For sale here is a jacket from the Labo Art label. Labo Art is a smaller-scale Italian label, founded in 2006 by Ludovica Diligu. Born into a family of architects, Diligu grounds her designs in the study of geometry, lines, and volume. Her garments are often described as "wearable architecture." The brand offers minimalist, elegant, and essential styles, crafted in Italy using high-quality materials and featuring beautiful color palettes that change with the seasons.
This particular model is called the “Giacca Malmo”, coming in a fairly light weight cotton fabric dyed a dark shade of green. It features a high neck zip with ribbed cuffs and neckline, dual chest pockets with velcro closure, a zipped pocket on the right side and a drawstring on the waistband. The jacket embodies the best facets of minimalism: super high quality materials and tailoring combined with the essentials, while at the same time keeping the design unique and interesting. It is very much in the spirit of what Jil Sander and Helmut Lang were doing in the 1990s.
Labo Art is one of those labels that largely flies under the radar but at the same time has slowly gathered a cult following. Availability in Europe and Japan is limited and retail prices are in no way cheap, but get a very cool piece here at a fraction of the retail price.
Size is unlabeled as far as I can tell but this fits a relaxed medium or a standard large well. I measure the chest at 22.5” / 57cm, shoulders at 18” / 46cm, length at 26” / 67cm and sleeves at 25” / 63cm from the shoulder. The jacket comes in lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Italy.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $28.
