
1970s · 2000s · Italian
Designer
Missoni
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool knit
Culture
Italian
Movement
Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
traditional patchwork quilting · 1970s Missoni zigzag patterns
A knee-length coat constructed from geometric patchwork panels of multicolored knitted fabric. The garment features a wide notched collar and appears to have a wrap or button closure. Each panel displays different knit patterns including chevrons, stripes, and textural stitches in a rich palette of burgundy, forest green, golden yellow, and cream tones. The patchwork construction creates an irregular geometric composition across the surface. The silhouette is relaxed and oversized with dropped shoulders and wide sleeves. This piece exemplifies Missoni's signature approach to color and pattern mixing, translating their iconic zigzag motifs into a structured outerwear format through innovative knit construction techniques.


Both garments pulse with the same 1970s fever dream of radical patchwork, but they speak different dialects of counterculture rebellion. The Italian coat treats its fragments like a meticulous jigsaw puzzle—each geometric shard of knitted wool locked into place with the precision of a modernist collage, creating a structured silhouette that could walk into a boardroom.


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Both garments spring from the 1970s counterculture's embrace of craft as rebellion, but they tell opposite stories about how that played out.
Both garments pulse with the same 1970s fever dream of radical patchwork, but they speak different dialects of counterculture rebellion. The Italian coat treats its fragments like a meticulous jigsaw puzzle—each geometric shard of knitted wool locked into place with the precision of a modernist collage, creating a structured silhouette that could walk into a boardroom.