^{CHROME HEARTS IS ALL ABOUT LEATHER, SILVER, AND WOOD. AND THEN, SOMETIMES, THERE ARE ANOMALIES.}

^{PIECES THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST, PRODUCED IN ONLY A HANDFUL OF COPIES, AND THAT VANISHED FROM VIEW FOR TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS.}

^{THIS PURPLE VELVET THONG IS ONE OF THEM. VELVET ISN'T A MATERIAL ONE NATURALLY ASSOCIATES WITH CHROME HEARTS—AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY THIS PIECE IS SO FASCINATING.}

^{SOFT, SHINY, ALMOST LIQUID IN THE LIGHT.}

^{A STRIKING CONTRAST TO THE BRAND'S ASSERTIVE AND "AUTHORITATIVE" WORLD. THERE'S NO CATALOG. NO OFFICIAL REFERENCE.}

^{NO DOCUMENTED COLLECTION. THIS PIECE COMES FROM A TIME WHEN CHROME HEARTS WAS EXPERIMENTING WITH UNEXPECTED MERCHANDISE—PROBABLY DISTRIBUTED IN STORES AS A NOD TO THE BRAND OR GIVEN TO A SELECT CLIENTELE.}

^{THE PRODUCTION RUN IS EXTREMELY SMALL: FEWER THAN 50 PIECES ARE ESTIMATED. PERHAPS EVEN FEWER.}