Overcoat

Ego of London

ca. 1975 · wool · Costume Institute

Menswear grew more colorful in the 1960s; that trend continued into the 1970s. The provocative colors, large-scale plaid and exaggerated collar of this overcoat mark the shift of the classic trench coat from its more staid appearance into the livelier patterns and motifs of the era.

Artist

Ego of London

Date

ca. 1975

Medium

wool

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1988