Caftans?

[Foofoogal]

Anyone wear them or like them? I have been seeing quite a few around in the stores as new.

 

[Veronica]

I used to wear traditionnal Morrocan Dresses (= Caftans) for weddings/parties but I am not sure this what you are talking about...

 

[Foofoogal]

http://www.tias.com/7617/PictPage/3923737293.html
Like this.

Some use to call them muu muus like Mrs. Roper in Threes Company ( a 1970s TV show)
lol
Didn't even consider my age in posting about caftans. Anyway, they are comfortable when lounging around the home. I keep seeing them in stores so wondering if anyone wears them or the vintage ones specifically.

 

[Ada Vice]

Kaftans....bit cold for them now innit?

I have a couple of summer ones, but too late in the season already.

Or do you mean the crochet type, sort of like a cape? I have a hooded one of those my Gran gave me, and a crochet one from a few years ago. Nice and snug.

These ones...??

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__UlKAfYklrI/TG3JimJ6wEI/AAAAAAAACp0/1hbfzfRpa94/s1600/DSC_0043aa.jpg

 

[BoPeep]

Muu muus - that's the term I'm familiar with. Very tempting after being girdled and cinched all day but don't leave the house in them. Unless you're headed to the beach.

 

[Foofoogal]

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...l%3FN%3D0%26Ntt%3Dcaftan%26_requestid%3D13645

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...l%3FN%3D0%26Ntt%3Dcaftan%26_requestid%3D13645


They have quite a few actually. Why I am asking. I keep seeing them.
as it is 90 degrees where I live I am wanting Fall. lol

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Ada, we call that a poncho or possibly shawl across the pond.

 

[Pina Bridgette]

à la Auntie Mame with some Shantung cigarette or pajamas pants, perhaps?

 

[kamikat]

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...l%3FN%3D0%26Ntt%3Dcaftan%26_requestid%3D13645

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...l%3FN%3D0%26Ntt%3Dcaftan%26_requestid%3D13645


They have quite a few actually. Why I am asking. I keep seeing them.
as it is 90 degrees where I live I am wanting Fall. lol

Both of those came up with recommendations for other items that are nightwear. It makes me think that these are, too. The leopard print one definitely looks like a nightgown to me.

 

[Foofoogal]

Yes, they would be under nightgowns I believe. Caftans are loungewear. I guess one could wear outside and some did depending on the material but mainly serves the same purpose as a vintage house dress.

It is just a comfy world in them.

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Pina, that is devine. Shantung and Seersucker have to be most most fav materials. Velvet also.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Totally and 100% fftopic:


But I keep seeing this thread and reading it as CALTRANS....


and wondering why we are discussing california roads in the PR...


end of fftopic:

 

[Foofoogal]

What is a Caltran? A name of a highway in California? [huh]

 

[TexasTawny001]

I adore a good muumuu! I live in muumuus & day dresses! I'd think I'd like to find a good patio dress too!

This is my favorite muumuu! I like to cinch a wide white belt around the waist & wear it with a nice classic wedge to dress it up a bit!

(Photo courtesy of SailorPinkVintage)

 

[LaMedicine]

I believe muumuus and caftans are two totally different items of clothing. Muumuus are Hawai'ian in origin, caftans Arabic.

There's a beautiful caftan in my mother's kimono closet, never worn, black with gold embroidery, that was a gift to my father from an Arab oil prince, when he often went to the Middle East on business mid '70s-'80s. Nobody's claimed it yet, so maybe I should claim it and take a pic. I think there also was a maroon one given Dad on a different occasion, but I didn't see that the last time I went through the kimono closet, so I need to do a more throrough search. Yes, I have free access to Mom's kimono closet, with her permission, of course