Kim Kitsuragi’s Nightclub Elysium Coat By ZA/UM Atelier

A three photo collage of a burnt orange jacket from three angles. Two are against a concrete background with a white-haired model, the other is in a white walled room with a dark-brown-haired woman (the author).

Photo: ZA/UM Atelier/ Kotaku

I have actually hesitated, for a long time, that Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi– your other investigator in Nightclub Elysium, a video game which I like— was chilly. Revachol is a rough, seaside city– one specified by high winds lugging wintertime in from off the water. It rainfalls and also snows regularly, also in the brief 7 days you invest there in the video game. And also I care deeply for Lieutenant Kitsuragi, that waits your awful, inebriated lead character via thick and also slim (unless you’re racist). However as stressed as I have actually really felt regarding him all this time around, my concerns have actually currently been sated, due to the fact that my sweetheart got me ZA/UM Atelier’s entertainment of his Aerostatic Pilot Coat and also it is remarkably cozy.

I’ll be completely truthful with you. Overall, I fucking hate computer game clothes. Lots of personalities have excellent personality layouts with impressive attires, yet those excellent fits hardly ever convert right into the real life. Most individuals merely do not have the big-dick power needed to manage these garments. This truth is gotten worse by the economical products made use of for a lot of computer game merch. We’re chatting Halloween costume-quality materials, inappropriate for typical human wear in the real life, where points like rainfall and also rubbing exist. Apparel that is simply video clip game-themed is likewise extremely negative. Take a look at these Cyberpunk 2077 tennis shoes, which I abhor:

The god-awful Cyberpunk 2077 sneakers appear on a blindingly yellow background.

These resemble Skechers-branded youngster footwear from 2007, yet without the light strips. They would certainly be much better with light strips.
Photo: Adidas

These tennis shoes are very corny, from the “CYBER” and also “PUNK” composed on each side to the unpleasant color-blocking throughout. They resemble they’re attempting to be from the future, yet completely do not have communication or noticeable practical style. They are my best opponent, and also I state this as a person that likes rubbish tennis shoes like the Room Hippie 03s, Air Max 720 Horizons (the ones with the rainbow Gore-Tex covering), and also chunky-ass Balenciaga tennis shoes which I will certainly never ever have the ability to pay for. Rather than developing a great footwear, or bringing an identifiable item of in-game style right into the real life, Adidas made a sub-par footwear and after that put some brandin g on it. It is very noticeable that it is an item of computer game merch, and also because of that it loads me with ridicule.

It is for this specific very same factor that I like those personalized Pokémon tee shirts, made in partnership with Initial Stitch, the merits of which I have actually formerly embraced They’re indistinguishable as merch, and also numerous are actually strong declaration items that can promptly enliven an or else monotonous clothing. They are enormously effective tee shirts, which I deeply regard.

Go Into Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi– a genuine electronic drip-god that has a really comparable style feeling to me, yet much better. Consider his large, blocky, burned orange Aerostatic Pilot coat, his old yet well cared-for white Tee shirts, and also his definitely unbelievable brownish freight trousers, which taper listed below the knee. His fit is spotless and also practical, as he utilizes each of his loads pockets to their utmost result. I have actually marvelled of him given that the day he enhanced my display, and also loved his unbelievable feelings. Which is all to state that, regardless of my sensations around computer game merch, I have actually desired for possessing his coat for the last 2 years. Currently, many thanks to my remarkable sweetheart, I do.

ZA/UM workshop has actually created a little line of handmade Nightclub Elysium garments Every one of them are exceptional, varying from a special “Death Cloak,” showcasing the video game’s trademark believed closet, to Lieutenant Kitsuragi’s excellent freight trousers. Nevertheless, the celebrity of the collection is– certainly– Lieutenant Kitsuragi’s Aerostatic Pilot coat. Throughout 2 runs, 85 of these coats have actually been made. The asking rate is a significant 399 Euros– this is most likely the last present my sweetheart will certainly ever before obtain me– and also they are presently marketed out.

The external covering is waxed, wind-resistant cotton. The internal cellular lining is an amazingly cozy pure cotton, established behind a diamond-patterned dark blue textile. It has 4 pockets, 2 concealed in the cellular lining (where Kim, and also currently I, maintain our particular journals), and also 2 even more around the ribs. The coat is somewhat chopped, created to be put on with high-waisted, practical trousers. The coat likewise features a special stat tag. It offers me with +1 bonus offers to hand-eye sychronisation and also to Volta do mar, a Kim-specific ability never ever really seen in-game. In my screening, it’s been tough to inform if these stat increases are operating appropriately. Right away after getting the coat in the mail I dropped the staircases of my home, which hasn’t taken place given that– so possibly it’s functioning.


