On a hill at the top of Manhattan, in a museum of medieval art, a white unicorn has been resting in a flower garden for more than five hundred years. It wears a collar and a chain. It looks entirely at ease, the way anything does when it knows the whole room came to see it.
Now picture the same creature at a festival, an hour before sunset. It's rearing across the back of a cloak, white against violet crystal, and the people walking past slow down to look. Five centuries on, it still draws a crowd.
That's the unicorn we draw for: the old one, wild and luminous and famously hard to approach, which artists and kings and natural historians took seriously for a very long time. Our Amethyst Unicorn art puts it on cloaks, a hoodie, shirts, pants and a hat, so a grown-up can carry the legend from crown to hem.
Can adults wear unicorn clothes?
Absolutely. For most of its history the unicorn was an adult symbol: Greek historians wrote it into natural history, and medieval weavers gave it a series of tapestries that a French noble family owned for centuries. Magus Fawn's Amethyst Unicorn line keeps that grown-up register, with a white unicorn in deep violet crystal on festival wear.
What makes unicorn clothing read as adult is palette and drawing. Ours skips the pastel rainbow and goes straight to midnight: indigo starfields, amethyst in long glassy slabs, lilac smoke, and a unicorn with muscle in the shoulders and wind in the mane. The meaning travels well too: the unicorn stands for rarity, and in this century it has also become an LGBTQ symbol (Wikipedia). The one-of-a-kind animal, worn at the one weekend where everybody gets to be one of a kind.
Where did the unicorn legend begin?
In Greek writing, it starts with a physician. Ctesias described one-horned wild asses living in India, swift runners with a horn about a cubit and a half long, colored white, red and black. Over the following centuries European art turned it into a white woodland creature of purity and grace, the unicorn most of us picture.
A doctor's report from the edge of the map. Ctesias was a Greek physician from Cnidus who served the Persian king Artaxerxes II and went with him on campaign in 401 BC (Wikipedia). His book on India holds the earliest Greek description of the animal, and the writers who followed filed it under natural history, not myth: a real beast in a country they'd never seen (Wikipedia).
Seven tapestries and a garden. The Unicorn Tapestries are seven hangings woven in the Southern Netherlands around 1495–1505 in wool, silk and metallic thread, following a hunt through an idealized French landscape (Wikipedia). Looted from the La Rochefoucauld family in the French Revolution, they were reportedly used to cover potatoes; John D. Rockefeller Jr. bought them in 1922 and gave them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They now hang in The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park (Wikipedia). The best-known panel, The Unicorn Rests in a Garden, is the one from our opening: the unicorn alone, chained to a tree inside an enclosed garden thick with flowers. Botanists have identified eighty-five of the more than one hundred plants woven into the set.
What that means on a body. Across the series, in the Met's order, the unicorn is hunted, defends itself, is brought down, and then rests alive again in its garden, a story scholars read both as an allegory of Christ's Passion and resurrection and as a lover held captive by love (Wikipedia). That's a festival weekend in one arc: the long chase, the wild middle, and near sunrise, a second wind on a quiet patch of grass with nowhere else to be.
Is there a unicorn hoodie for adults?
Yes, and Magus Fawn offers it three ways. The Amethyst Unicorn festival cloaks, one men's and one women's, are hooded zip-up layers lined in faux fur. The men's sleeveless hoodie is a light jersey pullover for warm afternoons. The hooded blanket with ears is an oversized fleece pullover for camp, couch and every slow hour in between.
The cloaks give the art the most room, and both share one build: a micro-mink poly outer (listed fabric weight 200 g/m²) with a black or white faux-fur lining, heavy drawstrings on the hood, a double zipper down the front, and four pockets: two deep side pockets plus two interior stash pockets, one of them zippered. The fit is unisex, XS through 5XL, and every cloak comes made to order.
The hero: the men's cloak. The Amethyst Unicorn men's cloak ($250) is the piece for anyone who typed "unicorn hoodie" and secretly hoped for something bigger. From behind, the unicorn stands tall on its back legs between two tilted walls of violet stone, mane thrown sideways by a gust down the canyon, while pale crystal bristles along the hem like frost on a window. A second unicorn climbs the front panel under a long glassy shard, shown in our featured photo with the hood up. Purple, white and black sits as easily over black cargo pants and boots as over a mesh tank.
The twin: the festival cloak. The Amethyst Unicorn Festival Cloak ($250) is filed as a women's cloak and carries the same art and the same unisex build. Our photo shows the styling we love: open over a purple bodysuit and fishnets, the white faux-fur lining framing the outfit in two soft stripes. Choose white if you want the inside to glow when you hold it open, black for a crisp dark frame.
Camp-chair royalty: the hooded blanket. The Hooded Blanket w/ Ears in Amethyst Unicorn ($150) is the unicorn at rest. On the back, it stands calmly with its head turned over one shoulder, under a starburst of violet light and an archway of crystal slabs, with more unicorns on both sleeves. It's 300 g/m² poly fleece, cut big and pulled on over the head, with a quarter zip in front, a generous front pocket and a cat-ear hood, one size (4XL) with an oversize fit. Yes, a unicorn with cat ears; legends are allowed to accessorize. It's for the slow sunrise at camp and the Sunday on the couch after.
The daytime hood: the sleeveless hoodie. When it's far too warm for fleece, the Amethyst Unicorn men's sleeveless hoodie ($75) keeps a hood in the outfit and drops everything else. The unicorn rears in a ring of crystal on the back and again on the chest, where our photo's stack of necklaces nearly hides it among violet shards and smoke. It's 180 g/m² jersey, 95/5 poly-spandex, regular fit, S–2XL: light enough for a noon set, with a hood to pull up when the sun gets personal.
