sacai KAWS Knit Pullover "Multi"

sacai KAWS Knit Pullover "Multi"
The sacai KAWS Knit Pullover in Multi arrives like a collision of art-school rebellion and Japanese precision, a garment that refuses to choose between gallery-wall statement and everyday heirloom. From the first glance, the colour story consumes the frame: a kaleidoscopic riot of cobalt blue, fiery tangerine, sun-bleached lemon, moss green, and deep burgundy, sliced through with graphic black and off-white. This isn’t a simple striped sweater—it’s a pixelated tapestry that morphs from abstract camo to distorted Navajo geometry depending on where your eye lands. The “Multi” colourway, as sacai names it, feels less like a fixed palette and more like a visual vibration, the kind of chromatic energy that turns a knit pullover into a conversation piece. At the core of the design is the unmistakable voice of KAWS: his iconic “XX” motif punctuates the fabric in cryptic repetition, sometimes floating like disembodied eyes, other times dissolving into the jacquard’s warped grid. The all-over pattern is engineered through a dense, weighted jacquard knit—likely a wool-nylon blend chosen for its architectural drape and insulating softness—that renders each graphic with a near-tactile dimensionality. You can trace the raised yarns with a fingertip, following the meandering lines that recall KAWS’s “Companion” forms abstracted into pure, rhythmic shape. The knit doesn’t just sit on the body; it wraps and reconfigures, thanks to Chitose Abe’s signature sacai hybridism. True to house codes, this pullover warps traditional sportswear proportions. The silhouette arrives oversized, with a gravity-defying drop-shoulder that plunges into roomy, rib-cuffed sleeves. From the side, a deliberate excess of fabric folds at the hem, creating a bubble-like rear volume that recalls the label’s perennial de











