Early 1980’s Iconic Vintage Norma Kamali Reversible Long Sleeping Bag Cocoon Coat
Size: One Size Fits All - Oversize Fit
Color: Black
Material: One side is silky, shiny nylon, the other side is a soft, fluffy cotton blend.
Side 1: 35% Cotton, 65% Polyester
Side 2: 100% Nylon
Filler: 100% Polyester
Bust: 25” flat (from back pit to pit)
Waist: 21” flat
Shoulders: 25”
Length: 48”
*this is one of the first editions (early 1980’s) of the iconic Norma Kamali Sleeping Bag Coats - still in production today - but this is the original OG -
Designed when oversized coats on the New York City streets were all the rage & when Normal Kamali made only one size fits all.
It has a generous fit, dropped shoulders, long cut, quilted, with a rope wast tie.
- True Vintage
- Reversible
- Shoelace Waist Tie (attached to pockets on 1 side)
- Notched Collar - can be worn high or folded over
- Long
- Open Front
- From the 1980's Collection
Very good vintage & preowned condition. No rips, holes, tear or stains.
MORE INFO:
For designer Norma Kamali, the relationship between utility and style crystallized on a camping trip in the 1970s, when she wrapped herself in her sleeping bag for a bathroom run. “As I was running,” she recalled, “I was thinking, ‘I need to put sleeves on this thing,’” and the sleeping bag coat was born.
From there the rest is history and this coat has become synonymous with her name and spurned a million knockoff versions and inspirations every winter season by dozens of designers since (ie: Romeo Gigi, Kanye West, Moncler Canada Goose, Maison Margiela, Burberry, River Island to name a few)
This is an early eighties rendition of that coat and has a more definitive quilting pattern that marks her earlier versions of this coat. They are made to be reversible - the label for example is found in the pocket. They are remarkably warm - in the video below Norma explains just why that is. Its a forever classic that will never go out of style.
This was the coat worn by The Who’s Who in NY during the Studio 54 days. The OG. The original.
