The sun is barely over the art towers, the dust hangs gold, and the desert is still holding on to the night's cold. A long hooded cloak crosses the field with a golden firebird spread across its back. When the wearer turns, the front falls open on soft white faux fur that frames the face. From behind, it's all art. From the front, it's all comfort.
That layout is centuries old. In England, from the Middle Ages well into the 1600s, the law sorted fur by rank (Wikipedia): ermine and marten for the aristocracy, fox, hare and beaver for the middle, goat, wolf and sheepskin for everyone else, according to Wikipedia's history of fur clothing. Most of that fur went into visible linings, with the fine cloth facing the street.
Every cloak in our shop keeps the old arrangement and drops the old rules. The art goes on the outside, for the whole field to read, and the faux fur goes on the inside, against you. So when someone asks us for a fur cloak, this is what we hand them: visionary art for the crowd, a soft vegan-friendly lining for the wearer, and nobody checking your rank at the gate.
What is faux fur made of?
Faux fur is a pile fabric engineered to have the look and warmth of fur, and today it is usually made from synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon or acrylic. Magus Fawn cloaks use an ultra-soft, fluffy microfiber fleece faux fur as their lining (black or white), and every material we use is 100% vegan friendly.
That definition comes from Wikipedia's entry on fake fur, which also lays out the practical difference from the real thing. Faux fur runs through a standard sewing machine like any other cloth, while real fur is generally thicker and calls for hand sewing or an awl. So a faux lining can travel through a cloak like any other fabric, hood included.
Open any of our cloaks and that's the view: a plush field of faux fur running from the hem up into the hood, with the interior stash pockets set into it. The trim around the pocket in the photo is a little lattice of six-petal flowers, the kind of detail you only find when you go looking for your phone.
Why did fur cloaks keep the fur on the inside?
In European and Middle Eastern dress, fur garments often wore the fur facing inward with cloth outside, and fur linings give more thermal benefit than fur worn on the surface, which mostly serves fashion. Magus Fawn cloaks keep that traditional layout: printed art on the micro-mink outside, a faux-fur lining against the body.
Fur is thought to be among the first materials people ever wore, in wide use for at least 120,000 years, and the same fur clothing history notes that seal fur coats worn fur-side out became the trend in the 19th century. The lining is the one that does the heavy lifting on a cold night.
We find that arrangement quietly brilliant. The outside of a cloak is a canvas the whole field gets to see; the inside is just for you. Visionary art goes where people can read it, and the soft part goes where it does the most good.
Which Magus Fawn cloaks are faux-fur-lined?
All of them. Every Magus Fawn festival zipper cloak, in the men's and women's collections alike, is faux-fur-lined, and you pick the lining color, black or white, when you order. Each cloak is $250 and made to order. The art changes from cloak to cloak, so the real choice is which story you want to wear on the outside.
Every cloak below shares one build: a micro-mink poly outer (listed fabric weight 200 g/m²), heavy drawstrings at the hood, the double front zipper, a faux-fur lining (black or white) and four pockets in all: two deep side pockets plus two interior stash pockets, one of them zippered. The fit is unisex, XS to 5XL.
The firebird: Golden Phoenix. Our hero is the Golden Phoenix Men's Cloak ($250). A gilded bird spreads across the back with its crest lifted above a green orb that glows like a coal in the hearth, and its plumage pours down both arms, teal and blue fading into violet. Lower down, a ladder of jeweled discs climbs toward a skyline of golden spires along the hem. The phoenix is the bird reborn from its own fire, so this is the cloak for the first cold night of a new season. The banner photo shows it with the white lining framing the face, and the stage photo with the black.
The sea legend: Mechanical Kraken. The Mechanical Kraken Women's Festival Cloak ($250) brings a sailors' tale ashore. The kraken is the giant cephalopod of Norwegian sea lore, first written up in a Norwegian glossary in 1646 (Wikipedia), and ours is half creature, half clockwork: arms of polished silver plating curl through navy and black, dotted with teal lights like portholes. With the black lining, the silver reads crisp from across the field.
The stargazer: Galactic Alien Oracle. The Galactic Alien Oracle Men's Cloak ($250) lives at the cool end of the spectrum. The back is a portrait of stillness: an oracle with an elongated skull and almond eyes cradles a luminous egg while a circle of hands reaches in, all of it traced in fine silver over violet, periwinkle and indigo. The front swirls like a nebula seen through frosted glass. A calm face for a loud sky.
What does a white faux-fur lining do to a cloak's art?
It frames it. Open a Magus Fawn cloak with the white lining and a bright border runs down both front edges and around the hood, lighting your face and setting off the print like a mat around a painting. A black lining does the opposite: it disappears, so the art reads as one dark, unbroken shape.
Every cloak comes in either lining, so choose by the art and the night you have in mind. White suits cool, starry prints, photos and anyone who wants the hood to glow. Black suits gold or silver linework and bright stained-glass color, and gives a sleeker, lower-key look when the cloak hangs open.
White, framing a nebula: Silver Mystic Eye. The Silver Mystic Eye Women's Festival Cloak ($250) shows what white can do. Open, the lining draws two pale bands beside front panels of deep teal space, where silver medallions of the Flower of Life and white knotwork borders glint like frost. High on the back, a silver-winged eye, violet at its center, keeps watch over a column of three blue spheres lit from within. A seer's cloak that brings its own light.
