Traffic-stopping, eye-popping, bill-topping crazy autumn jackets

1970s, astraka, biba, Borg, coopers, Dolcis, erica budd, Henry Lehr, Herbert Johnson, Honey Magazine, Inspirational Images, jo grant, Leicester Shoes, mary quant, platforms, ravel, Sacha, Sandy Ratcliff, Twomax, Vintage Editorials, Weathergay, Wolf Jeworrek
LEFT. Powder blue shaggy short-sleeved jacket £15. and shocking pink and brown striped boucle mesh batwing-sleeved sweater £3.25, both trom Biba, Kensington High Street, W8. Shocking blue tights, Mary Quant 40p; pale blue and white peep-toe high-heel shoes, Sacha £12.99, pink flower-framed slant sunglasses. Coopers £5.50.

RIGHT: Shocking pink angora goatskin jacket, Ambalu, £25 from Ambalu, Kensington High Street, W8. Fruity framed bamboo sunglasses, Coopers £6, pink and white bar shoes, Ravel £6.50: shocking pink tights, Mary Quant 40p; white ribbed polo-neck sweater, McCaul, £2.80.

Jeans have always gone anywhere – now here’s how to go in style. These amazingly flash, ludicrously hairy jackets are made for any girl who wants a piece of the action.

Red haired model is Sandy Ratcliff.

Photographed by Wolf Jeworrek.

Scanned from Honey, November 1972.

[In case anyone else has the same level of sartorial interest in Classic Doctor Who as me, you might be interested to know that the blue jacket above is the same design worn by Katy Manning as Jo Grant in the story ‘The Three Doctors’.]

Katy Manning as Jo Grant in The Three Doctors, 1973.

LEFT: Shocking pink shaggy duffle jacket Henry Lehr for Borg £17.50. Yellow polo-neck jumper, Twomax £3.50; navy and white striped ankle socks, Mary Quant 55p; lemon and acid green wedge-heel shoes, Leicester £6.99.

RIGHT: Scarlet spikey fur bomber jacket. Weathergay £10.95. Striped cotton T-shirt from Biba 95p; red and yellow striped patent belt, Gay Designs 69p; chrome yellow cable-knit socks, Morley 39p; strappy wedge-heel shoes, Leicester £6.99; lemon ribbed gloves, Dents 70p.

Shaggy Borg hip-length jacket, Weathergay £13.75. Ribbed polo neck, Erica Budd £2.65; belts, Gay Designs 65p each : stripey socks 75p, tights 40p, both by Mary Quant; bar shoes, Dolcis £5.50; gloves, Dents 75p.

LEFT: Red shaggy zip-up jacket, Astraka £12.99 from all branches of Richard Shops. Blue ribbed brushed Shetland polo neck, Twomax £3.70; blue and white spotted square, Herbert Johnson 45p: blue and white high-heel shoes. Sacha £12.99: tights. Mary Ouant 40p.

RIGHT: Emerald shaggy battledress jacket with corduroy trim. Weathergay £9.50. Red and green striped sweater, Erica Budd £3-55; green tights. Mary Quant 40p; wedge-heel shoes, Leicester £6.99; red wool gloves, Dents 75p.

Ice cream pink and white curly fur and leather trimmed zipped-up jacket, Mary Quant £15.75. White ribbed polo neck, McCauls £2.80: bright blue knitted gloves, Dents 55p.

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