The author of this piece produces an awkward smile, while giving a single thumbs up.

An uncomfortable smile, like an earnest variation of The Expression. It is among deep pain.
Picture: Kotaku

ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY (SUCCESS, TOOL):

The neuro-receptors in your mind shiver, sending out a collection of electric signals to the muscular tissues in your cheeks. They squirm and also draw back, establishing your face in an unpleasant grimace that appears like a smile. It is bad.


I reside in New york city City, which has a remarkably comparable environment to the one shown in Nightclub Elysium It, like Revachol, is a city simply off the water– which indicates that it is regularly stormy, gusty, and also cold. The video game, which occurs beside wintertime, is an ideal suitable for the present environment of New york city, so I made a decision to evaluate the coat’s efficiency at maintaining me, and also Lieutenant Kitsuragi by proxy, cozy. I required to the roads of New york city in sub-30 level climate, putting on the coat, a black plant top, and also a set of black freight trousers and also desert boot. This fit is, plant leading apart, extremely comparable to Lieutenant Kitsuragi’s, and also functions as an excellent examination situation.

For those of you that have actually never ever been to New york city, the city’s most remarkable climate function is its harsh wind cool, brought in from the surrounding sea. When waiting eligible my covid examination simply 2 weeks back, it triggered me to shed all sensation in my feet listed below my ankle joints. This scheduled partly to my bad option of tennis shoes, yet I decline to take total duty for this circumstance and also select rather to position several of the blame on God. The coat’s waxed cotton covering is very reliable at obstructing the wind and also, regardless of its chopping, took care of to maintain me cozy also when totally unzipped, subjecting my underdeveloped abdominals to the wind. The internal cotton cellular lining was strong, and also kept my temperature very well.

A model wears the burnt orange pilot jacket with a lace skirt and top, with knee-high burnt orange socks and black sneakers.

This picture resembles it was absorbed a deserted commercial area, which is cool.
Photo: ZA/UM Atelier/ Kotaku

Probably the coat’s ideal cold-weather function is its pockets, which are stitched right into the cotton cellular lining. These pockets are heated by their distance to your body, and also hold the warm well. This is particularly beneficial for me, a lady with notoriously negative blood circulation that triggers me severe pain whenever my hands and also feet are revealed to the chilly for any kind of considerable quantity of time. They are effective and also properly do a far better task of maintaining my hands cozy than also my wintertime layer, which simply leaves them in icy, polyester jails.

Along with its energy, the information deal with the coat is impressive, sealing it as either a staple or declaration item in any kind of closet. For those of you that do not frequently think of your clothing, a lot of fits are a mix of staple and also declaration items. Essential items are your essentials: monochrome trousers and also tee shirts, black footwear, and so on. These compose most of your closet. These essentials are after that enhanced with a declaration item, which draws the whole clothing with each other. Declaration items are what permit your individual design to actually stand out. Directly, I such as to depend on tennis shoes and also coats for my declaration items as they’re very flexible as for write-ups of clothes go, though I do like an excellent visuals tee occasionally.

A photo shows the jacket's back reflector panel, which depicts a map of Revachol's Jamrock District where the game takes place.

Unfortunately, the reflectors do need the most awful lights in the world to end up being noticeable.
Picture: Kotaku

The Aerostatic Pilot Coat is a stunning burned orange, which is dynamic sufficient to attract attention as a declaration versus an all-black fit, yet silenced sufficient to serve as a staple item when incorporated with various other, warmer-toned shades. Nevertheless, the coat’s ideal function as a declaration item originates from its reflectors, which, in-universe, are created to permit air staffs to discover survivors from collapsed aerostatics– also in the evening.

The bust reflector births the ZA/UM Workshop logo design, the ideal arm has the advanced RCM (Revachol City Militia) phrase, and also the back has a definitely stunning map of the Jamrock area of Revachol– where the video game occurs. These reflectors are very awesome to me, and also make the coat well worth taking spotlight in any kind of clothing. If you might not inform, I actually like it.

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Kim’s Aerostatic Pilot Coat is not just an excellent item of merch, yet an excellent instance of what great garments can be. It is practical, elegant, and also made beyond the fast-fashion headache manufacturing facility. It, with great treatment, will likely last for the remainder of my life– like any kind of item of high quality clothes should.

I have actually liked Nightclub Elysium, and also Revachol, given that the minute I initially laid eyes on it. As corny as it appears, the video game indicates a great deal to me, and also having a physical item of its globe is truly actually awesome. Which’s actually the trick to every one of this. For every one of my soaking on negative computer game style, if you actually get in touch with a video game’s globe and also desire an item of it, getting some garments you actually such as– also if some rando on the web rejects– is well worth doing.

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