Which unicorn shirt should you wear to a festival?
Choose by heat and by hour. Magus Fawn's Amethyst Unicorn cropped T-shirt puts the rearing unicorn right across the chest with short sleeves, the easy daytime unicorn shirt. For night sets, the Amethyst Unicorn bodysuit carries a unicorn of its own on a sleek, strappy base that layers neatly under an open cloak.
The daytime unicorn shirt. The Amethyst Unicorn cropped T-shirt ($40) answers "unicorn shirt" in the plainest way: one white unicorn, front and center, in a halo of crystal shards against starry violet dark. Raglan sleeves stay short and the hem stops above the navel, ready for high-waisted shorts, denim or a skirt. It's breathable 180 g/m² microfiber, 95/5 poly-spandex, regular fit, XS–2XL.
The night base layer. The Cami Bodysuit in Amethyst Unicorn ($55) moves the unicorn onto a straight-necked bodysuit on thin black straps, the art running from the neckline down over the hips. The stretch fabric is 180 g/m² poly-spandex, close to the body without squeezing, in XS–2XL. Worn solo on a warm night it's a complete look; under an open cloak, the outfit becomes one continuous painting.
Which unicorn pieces go together in one outfit?
Pick one hero piece and build around it. Magus Fawn's Amethyst Unicorn line makes that simple: anchor the look with a cloak, the men's lantern pants or the mesh dress, layer other unicorn pieces as boldly as you like, ground it all in black or silver, and crown it with the matching snapback.
The night-set unicorn. Start with the cami bodysuit, then layer the Amethyst Unicorn sheer mesh bodycon dress ($55) on top. The mesh is sheer on purpose, 110 g/m² in 95/5 poly-spandex, fitted with no sleeves, so one unicorn glows through another, like two exposures on one frame. It runs 2XS–5XL. Add silver boots and fishnets, then the festival cloak when the night cools.
The menswear unicorn. The Amethyst Unicorn men's lantern pants ($80) put a white unicorn down one leg among rising amethyst, cut roomy from hip to calf, gathered at cuffed ankles, with an elastic waist and drawstring, in waffle-knit poly with 5% spandex at 300 g/m², XS–4XL. Wear them with a black tank by day or the sleeveless hoodie for crystals head to toe; after dark, the men's cloak finishes the story.
The day-to-night unicorn. Cropped tee, black shorts and the Amethyst Crystal Unicorn snapback ($40), whose front panel carries the unicorn and whose back, as our photo shows, is a ring of violet crystal spires around the strap. It's 150 g/m² dye-sublimated polyester with a plastic snap strap, unisex, in a single adjustable size. At sunset the hat comes off and the hood takes over.
Room for a sweater underneath: how to order and wash
Size ranges run from 2XS on the mesh dress to 5XL on the cloaks. For outerwear, our FAQ suggests sizing up, "sometimes even 2 sizes up to fit extra layers under," handy if the cloak goes over a sweater in December. Between sizes? Email your measurements to art@magusfawn.com; we typically reply within 1–2 business days.
Every piece here comes made to order: 7–11 business days of production, then 6–14 business days of delivery. US shipping is free at $70 and up, international starts at $10, and every piece comes with one free size exchange, but the sizing email is still worth two minutes.
The art is dye-sublimated into the fiber, so the colors won't fade and the image won't crack. Machine wash cold with like colors, no bleach, tumble dry low or hang dry, and skip the iron and the dry cleaner. Kevin reviewed a Lunar Eclipse cloak in March 2025, and every cloak here shares that build: "High quality, detailed build and design. Top notch. Super soft and warm."
Five hundred years in the garden, one weekend on the dance floor
A Greek doctor's secondhand report. A set of tapestries that reportedly spent part of a revolution covering potatoes. The unicorn has always belonged to adults who like their magic with history behind it, and it looks right at home in violet crystal under a festival sky.
Pick the piece that matches your hours, from the crop tee at noon to the cloak at 3 a.m., and wear the legend.
Find your unicorn layer: women's cloaks · men's cloaks · all festival cloaks · hooded blankets
More unicorn reading: Under One Hood, a festival love story in matching Amethyst Unicorns, a Sahara road story with an Amethyst Unicorn cloak and our guide to purple cloaks
Frequently asked questions
Why is the unicorn Scotland's national animal?
Old heraldry explains it: the unicorn was believed to be the natural enemy of the lion, England's royal emblem, according to Wikipedia's unicorn article. Two unicorns once held up the royal arms of the Kings of Scots, and since 1707 the United Kingdom's arms have paired a unicorn with an English lion. Carved unicorns also crown many Scottish mercat crosses.
Is unicorn clothing only for women?
No. Magus Fawn's Amethyst Unicorn line includes a men's cloak, men's lantern pants and a men's sleeveless hoodie alongside the festival cloak, crop tee and bodysuit, and both cloaks are cut unisex in XS–5XL. The art is violet crystal and a powerful white unicorn, built for anyone who wants it.
Were unicorn horns ever real?
Not from unicorns. In medieval and Renaissance Europe, narwhal tusks were sometimes sold as unicorn horn, prized for supposed healing powers, and Wikipedia records that the Danish physician Ole Worm identified these so-called alicorns as narwhal tusks in 1638. Powder sold as ground alicorn was still on the European market as late as 1741.
Are there unicorn clothes for kids, too?
Yes, in a separate design. Rose Quartz Unicorn is one of two designs in Magus Fawn's kids' line that don't share art with an adult cloak, and it comes as a kid's hoodie with a drawstring-free hood and kid's cotton sweatpants in pink and magenta crystal art. The Amethyst Unicorn pieces in this guide are adult sizes.
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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