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kaftan love

Jean Etienne Liotard
1702-1789


Signora Antonella Agnelli, Vogue 1966
with her 2 year old son Gianni wearing a century old caftan from Casablanca




the inimitable ROSE Cumming


another Liotard


Comtesse Michel de Ganay
in Egyptian cotton stripe caftan



gorgeous Marina Rust in quaftan


I grow tired of summer, the heat, the humidity- but I never grow tired of my summer At Home uniform. Winter too for that matter.


Caftan-Origin 1585–95; Russian Kaftan, Turkish - Persian Qaftan


go to The Costume Institute to see their collection (here)
A 1970 Lanvin from the Costume Institute


in a Liotard painting



Alexandra Czarina in a traditional Russian kaftan


Model Lily Donaldson in bohemian caftan



YSL fantasy kaftan



Allegra Hicks designed this form fitting caftan


the designer Allegra Hicks



Aerin Lauder in Michael Kors


Principessa Nancy Ruspoli Vogue 1966
in a man's Moroccan caftan



Mrs Richard de la Mare
in a Liberty Caftan
vogue 1966



Mrs. Lesley Blanch
Vogue 1966



Mrs David Naylor-Leyland
Vogue 1966




"Mrs. Ahmet Ertegun" as Vogue put it in 1966
wearing a gold Moroccan caftan as an evening coat


& today, more beautiful as Mica

interior designer & fashion designer
(photograph by Carter Berg)



obviously a favorite with Marina Rust- this one by designed by Muriel Brandolini


an Ossie Clark
style.com
(I'd love to have this one)




and Andre Leon Talley
Willis Smalls and ALT in Diane Von Furstenberg caftan and Roger Vivier neclace, attend Maya Angelou’s July 5th brunch. photograph by Chase Beck

This photograph of ALT is just dynamite. I am crazy about this man. Read the story here. He has deep North Carolina connections and his 2003 book ALT: A Memoir is a book everyone interested in fashion, family, and destiny should read- That means everyone. Get it. Read it.

Wear a Caftan!



the Vogue 1966 photographs Cecil Beaton, Henry Clarke, Horst, Rastelli