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1 - It's time for #ThreadTalk & today we're swathing ourselves in the history of the kaftan!
Don't know your kaftan from your muumuu, dashiki, or Banyan? That's okay. We'll get there.
This ancient garment became a Regency staple🎩, a 1960s essential ☮️ & a modern must-have.🧥
Don't know your kaftan from your muumuu, dashiki, or Banyan? That's okay. We'll get there.
This ancient garment became a Regency staple🎩, a 1960s essential ☮️ & a modern must-have.🧥
2 - The word itself is Persian: خفتان khaftān. In simple terms, it's a tunic or a robe, often open down the front & tied with a sash.
This kind of garment goes back as far as Mesopotamia, but rose to prominence during the Abbasid Caliphate. This bowl dates from the 10thC.
This kind of garment goes back as far as Mesopotamia, but rose to prominence during the Abbasid Caliphate. This bowl dates from the 10thC.
3 - That said, the garment itself emerged all over antiquity, & adapted through history. How kaftans are used, and the materials they're made from -- that's where things get sticky.
More on that later. Here's another pretty one, an entari from Turkey.
More on that later. Here's another pretty one, an entari from Turkey.
