
1970s · 1970s · Italian
Designer
JSOR Milan
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
printed cotton
Culture
Italian
Movement
Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
Victorian paisley shawls · Indian textile motifs
A fitted long-sleeved dress shirt featuring an elaborate paisley and floral print in burgundy, teal, and cream against a black background. The design shows intricate paisley motifs with decorative borders running down the center front and along the cuffs. The shirt has a pointed collar, full-length sleeves with fitted cuffs, and a tailored silhouette typical of 1970s menswear. The print appears to be machine-applied to cotton fabric, creating a rich tapestry-like effect that reflects the era's fascination with ornate patterns and bold color combinations. The construction shows clean tailoring with topstitched seams.
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That 1970s handbag and western shirt are both drunk on the same paisley fever dream that swept through the decade's counterculture, but they're channeling it through completely different lenses. The bag treats its geometric florals like a precious carpet sample, all contained and proper with that bamboo handle suggesting some fantasy of Eastern sophistication, while the shirt lets its paisleys run wild across the yoke and sleeves in full cowboy-meets-Kashmir abandon.