8 Kaftans We’re Living In This Summer Because We’ve Given Up!
Just kidding. Kaftans are chic. And they allow us to eat copious amounts of bread.
by The Candidly Team
There are very few items of clothing that solve the riddle of “I would rather walk barefoot over my stovetop than wear anything tight around my stomach” and “I also refuse to live another day as a tent-sized-t-shirt-wearing slug.”
And yet, we continue the hunt.
Because whether we’re apple, pear, or banana in shape, we’re all looking for clothes that do two things: 1. Look effortlessly chic (aka like we tried) and 2. Feel unshakably easy/ comfy/ unrestrictive.
Enter the kaftan.
The kaftan can oft be misfiled as a mumu (not that there’s anything wrong with that) or some other big, tented item we equate with “giving up.”
But, my friends, we’re here to prove the exact opposite to be true.
A kaftan? Is chic.
Sophisticated.
Sexy.
But most of all, a kaftan is so easy, so un-needing (a word, no?) of fuss, that we get to throw it on, look good, and feel entirely unself-conscious.
And, perhaps most important, kaftans are not designed for the male gaze. They are designed for our own gaze, as we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the shop window on the street, looking impossibly chic, gloriously untrendy, and entirely ourselves.
Here our 7 favorite kaftans on earth:
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We have to eat.