weather. The only problem with linen is that it is prone to wrinkling. The wrinkling issue is avoided here with the addition of the cotton, making for a fabric that is the best of both worlds: light in weight, highly breathable, but also not prone to wrinkling. The fabric is a high quality weave, the sort of highly detailed knit where you can see the individual threads woven together on close inspection. It also has a very nice texture to it, the sort of fabric you would see coming from a vintage shuttle loom.
Being Burgus, there are also some high quality details incorporated. The jacket is partially lined in cotton in the shoulder area and all interior seams are secured by a cotton trim. Cuffs are working and can be opened up if you like. Like all Burgus Plus pieces this is built tough and made to last. This model of jacket is no longer in production, and was very rare even when released. Get it here while you can at a very reasonable price.
Size is labeled a medium and fits true. I measure the chest at 20.5” / 52cm, shoulders at 17.5” / 45cm, length at 28” / 72cm and sleeves at 23” / 59cm. The jacket comes in lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Japan.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $30.
