Up for sale is an extremely rare waist-length mountaineering jacket made by Junya Watanabe Comme des Garcons Man in collaboration with Goldwin, a high-end Japanese sports clothing manufacturer. The fabric is medium-weight wool woven in a check pattern and backed with the Gore-tex ‘Guaranteed to Keep You Dry’ membrane. The jacket has a close-fitting ergonomic cut featuring non-removable hood, armpit inserts for freedom of movement, concealed YKK zip front closure, two vertical handwarmer pockets to the sides closed with water-resistant zips and two inner pockets closed with zips. All the seams are taped for a complete waterproofness. The sleeve have tabs with Velcro to adjust the width of the cuffs. The width of the bottom hem and hood opening are adjusted with elastic cords fitted with toggles. The hood features a small visor and its position on the head of the wearer can be adjusted by elastic cord, also fitted with a toggle.

The jacket has two silver metal snap buttons at the top and bottom of the front placket. The buttons are stamped with the JW Comme des Garçons Man wording. A woven Gore-tex tab is positioned just below the shoulder on the left sleeve. Inside the jacket carries triple branding — a printed blue label of Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons Man alongside the original woven Goldwin and Gore-tex ‘Guaranteed to Keep You Dry’ labels.

The jacket comes in good pre-owned condition with some slight natural piling to the wool and some yellowing the Gore-tex membrane inside the neck. These don't affect the jacket in any way.

The jacket is from the Autumn — Winter 2005 season collection and made in Japan.

For different ways to wear the jacket please see the last photo.

Fabric composition: Outer shell 100% wool, interior 100% nylon.

Size marked as: Medium. Please check the actual measurements taken with the jacket laid flat: armpit to armpit approx. 53 cm, length at the front 62 cm, length at the back 69 cm, shoulder seam to shoulder seam 51 cm, outer sleeve 64 cm. Due to the armpit inserts the pit to pit and inner sleeves measurements are approximate.