Japanese Fox Cap - キツネ Steel where utility long ago became

where utility long ago became decoration

From Supreme's iconic box logo red through 1990s hip-hop's red bandana culture through contemporary Japanese streetwear's embrace of rising-sun red

with a golden mallet

Worn daily

Each mask is hand carved from wood

Japanese Fox Cap - キツネ Steel where utility long ago becameThe kitsune cap for people who love the stories In Japanese folklore the kitsune is no ordinary fox it gains wisdom and a new tail with each century, up to nine, and serves as messenger to Inari, the rice deity. Trickster and guardian, it shapeshifts through countless tales, one of the most beloved and complex figures in the whole tradition. This cap stitches a kitsune spirit fox on the front in embroidered detail, the form worked in thread for relief