
1980s · 1970s · British
Designer
Mulberry Co
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool
Culture
British
Movement
Power Dressing
Influences
menswear tailoring · professional suiting
A coordinated three-piece ensemble featuring a burgundy wool jacket, matching midi-length skirt, and navy blouse, topped with a long brown wool overcoat. The jacket displays sharp, angular lapels characteristic of late 1970s tailoring with a fitted silhouette that emphasizes the waist. The overcoat extends to mid-calf length with wide lapels and appears to have a relaxed, boxy cut typical of the period. The ensemble demonstrates the professional woman's wardrobe of the late disco era, combining structured tailoring with rich autumnal colors. The styling reflects the transition toward power dressing that would dominate the following decade, with clean lines and substantial shoulder presence.


The camel sleeveless coat borrows the quilted geometry and double-breasted stance of a classic men's hunting vest, stretched into a longer silhouette that reads as armor-like sophistication, while the burgundy 1980s ensemble channels the same masculine codes through its oversized blazer proportions and crisp tailoring.


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Both jackets weaponize red wool in service of 1980s power dressing, but they take opposite tactical approaches to the same mission. The British piece deploys color blocking like armor plating—that burgundy skirt and blue blouse creating a studied palette of authority—while the French jacket goes full military regalia with its black velvet trim and regimental button march down the front.
The camel sleeveless coat borrows the quilted geometry and double-breasted stance of a classic men's hunting vest, stretched into a longer silhouette that reads as armor-like sophistication, while the burgundy 1980s ensemble channels the same masculine codes through its oversized blazer proportions and crisp tailoring.
Both outfits weaponize the masculine wardrobe for women climbing corporate ladders in the 1980s, but they take opposite tactical approaches to the same power-dressing battlefield. The British ensemble softens its authority with that wine-red jacket and coordinated burgundy skirt, creating a feminine-coded version of boardroom armor, while the Italian look goes full dominatrix-meets-CEO with its severe black leather skirt and houndstooth blazer slung like a cape.
These pieces speak the same power-dressing dialect, but with different accents: the British jacket's broad shoulders and commanding silhouette versus the American skirt's quietly authoritative A-line that hits at that perfect boardroom length. Both deploy wool's inherent gravitas—the jacket's rich burgundy demanding attention while the skirt's charcoal pinstripe whispers institutional credibility.