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Early 1996 Release A Bathing Ape Snowboard Jacket Yellow Camo

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A BATHING APE (A Bathing Ape) snowboard jacket. - Size: L, Color: Yellow Camo. This is the early model snowboard jacket released in 1996 by NOWHERE, one of the first items from BAPE. The earliest models feature a narrower embroidered brand logo on the front and come with a black brand tag on the collar, together with a quality label. This item is recently considered a staple in the new vintage collection. It is of the same style and color as the one worn by Takuya Kimura in a 1998 commercial for Oronamin C. There is some sign of use, but it is unlikely to find another piece in this condition from 27 years ago. This is a vintage item and has been personally stored, so those seeking perfect condition items or those who do not understand the nature of second-hand goods are advised to refrain from bidding.

Early 1996 Release A Bathing Ape Snowboard Jacket Yellow Camo

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178,000 Yen ($1163.40)

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BAPE's 1996 snowboard jackets represent the brand's pre-hypebeast era when Nigo's NOWHERE operation was still establishing core design language—this yellow camo example sits at the intersection of early skateboard/snowboard culture and nascent Japanese streetwear. The narrow embroidered logo and black collar tag are definitive markers of first-generation production; subsequent reissues standardized the logo width and tag construction, making narrow-logo examples increasingly scarce in wearable condition. The documented Takuya Kimura 1998 commercial wear adds provenance intrigue, though collectors value these pieces primarily for manufacturing specificity and rarity within the original BAPE archive lineage. After 27 years, condition retention on technical outerwear from this period is genuinely uncommon—storage-kept examples command premium attention from BAPE archivists tracking early production specifications.

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