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  • emixam
    Member
    • Oct 2008
    • 32

    Incarnation

    created by Keita Ogawa in 2009, the 1st collection was released for the FW10. The brand focuses on leather jackets mainly, using Guidi leather exclusively.

    Keita Ogawa used to work for Isamu Katayama Backlash for 4 years before he decided to run solo. He is now based in Firenze, all the production is made in Italy.

    Jackets have no designer label and the carelabel is very minimalist, only the zipper pullers and buttons are engraved "Incarnation". Each jackets feature 2 rivets with the logo on the left side, under which is engraved the serial number of the item. All trims are made of silver 925 except for the YKK Japan zippers.


    I have found very few information about the brand and items, but here is what I could find about the leather used. Each jackets has a reference #, the 1st number being the type of leather used :

    111 oiled baby calf - oiled wax hand finish


    113 horse suede

    116 oiled babycalf - mat finish


    121 Babycalf garment dyed - oiled wax hand finish


    211 oiled calf, garment dyed, oiled wax hand finish, 0.6mm


    212 Calf 0.8mm


    213 calf suede

    221 Oiled Baby Calf garment dyed (not sure about this one)

    311 Calf 0.6mm

    313 Buffalo


    315 horse hide


    316 Horse double face


    321 baby calf with somewhat treatment


    322 ?

    I have no idea about where and by whom the production is actually made, but Ogawa does the last waxing step himself.

    For some reasons Japan shops carrying the products are asked to have an open price policy - you can bargain with the shop , jackets are sold between 190 -300.000JPY.
    Last edited by emixam; 12-29-2011, 07:31 AM.
  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    #2
    The production is in Italy. I don't know where the jackets are assembled - somewhere in Tuscany I would imagine - but Guidi provides the leather and the garment dyeing process after the jackets are made.

    The Archive carries the brand in the US. I don't know of any other stocklists.
    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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    • emixam
      Member
      • Oct 2008
      • 32

      #3
      yep I bought mine from The Archive and with the rate exchange made it cheaper than if bought in Japan. Italian stockists have the lowest prices (A Piedi nudi nel Parco for example).

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      • kompressorkev
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 685

        #4
        It's nice, Guidi leather is great and the fit is good. I believe he lives and works in Florence. It's similar to Backlash, but perhaps less of a "biker" feel. He did a white reversed horsehide jacket for FW10 that was pretty special.

        Collection pictures and stockists here:
        Last edited by kompressorkev; 03-04-2011, 02:52 PM.

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        • Raw
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 1106

          #5
          A lot of nice looking leathers in the 2011SS collection, fencing and moto collar in particular, but bound to stir up some controversy.

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          • MJRH
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2006
            • 418

            #6
            Originally posted by Raw View Post
            bound to stir up some controversy.
            Whatever do you mean?

            ain't no beauty queens in this locality

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            • kunk75
              Banned
              • May 2008
              • 3364

              #7
              shit i may have to jump on that fencing. i will bet the leather is every bit as good or better than current ccp offerings

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              • awlouie
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2007
                • 302

                #8
                The Guidi leather (baby calf) that Keita use are soft, thick, and substantial.
                The color treatments are amazing and rustic. As you'd expect from Guidi!
                "Fashions fade, style is eternal." —Yves Saint Laurent

                "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it."
                -Bruce Lee

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                • emixam
                  Member
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 32

                  #9
                  as per my experience leather quality is better than CCP, RO and Julius - very similar to Backlash. The fencing is made of the 0.6mm Calf, which is quite thin actually.

                  the baby calf is quite thick and soft - my jacket is quite heavy and at first was not comfortable especially the sleeves (extremely slim, even though my arms are slim as well).

                  Ref 121-441-AB-17



                  Brand new (the sleeves were tight as fuck and are cotton lined which doesn't help) :

                  After stretch :
                  Last edited by emixam; 12-27-2011, 04:49 AM.

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                  • hallucination
                    Member
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 70

                    #10
                    They do produce amazing leathers...







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                    • Eye
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 285

                      #11
                      never heard of the brand before, thx emixam.
                      especially in love with this jacket
                      WTB : Incarnation leather jkt szXL / Augusta green ankle boots sz42

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                      • the breaks
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 1543

                        #12
                        That last one looks sick.
                        Suede is too Gucci.

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                        • coro
                          Member
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 51

                          #13
                          the 4 zippers reminds to this jacket from The Viridi-anne:

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                          • Faust
                            kitsch killer
                            • Sep 2006
                            • 37852

                            #14
                            /\ that's all you got to say?
                            Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                            StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                            • diorowen
                              Senior Member
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 415

                              #15
                              Originally posted by kunk75 View Post
                              shit i may have to jump on that fencing. i will bet the leather is every bit as good or better than current ccp offerings
                              AFAIk,
                              Its different style kunk,
                              I saw the jacket last time and eventhough it looks similar to ccp fencing when closed, but it has a flap on the other side which will looks totally different.


                              On the other note,
                              i do think they create an awesome leather jacket, but cant really be compared to CCP.
                              still trapped in my juvenile state

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