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/kˈɑːftən/
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NOUN
- a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
- a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
How To Use kaftan In A Sentence
- With saris, kaftans and a range of Indo-Western outfits, this Fourth Umpire's look is far from sporty.
- The image he himself cultivated during his presidency, and which appears in official portraits and on Malian currency of the period, always shows him wearing a Malian kaftan, or boubou.
- In a flashback, 14-year-old Buddy and a cute male chum wind up at a San Diego boy party where they meet ‘a short butterball of a man in a bright-orange kaftan.’
- Pairing a kaftan with a pair of slim linen trousers is a really great look.
- Take this funky kaftan dress. The Sun
- Trouser legs are down to ankles and kaftans are girded with a long piece of rope.
- Social change was documented through the fashion pages, and '50s couture gave way to mini skirts and trouser suits, which in turn gave way to kaftans and kimonos.
- More fluid designs and flowers bloomed all over the catwalks, on everything from chiffon dresses and silk wraps to shirts, bikinis and kaftans.
- Alongside the tiered gypsy skirt, the kaftan is running neck-and-neck as the most evocative and most available fashion item of the year.
- Social change was documented through the fashion pages, and '50s couture gave way to mini skirts and trouser suits, which in turn gave way to kaftans and kimonos.
