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Golden Yellow Screen-Printed Satin Bohemian Maxi Dress

1970s · 1960s · British

Production

ready-to-wear

Material

screen-printed satin

Culture

British

Movement

Hippie Movement · Hippie / Counterculture

Influences

Eastern European folk dress · Indian paisley textiles

A floor-length maxi dress featuring voluminous balloon sleeves gathered at the wrists and a high rounded neckline. The garment displays an intricate all-over pattern of geometric and paisley motifs in golden yellow, burgundy, and green tones on a cream base. The dress has a fitted bodice that releases into a full, flowing skirt with multiple horizontal bands of pattern creating visual weight. The sleeves are constructed with generous fabric gathered into narrow cuffs, creating the characteristic peasant-style silhouette popular in counterculture fashion. The screen-printed satin fabric gives the garment a lustrous surface that enhances the complex patterning, while the loose construction allows for freedom of movement typical of anti-establishment dress codes.

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Connected To

THE MET

Victorian Late / Bustle · 1870s

V&A

1970s · 1960s

Rust Orange Paisley Linen Dressing Gown

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Golden Yellow Screen-Printed Satin Bohemian Maxi Dress

Influences·Indian paisley textilesMotif·paisley

SHARED90 years · cross-culture · cross-category

Both garments drink from the same well of Indian paisley motifs, but one sips politely while the other gulps with abandon. The Victorian dressing gown channels colonial fascination through its disciplined vertical bands of rust paisley against black trim—domestic orientalism contained within proper structure and formal tailoring.

Echoes Across Time

Victorian Late / Bustle → 1970s · 90yr69%

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Both pieces pulse with the same restless energy that drove 1970s counterculture to ransack the world's textile traditions for authenticity. The necktie's hand-woven diagonal stripes in electric blues and corals mirror the maxi dress's cascading bands of gold and rust—each garment built from horizontal rhythms that feel almost musical, like visual mantras.

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