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Caftan with abstract geometric print in orange, purple, pink, blue and yellow, beaded trim
caftan
Caftan with abstract geometric print in orange, purple, pink, blue and yellow, beaded trim
Caftan
Designer (1932 - 2014)
1967
Brocaded silk bark cloth and jeweled gold braid
USA
Gift of Diana Vreeland
Object number79.147.4
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.
Descriptionsilk caftan, abstract geometric print in orange, purple, pink, blue and yellow, beaded trim
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