At the absolute zenith of the darkwear scene, this is an archival tailored jacket from Carol Christian Poell's 2010 'DEAD END' collection (Style code: GM2618OD).

A true masterpiece, it epitomizes CCP’s industrial madness—pushing traditional tailoring to an absolute dead end. Its most striking detail is the exposed titanium inserts on the outer elbows. By integrating metal prosthetics reminiscent of artificial joints into a tailored jacket, Poell deconstructs the human form into something mechanical and subversive.

The construction sits right on the boundary between industrial artifact and fine art. Fully constructed from 100% cotton with internal seam-sealing tape applied, the entire garment was submerged into a vat of boiling dye (Object Dyed). Exposed to the extreme heat, the cotton and tape shrank at different rates, producing a bizarrely puckered, contorted, and organically warped texture throughout the fabric. Anchoring the piece against this violent contraction are the raw, heavy overlock stitch lines traversing the back and sleeves, functioning as the garment's literal skeleton.

Based on the 2010 'DEAD END' pattern and specifications, this particular piece was executed as a special order in Italy in 2014 (verified by the '2014 C.C.P.' internal tag engraving).