Lot. 905 Cattle Drive Jeans
Joe McCoy's lot-numbered five-pocket denim is the label's workwear cornerstone, cut and finished to mid-century American specification.
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The Real McCoy's
Kobe-based Japanese label reproducing 1940s–50s US military and workwear garments, from horsehide flight jackets to loopwheeled sweats, to original spec.
KobeOrigin
MenswearFocus
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about The Real McCoy's
The Real McCoy's is a Japanese heritage label founded in 1988 by vintage dealer Hitoshi Tsujimoto, who began by mail-ordering exacting reproductions of A-2 leather flight jackets. Now headquartered in Kobe, it recreates 1940s and 1950s US military and workwear garments to original specification, from vegetable-tanned horsehide bombers and N-1 deck jackets to loopwheeled sweatshirts, chinos and denim. Sub-labels include Joe McCoy, Buco and Double Diamond. Retail sits in the premium tier: loopwheel sweats around $210, leather jackets $1,300 and up. Alumni founded Toys McCoy and Freewheelers.
The pieces that define The Real McCoy's
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The Buco sub-label carries the brand's motorcycle heritage, from graphic crewneck tees to riding gear reproduced from 1940s and '50s originals.
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The exacting horsehide A-2 reproduction is the garment the company was founded on and still its most defining piece.
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Brand facts
- Founded
- 1988
- Origin
- Kobe, Japan
- Price
- $$$$
- Typical prices
- T-shirts $86–$115 · Jackets $640–$1382 · Hoodies $212–$283
- Focus
- Menswear
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Urban prep / Ivy