Supreme x COMME des GARÇONS SHIRT x Schott Painted Perfecto Leather Jacket
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Schott NYC
Perfecto Leather Jacket
About the original
Schott NYC was founded in 1913 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and produced the first zippered leather jacket in 1928; the Perfecto motorcycle jacket has been in continuous production since 1953. This three-way collaboration pairs Schott's Perfecto silhouette in heavyweight cowhide with a Comme des Garçons SHIRT hand-painted treatment, using Rei Kawakubo's house technique of applied paint over finished leather. The FW18 Supreme version keeps the Perfecto's asymmetric front zip, belted waist, and snap lapels and adds a co-branded leather patch at the interior lining; it was a Supreme exclusive and not sold outside the drop.
About Schott NYC
Schott NYC is an American outerwear manufacturer founded in 1913 by brothers Irving and Jack Schott on Manhattan's Lower East Side, originally making fur-lined raincoats sold door-to-door. In 1928 Irving Schott designed the Perfecto, the first leather jacket built with a zipper, selling the original at a Long Island Harley-Davidson distributor for $5.50. The off-center asymmetric zip became the template for the genre, worn by Marlon Brando in The Wild One and later by the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. The Schott family still operates the company from a factory in Union, New Jersey. Supreme has collaborated with Schott NYC on Perfecto jackets, varsity jackets, and N-3B parkas.