Black, behind stained glass: Gold Cosmic Cross. A black lining lets a bright print glow on its own. The Gold Cosmic Cross Women's Festival Cloak ($250) is stained glass you can wear: cobalt, sapphire and turquoise panels set in gold scrollwork, a great golden cross climbing the spine, and violet flowers opening at the shoulders. Against black faux fur, the color sits in its gold frame like a cathedral window at dusk, and the inside stays a quiet dark.
Black on black, with gold: Golden Scarab. The Golden Scarab Women's Festival Cloak ($250) goes all in on the dark. Wings of gold and violet open across the chest beneath a round crimson seal, and columns of gold glyphs run down the front like a carved temple wall. With the black lining, it reads as one long shadow until the light finds the gold. Scarab amulets were widely popular across ancient Egypt, worn as charms and pressed as seals (Wikipedia), so think of this cloak as an amulet with a zipper.
Why does a faux-fur-lined hood matter?
The hood is the part of a cloak that meets your face. The National Weather Service's cold-weather advice is to dress in layers, cover exposed skin and get out of the wind. A Magus Fawn hood answers the middle step: faux fur over your ears and the back of your neck, with heavy drawstrings to pull it close.
That guidance comes from the National Weather Service, and festival veterans learn it the fun way. Around 3 a.m. the sky clears, the air sharpens, and the people still dancing are the ones with their hoods up. Pull a lined hood up at the edge of the dance floor and keep moving; drop it back at sunrise and the lining sits around your shoulders like a collar.
Want a hood for camp, too? The Cosmic Cross Silver hooded blanket with ears ($150) is the fleece cousin of the cloaks: 300 g/m² poly fleece rather than faux fur, a hood with cat ears, a front quarter zip and one oversized pocket in front, cut as one roomy pullover in a single size (4XL). Its lavender and pewter scrollwork mirrors itself down the middle like a kaleidoscope, with a small pale orb at the heart. Cloak for the dance floor, blanket for the slow hours back at camp.
How do you store a faux fur cloak between winters?
Store it clean in a garment bag or a box, somewhere cool, dry and out of the sun. Unlike real fur, faux fur needs no cold storage, and moths don't infest it. Before it goes away, wash a Magus Fawn cloak cold with like colors, skip the bleach, and tumble dry low or hang it to dry.
Those storage pointers come from Wikipedia's fake fur entry; the washing steps are our standard care. Hang drying is best, and skip the iron and the dry cleaner. The art is dye-sublimated into the fibers, so the colors won't fade and the image won't crack. Our guide to washing a festival cloak covers playa dust and more.
One more thing before you order: size. Our FAQ suggests sizing up for outerwear, "sometimes even 2 sizes up to fit extra layers under." Between sizes? Email your measurements to art@magusfawn.com; we typically reply within 1–2 business days. Every cloak is made to order, with 7–11 business days of production and then 6–14 business days of delivery, so a holiday gift wants an early-November order. Standard US shipping is free on orders of $70 and up, international shipping starts at $10, and every piece comes with one free size exchange.
Nicholas, who bought a Sacred Grounds cloak, wrote in December 2023: "First cloak ever. Super comfortable and warm. Fell asleep with it on. Kept me warm all night."
A lining with a long memory
A fur-lined cloak once told the street who you were allowed to be. Ours keeps the layout and drops the rules: art on the outside for everyone on the field, faux fur on the inside for you, your choice of black or white. Pick the story, pick the lining, and pull up the hood when the night turns cold.
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Frequently asked questions
Is faux fur vegan?
Usually, but check the fibers. Most faux fur is synthetic, made from polyester, nylon or acrylic, though the first versions in 1929 used alpaca hair and some designers use mohair faux fur. At Magus Fawn, every material in our cloaks is 100% vegan friendly, faux-fur lining included, whichever color you choose.
Is faux fur as warm as real fur?
Faux fur is made to imitate the look and warmth of fur, and in a cloak the lining is one part of the warmth. A Magus Fawn cloak wraps its faux-fur lining in a micro-mink outer, then adds a lined hood with heavy drawstrings, the double front zipper and room for a sweater underneath if you size up.
What is the difference between a fur cloak and a fur-lined cloak?
A fur cloak shows its fur on the outside. A fur-lined cloak wears cloth outside and fur against the body, the older European layout, and fur linings give more thermal benefit than fur worn outside. Magus Fawn cloaks are the faux-fur-lined kind, with printed art on the micro-mink outside and vegan faux fur within.
Who was allowed to wear fur in medieval England?
Under Edward III, English sumptuary law barred fur to anyone below the rank of a knight or a lady, and a 1483 Act of Apparel reserved sable and ermine for knights and lords. Fur often served as a visible lining. Magus Fawn's faux-fur-lined cloaks keep that layout and leave the rank rules behind.
Written by Magus & Lylyth Fawn, the Los Angeles artists behind Magus Fawn. Magus makes VR and digital visionary art and produces Psy EDM. Lylyth makes fractal digital art and runs design and customer care. We've been selling wearable art since 2020 (4.8★ from 147 reviews as of October 2026), and every piece is made to order here at magusfawn.com. Come say hi on Instagram @magusfawn.
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