How To Use Kaftan In A Sentence
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This is Fatima with a kaftan, black with a bodice of intricate dark red embroidery.
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But if I ever came across that catalogue again, and discovered that they were still selling leopard print kaftans, I'd be very happy indeed.
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Most women can get away with wearing stripes on a loose kaftan top that just skims the bottom.
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Men traditionally wear long gowns called kaftans, and women wear long robes that leave only their hands and feet exposed.
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There's a hint of gipsy in the long, layered skirt; of the geisha in the wrap-over kimono tops with trailing butterfly sleeves and of the beach babe in the long, floaty kaftan.
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Sunset cocktail dresses, tropical disco pants, neon kaftans, bikinis, all laced with glamour.
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Then of course there were a lot of the Americans who, whenever I would dress in African clothing - a kaftan, or chayas, or a boubou - would tease me.
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Here you'll find a more wearable version of the kaftan.
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Inspired by the elegance of the kaftan, the range is both flattering to wear and practical as many designs double as loungewear.
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May we suggest a bikini and kaftan?
Times, Sunday Times
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No one needs to know what lumps and bumps you are hiding under this floaty kaftan.
The Sun
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She had been one of a group of friends - Muslim and non-Muslim - sprung by the Sudanese police in a restaurant after closing time, smoking shisha and wearing trousers and a kaftan top, rather than the traditional "tobe" (a wraparound cloth similar to the sari but worn in a less structured, yet more concealing, manner) or the fashionable long, close-fitting skirt and top which young Sudanese women favour and which reveal their rather robust curves delightfully but conform - just - to the current "modesty" requirements imposed under the 1991 Criminal Code.
Australian Islamist Monitor
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It won't be long now until it will be no longer safe to walk the streets, without hoards of mad students in tartan trousers and kaftans accosting you with home made fliers.
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I found it hard to imagine dad in flares and a flowery kaftan jitterbugging the night away.
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At the Met in New York, he took curtain calls wearing a beaded gold kaftan.
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On Koran stands, carpets, book covers and kaftans, from painted miniatures to intricate incense burners, the entire show is crowded with figures.
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It's also worth considering the kaftan, one of the most flattering looks to emerge from gypsy chic.
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It's the most amazing piece, but you could wear it with a kaftan and a bikini!
Times, Sunday Times
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Upon arrival we were greeted by the usual sway of scarves, kaftans and generally tie-died attire that surrounds these types of festivals.
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Her collection features see-through tops, floaty long skirts in jazzy prints, kaftans with matching wide-legged trousers and dresses which leave little to the imagination.
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Tried to get a pint at lunchtime only to find the entire bar stuffed with weirdo Liberals wearing kaftans and woolly sweaters, who had come all the way up from Cornwall to spend a week on a lost cause.
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Wear a kaftan top over a sunburst swimsuit or a linen sequin skirt scattered with sparkling sequins.
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More fluid designs and flowers bloomed all over the catwalks, on everything from chiffon dresses and silk wraps to shirts, bikinis and kaftans.
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The image he himself cultivated during his presidency, and which appears in official portraits and on Malian currency of the period, always shows him wearing a Malian kaftan, or boubou.
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In a flashback, 14-year-old Buddy and a cute male chum wind up at a San Diego boy party where they meet ‘a short butterball of a man in a bright-orange kaftan.’
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Pairing a kaftan with a pair of slim linen trousers is a really great look.
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Take this funky kaftan dress.
The Sun
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Trouser legs are down to ankles and kaftans are girded with a long piece of rope.
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Social change was documented through the fashion pages, and '50s couture gave way to mini skirts and trouser suits, which in turn gave way to kaftans and kimonos.
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More fluid designs and flowers bloomed all over the catwalks, on everything from chiffon dresses and silk wraps to shirts, bikinis and kaftans.
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Alongside the tiered gypsy skirt, the kaftan is running neck-and-neck as the most evocative and most available fashion item of the year.
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Social change was documented through the fashion pages, and '50s couture gave way to mini skirts and trouser suits, which in turn gave way to kaftans and kimonos.
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More fluid designs and flowers bloomed all over the catwalks, on everything from chiffon dresses and silk wraps to shirts, bikinis and kaftans.
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With saris, kaftans and a range of Indo-Western outfits, this Fourth Umpire's look is far from sporty.
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In 2005, kaftans will take over where ponchos and capes left off: everyone from Michael Kors to Paul Smith has done one.
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There you will see kimonos, kaftans, t-shirts, jeans and jackets.
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The kaftan, a long, loose-fitting long robe, is still worn throughout much of Morocco in both rural and urban areas.
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Make sure that you pack a loose kaftan dress, too.
Times, Sunday Times
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For the ceremony itself, the groom wears a long, loose-fitting garment called a jellaba and the bride wears the traditional long head shawl and kaftan.
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I don't expect us to return wearing kaftans and smothered in patchouli oil - but who knows?
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Somebody would need to get him out of those kaftans and into some relaxed-fit jeans.
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Trouser legs are down to ankles and kaftans are girded with a long piece of rope.
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You'll need three things: a kaftan for when you are poolside, a pretty day dress and something ritzier for evenings.
Times, Sunday Times
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My assertion that it was in fact a kaftan was met with disbelief and horror.
Times, Sunday Times
