The Crazy Caftan

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I’m loving all the latest dress trends this season: lace (everywhere!), lots of white, tropical prints and gauzy fabrics, and best of all: loose silhouettes and floral prints!

This caftan is a fabulous example…it’s wide and flowy and super forgiving.  I’m a huge fan of shirtdress-style caftans (like this one) but many are simply a large rectangle with sleeves.  They all have the signature boxy shape, hit about mid-calf and many have slits up the sides.  In fact, I’ve been seeing lots of caftans with high slits being worn over shorts or even pants.  LOVE that!

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I call this number my Crazy Cat-Lady Caftan.  It’s an insane print and a muu-muu style…but it has such fabulous potential!  I wore it two ways here, to show how you can make it work in all its loose-y, comfy glory (think ’70’s hippy-chic), but also showed how a belt and some flashy heels can take it up a notch.

I’m generally more girly than hippy so I love the belted version but the freedom to eat whatever I want is sure making the non-belted look seem mighty appealing.  I really do wear this to run (fancy) errands around town, as well as to church.

(BTW- I highly recommend traipsing through the desert in shiny silver heels.  Totally normal.  Do you not do this regularly?  Also, there were lots of holes in the ground that I was certain were from rattlesnakes but Luke says they’re just made by ground squirrels.  Likely story.)

 

Caftan (H&M in stores only) | Hat | Clogs

SO, tell me – would you try the caftan trend??  If so, how would you style it?

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3 Comments

  • Reply
    Abby
    June 28, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    Love your kaftan and that gorgeous print!

    Abby | Life in the Fash Lane

    • Reply
      Bonnie
      June 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm

      Thanks Abby! Isn’t that floral just the best part?!? 😉

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    Sonia
    July 13, 2017 at 12:03 am

    The Luxuriously African Caftans Dress (or kaftan) makes a fashion statement wherever it’s worn. Today, the colorful Women Caftans Dresses continues to be the popular dresses, and you can try your heritage proudly by slipping into a plus size Moroccan caftan any day of the week.

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