
1970s · 1970s · French
Designer
Emanuel Ungaro
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
printed wool
Culture
French
Movement
Op Art · Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
Op Art geometric patterns · 1970s soft tailoring
A relaxed-fit blazer jacket featuring an all-over geometric print in cream, burgundy, black, and brown. The pattern consists of intersecting diagonal lines creating diamond and triangular shapes across the wool fabric. The jacket has a notched lapel collar, button-front closure with what appears to be 4-5 buttons, and long sleeves with buttoned cuffs. Two patch pockets are visible at the hip level. The construction shows typical 1970s tailoring with softer shoulders and a looser silhouette compared to earlier decades. The geometric print reflects the era's embrace of bold, graphic patterns influenced by Op Art and psychedelic design movements.
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The zigzag basketweave of the 1960s hat and the bold geometric grid of the 1970s blazer both pulse with Op Art's visual trickery, proving that the movement's hypnotic patterns translated from gallery walls to wardrobes with surprising staying power.
These two pieces capture the moment when Op Art escaped the gallery and colonized the closet, turning bodies into walking geometric puzzles. The sketch shows a precise interlocking diamond pattern that creates visual vibration through black-and-white contrast, while the blazer translates similar angular energy into a softer, more wearable vocabulary of intersecting lines in burgundy and cream.
These pieces capture the moment when Op Art jumped from gallery walls into wardrobes, but with tellingly different ambitions. The mini dress throws itself headlong into the movement's visual assault—those acid-bright chevrons practically vibrate against each other, creating the kind of retinal buzz that made Bridget Riley famous and gave Twiggy headaches.
This chunky acrylic pendant and geometric blazer are both children of the Op Art movement, translating Victor Vasarely's visual tricks from gallery walls to bodies. The necklace's sharp black triangles create the same retinal buzz as the jacket's interlocking burgundy and cream bands—both using high contrast and mathematical precision to make your eyes work overtime.