Easy breezy is the new answer to summer high style and caftans represent that beautiful spirit, thanks to Houston始s Carla Christoph as vintage style enthusiast Lance Avery Morgan catches up with her
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For thousands of years, the elegance and comfort of the caftan has been impossible to deny. In fact, the caftan (or kaftan) has roots all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia. But it wasn't until the 1960s that they came into mainstream western fashion. Style icons including Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Diana Vreeland, Babe Paley, and Barbara Hutton helped popularize the caftan. Designers such as Pucci, Yves St. Laurent, and Halston crafted chic creations for these stars and socialites, and the caftan quickly became synonymous with a glamorous, jet-set lifestyle. Today, I am happy to say, caftans are enjoying a resurgence. Therefore I have asked my favorite caftan designer, Houston-based Carla Christoph, to join us today for a Q&A on these fabulous frocks... and a special treat!
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It's no secret that I love telling stories. When it comes to sartorial storytelling, I find fashion to be most intriguing when wardrobe items have enough character to build their own narrative. I have always been fascinated by bygone eras of romanticized feminine glamour, and I can't help but fall in love with timeless style pieces reminiscent of the days when an eccentric matriarch would invite the town swells over to her impeccably decorated mansion for a Holiday Soir閑.
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