Cut velvet, from upholstery fabric
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A cut-velvet shearling-trimmed coat, flared jeans, a fur-collared afghan and round tinted sunglasses.
Betsy Heimann designed the film and made the famous coat herself: "I made the coat out of cut velvet upholstery fabric, and it definitely was an homage to the opera coat of the 1920s and '30s and also an homage to Afghan coats." It is one of the few costumes in film history that people can identify from a single sleeve.
Cream or camel, worn open. Embroidered or cut-velvet if you can find it.
Light-to-mid wash, real flare from the knee. Straight legs lose the decade.
★ 4.3 · 654 reviews
Light wash, high waist - hems allowed to fray
Plain, soft, long sleeve. Nothing competing with the coat.
★ 4.3 · 828 reviews
Cream, fitted, tucked behind the coat
Small warm-lens frames, worn indoors. Cheapest half of the costume.
★ 4.5 · 315 reviews
The blue tinted lens - worn indoors, obviously
Embroidered sheepskin, shaggy collar. The other half of the reference.
★ 4.4 · 800 reviews
The camel colorway - the 70s trench read
Suede, mid-height, stacked heel.
★ 4.3 · 991 reviews
The suede-look colorway - 70s stack, laced loose
Long, printed, tied at the neck or in the hair.
★ 4.4 · 835 reviews
Knotted at the neck or the hair, never both
Fine, warm-toned, several at once.
★ 4.3 · 258 reviews
Stacked all at once - the point is excess
It's one statement coat over very simple clothes. Shearling-trimmed, embroidered or cut-velvet, worn open, in cream or camel. Everything underneath stays plain. Jeans are flared and high-waisted, in a light-to-mid wash. Straight legs move it out of the decade. Keep the top half soft and minimal — a fine knit, a simple blouse, a plain long-sleeve. The coat is doing all the talking. And round tinted sunglasses, worn indoors and at night. Small frames, warm lens. It's the cheapest half of the costume.
The shearling-collared afghan coat — suede, fur-trimmed, embroidered, iconic. Everything else (flares, tinted rounds, beads) orbits around it.
True afghan coats live in vintage shops; a suede-look 70s trench with a fur collar gets you close. It's the one piece worth hunting properly.
Modern festival polyester. Penny is 1973 — natural textures, warm tones, and it's all happening.