An open plea to the Gods of Fashion Trends:
Please let Kate Moss showing up at an event wearing a caftan mean that EVERYONE will start wearing caftans everywhere, so we can have Caftan-Off Tuesdays, during which we all wear caftans and have walk-offs on the lanai, all while making fun of people whose caftans are not sufficiently cafterrific and are, in fact, cafterrible. THINK OF THE PUNS ALONE. THINK OF WHAT AUBREY O’DAY MIGHT DO. Come on. Seriously. It will be fun. It might be more fun than this, actually.
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True Story: I shopped for a caftan yesterday. I didn’t find one that channeled Blanche correctly and so I will keep looking.
serenecomfort.com .. Mama has some at home but you’ll never catch her outside in one!
She’s another one I just don’t get….
And that caftan is shiteous!
hahaha! I love both your screen name and my new favorite word, shiteous! Well done.
I don’t get here either.
I think my grandmother has that same caftan…
I like it. It has an “Egyptian priestess” air to it that I can get behind.
What I don’t really understand is, based on the way the fabric kind of pulls around her hips – is that actually a *tight* caftan?? If so there are definitely some laws of physics and nature being defied here.
Ah, I’ve missed her! She disappeared for a while. I don’t care what people say. I think I like her forever. Her face is really beautiful, crows feet and forehead lines included. And she just has such an interesting vibe. I know she’s probably a wench but I think she’s swell.
I think I like the shoes but again, I’m no good at shoes. I also think I like the embroidery on the caftan and would maybe like a dress–NOT a caftan–made of that fabric. Something form-fitting maybe or maybe in a long slip dress shape. I don’t know. It’s Friday.
perhaps i do not get the essence of a caftan, but if you nipped off those sleeves, that would really be something.
That’s what I was thinking, too. Plus I do like the shoes.
Phew! I was so worried that someone had beaten me to a ‘Ming the Mercilous’ reference! Queen should be following her around singing the Flash Gordon libretto…
I’m getting more “cheongsam” than “caftan” from this; most likely because it is so form-fitting. I’ve often thought I’d like to wear one, but it would involve a lot more core-strengthening work than I can face.
I’m with you on that. No caftan would be cut that way, but a cheongsam, most definitely.
I keep reading this as cheorgasm.
I did not know that cheongsam was the name for those Chinese dresses. Today I learned something. Thanks!
Yeah, the camera loves Kate Moss, but apparently that photographer wasn’t available for this picture. The caftan looks like a beach cover-up from Cost Plus and her face and dead eyes (still with the awesome bone structure though) are their own special advertisement for keeping away from drugs. No matter, she will always be a name associated with high fashion.
Ooooh, that one is great – and would require a gold turban, if I were wearing it!
Hey, who’s making drinks? Need a Mai Tai over here.
Caftestophic.
I wonder if this was one of Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s caftans and Kate bought it and had it altered for herself? If she did, she’s lacking the necessary lavish jewelry that should accessorize this look to the fullest baroque standard.
And if it’s NOT one of those historic garments, then just no.
I don’t hate this nearly as much as should. It just looks so comfortable.
I hate myself for saying this, but I kinda like it. Although any woman who wants to wear something like this must be as thin as Kate Moss, which rules out me and 97% of the population.
I’m with you. If my hips were straighter I would totally wear this!
I kind of like it too.
Love the shoes A LOT.
While I wish she had put more effort into her hair and/or makeup, I like this dress. I could see Heidi Klum working it much better than Kate Moss though.
I don’t know — for me she can hardly ever do wrong. I think she makes this gorgeous, perfect shoes for it, and god, those cheekbones. I also still lust after the dress she wore to her wedding rehearsal dinner…
Ah, she’s one I always think looks fantastic. I have to admit I love her style.
That WOULD be fun! I honestly LOVE this… It reminds me of a shirt I used to own and wear, and miss very much! I’d wear this, all of it: the caftan, the high heels, the bag! I can’t resist metallics & I love to wear black, so I’m sold on this outfit and Caftan-Off Tuesdays! FAB!
The sleeves, the length, the pulling at the hips, all make me think it’s shrunk in the wash.
I’m with the crowd who just learned what a cheongsam was (cheorgasm, ha ha!) and would, accordingly, describe it as that rather than a caftan. And… I have to admit I actually like it quite a bit. My concerns are more for her drugged-looking expression and my curiosity as to who disassembled her limbs and put her legs back on the wrong hips.
She always looks drunk.
This looks like a galabiya, a traditional garment worn in Egypt. They’re really beautiful, and this looks like an expensive one, NOT one from Cost Plus or Ross. It fits just like it should. Boo to people who don’t consider that there are lots of ways that people dress in the world. I pretty much always agree with the fugging, but I can’t here. I think this is lovely.
I love this. I don’t know if it’s a caftan or a cheongsam (a cafsam, perhaps?) or a galabeya (I always think of them as having a frogged neck opening). But I love it and would totally wear it. In a bigger size. With better hair.
I like her zippy shoes.
Maybe she should look into going decaftan.
Caftans don’t really look good on anyone. Why is she standing so awkwardly?