79.147.4

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Trendology_34 Left to right 81.211.47 (textile wall), 2008.15.1 (jacket), 84.79.1 (suit), 91.241.95 (dress), 79.147.4 (caftan), P89.48.3 and 88.134.284 and 80.176.1 (vest and top and jeans), 88.1.153 (vest and skirt), 88.29.121 (necklace case), P89.57.57 (shorts wall), P91.79.1 (t shirt hidden), 89.165.74 (poncho ensemble)

Object: Caftan

Designer: Oscar de la Renta (1932 - 2014)

Date: 1967

Medium: Brocaded silk bark cloth and jeweled gold braid

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Diana Vreeland

Object number: 79.147.4

Descriptionsilk caftan, abstract geometric print in orange, purple, pink, blue and yellow, beaded trim

Label Text:Oscar de la Renta drew inspiration from non-western fashions when he created this vibrant, bejeweled caftan worn by Diana Vreeland, then editor in chief of Vogue. Caftans originated in the courtly dress of Islamic cultures. This high-fashion version is emblematic of a trend for the “exotic” that developed in the late 1960s.

In Collection(s)

1960s

Exhibitions:

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