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Brown Leather Midi Coat with Black Faux Fur Sleeves
1970s · 1960s · British
Designer
Gerald McCann
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
brown leather with black faux fur
Culture
British
Movement
Swinging London · Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
mod A-line silhouette · folk craft textiles
This midi-length coat features a structured brown leather bodice with decorative button detailing and contrasting black faux fur sleeves. The lower portion consists of a textured woven fabric in cream and gray horizontal stripes with an eyelash or bouclé weave that creates dimensional surface interest. The silhouette combines a fitted upper body that flares into an A-line skirt, typical of late 1960s proportions. The mixed materials—smooth leather, plush fur, and nubby textile—reflect the era's experimental approach to combining textures and unconventional material pairings in fashion design.
coata-lineround neckmidi
Connected To
Movement·Hippie / Counterculture
LINEAGEsame era · cross-culture→ directed
Lineage: “luxury fur trimming”
Both coats speak the same 1970s language of luxury gone rogue—leather as rebellion, fur as indulgence—but they're having different conversations about it. The first coat, with its theatrical mix of brown leather bodice and striped wool skirt, feels like costume-shop bohemia, the kind of piece that announces its wearer's creative credentials. The second coat is pure American excess: that honey-colored mink collar sprawling across dark leather like a status symbol that's learned to purr.
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