^{TODAY, THE FLORAL MOTIF HAS BECOME A CHROME HEARTS CLASSIC IN APPAREL—APPEARING ON A MULTITUDE OF PIECES AND CONSTANTLY REINTERPRETED.
BUT THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE THAT.
A FIRST INSTANCE.
THIS LONG-SLEEVE SHIRT BEARS WITNESS TO IT.
BEFORE THE FLORAL MOTIF BECAME A CORNERSTONE OF CHROME HEARTS DESIGN, IT FIRST APPEARED—DISCREETLY, ALMOST IN SECRET—ON A SERIES OF LONG-SLEEVE SHIRTS. THE FLORAL DESIGN ON THE SLEEVES HERALDED A NEW ERA: THIS PIECE IS THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN THE RAW CHROME HEARTS OF THE 90S AND THE MORE ORNAMENTAL—EVEN BAROQUE—CHROME HEARTS OF THE 2000S. IT EMBODIES THAT TRANSITION.
THE NUMBER OF XXL UNITS PRODUCED WAS LIKELY NEGLIGIBLE, AND THE QUANTITY STILL IN CIRCULATION TODAY CAN BE COUNTED ON THE FINGERS OF ONE HAND.}

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