
1970s · 1970s · British
Designer
Zandra Rhodes
Production
haute couture
Material
fur
Culture
British
Movement
Glam Rock · Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
1970s cape coats · Art Deco geometric patterns
This fashion illustration depicts a dramatic oversized fur coat with an extremely wide, cape-like silhouette that extends far beyond the body's natural proportions. The coat features bold diagonal striping in muted earth tones of sage green, brown, cream, and black that create dynamic visual movement across the voluminous form. The garment appears to have wide, flowing sleeves that merge seamlessly with the body of the coat, creating an almost tent-like structure. The striped pattern follows the coat's construction lines, emphasizing its architectural quality. The illustration style is characteristic of 1970s fashion design sketches, with loose, expressive linework and watercolor washes that capture the luxurious texture and movement of the fur material.
That silver mesh dress carries the same geometric DNA as the striped fur coat's bold diagonal bands, both channeling Art Deco's obsession with linear rhythm and visual movement. The beaded dress translates those 1920s zigzag motifs into metallic chainmail that catches light like a disco ball, while the coat takes the same angular energy and scales it up into sweeping fur stripes that turn the wearer into a walking architectural statement.


That silver mesh dress carries the same geometric DNA as the striped fur coat's bold diagonal bands, both channeling Art Deco's obsession with linear rhythm and visual movement. The beaded dress translates those 1920s zigzag motifs into metallic chainmail that catches light like a disco ball, while the coat takes the same angular energy and scales it up into sweeping fur stripes that turn the wearer into a walking architectural statement.


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The Art Deco revival that swept fashion in the late '60s and early '70s left its geometric fingerprints everywhere, from the bold zigzag stripes cascading down this sage fur cape to the precise beaded latticework that maps the contemporary dress's silhouette.
The black dress's geometric cutout pattern and the sage fur coat's bold diagonal stripes both channel Art Deco's graphic language, though separated by four decades and entirely different approaches to luxury. Where the 1970s coat uses fur's natural volume to create dramatic chevron movement, the 2000s dress achieves similar angular geometry through precise laser-cut holes in stretch knit.
That 1950s button card reads like a miniature Art Deco sampler—geometric sunbursts, concentric circles, and angular patterns rendered in tortoiseshell and bakelite—while the 1970s cape translates those same radiating motifs into luxurious fur stripes that cascade from shoulder to hem. The buttons' tight, controlled geometry explodes into room-filling drama thirty years later, proving that the best design ideas don't just survive—they scale up.
The Art Deco revival that swept fashion in the late '60s and early '70s left its geometric fingerprints everywhere, from the bold zigzag stripes cascading down this sage fur cape to the precise beaded latticework that maps the contemporary dress's silhouette.