BEFORE BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL LUXURY BRAND, CHROME HEARTS WAS AN AMERICAN HOUSE ROOTED IN ROCK AND BIKER CULTURE, WITH OCCASIONAL WESTERN INFLUENCES.
THIS BLUE SUEDE JACKET—MARBLED WITH BLACK—EMBODIES THAT FORMATIVE ERA, A TIME WHEN RICHARD STARK CRAFTED UNIQUE PIECES FOR AN INNER CIRCLE OF INSIDERS, FAR FROM THE LIMELIGHT.
A TRULY UNIQUE PIECE; IT IS UNLIKELY A SECOND ONE WAS EVER MADE.
WHAT MAKES THIS JACKET EXCEPTIONAL IS ITS SINGULAR NATURE. IT IS NEITHER A MASS-PRODUCED ITEM NOR A STANDARD LIMITED EDITION; IT WAS LIKELY CRAFTED IN THE WORKSHOP—EITHER MADE-TO-ORDER OR CREATED AS A PROTOTYPE.
CHROME HEARTS TREATS SUEDE WITH AN ALMOST SACRED RESTRAINT.
DELICATE AND DEMANDING TO MAINTAIN, THE MATERIAL REQUIRES A LEVEL OF CARE THAT ONLY TRUE CONNOISSEURS CAN PROVIDE.
THE VINTAGE PATINA: THE SUEDE HAS AGED GRACEFULLY. IT HAS SOFTENED AND BEARS THE MARKS OF TIME—YET IT REMAINS INTACT AND STURDY, READY TO ENDURE FOR ANOTHER TWENTY YEARS... AT THE VERY LEAST.