Since the inception of SEI started with a women’s moto, it was on my mind to make a men’s version as well. Though the first men’s moto I made was the Gocho Jacket, the idea I had initially was with a camo leather. Walking through Lonsdale Leather one day on a mission for a separate project, I saw the camo hide hanging out on display and instantly thought how dope that would look as a moto jacket.

Luckily most of the pattern work was done with the Gocho, but I wanted to differentiate this jacket a little bit. I decided to pare down the directional arrow on the back to just one, less is more after all. At the time, there was a lot of chatter of Kyle Lowry leaving the Raptors (though now at the time of this writing he’s playing for Miami) and it got me hyped when he voiced that he was planning to stay. This helped me solidify my decision for the design on the back.

“Kita” in Japanese means North, ‘cause it’s Over Everything…