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Sage Green Cream Striped Silk Dress Shirt

1970s · 1970s · British

Designer

Mr Fish

Production

ready-to-wear

Material

silk

Culture

British

Movement

Glam Rock · Hippie / Counterculture

Influences

traditional British shirting · glam rock flamboyance

A fitted silk dress shirt featuring vertical stripes in sage green and cream on a white ground. The shirt displays classic formal construction with a spread collar, French cuffs, and full button front placket. The striped pattern runs continuously down the body and sleeves, creating visual elongation. The tailoring shows precise seaming and structured shoulders typical of 1970s menswear influenced by glam rock aesthetics. The silk fabric gives the garment a lustrous surface that catches light, elevating it beyond standard shirting. The proportions suggest a closer-fitting silhouette than traditional dress shirts, reflecting the period's move toward more body-conscious menswear.

shirtregular fithip length

Connected To

Charcoal Gray Silk Tie with Orange Floral Stripes

Charcoal Gray Silk Tie with Orange Floral Stripes

59%

Sage Green Cream Striped Silk Dress Shirt

Movement·Hippie / CountercultureTechnique·machine-weavingMotif·stripe-band

Echoes Across Time

Charcoal Gray Pinstripe Cotton Dress Shirt

2010s → 1970s · 50yr29%

VISUAL ECHO

Motif·stripe-band

Brown Cream Pinstripe Cotton Poplin Dress Shirt

2020s → 1970s · 50yr24%

VISUAL ECHO

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That tie's diagonal bands of charcoal punctuated by bursts of orange florals speak the same visual language as the shirt's crisp sage and cream stripes — both are exercises in how to make stripes feel alive rather than staid. The tie takes the more psychedelic route, letting those flame-colored blooms interrupt the geometric order, while the shirt keeps things buttoned-up British but in that soft sage that whispers of '70s earthiness rather than boardroom gray.

Sage Green Cream Striped Silk Dress Shirt

50%

White Cotton Self-Striped Men's Dress Shirt

Movement·Hippie / CountercultureTechnique·machine-weavingMotif·stripe-band

VISUAL ECHO10 years · cross-culture

These two shirts speak the same quiet language of '70s refinement, where stripes became whispers rather than shouts. The sage silk version translates traditional shirting into something more fluid and sensual, while the white cotton piece uses self-striping—where the pattern emerges from the weave structure itself rather than printed color—to create texture without ostentation.

Text76%

Image89%

Entity19%