Caftans = Freedom (with Elizabeth Taylor)
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Caftans = Freedom (with Elizabeth Taylor)
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About this listen
Why are caftans/kaftans so popular among Hollywood icons from the golden age as well as the queer community? In this solo episode, Gertie discusses the fashion (and cultural) history of this gender-free garment, spanning from ancient Egypt through to the modern day.
Links & Images
- Charm Patterns mentioned include:
- The Elizabeth Caftan
- The Pride Caftan
- Elizabeth Taylor swanning down the stairs in 1974's That's Entertainment
- Elizabeth Taylor's website archive
- See 17-year-old Elizabeth Taylor cinched in A Place in the Sun
- See her less cinched (and barely covered!) in Cleopatra
- The Elizabeth Taylor Collection auctioned by Christie's
- Vanity Fair article about Taylor's AIDS work
- Another article (in The Guardian) about her AIDS work
- Provincetown, MA (P-Town) fabulousness
- Palm Springs, CA Hollywood history and queer history
- Trina Turk's modern caftans
- Non-gendered designs by Rudi Gernreich (with more photos in this Vogue article)
- The caftan-like designs of Paul Poiret and the Balenciaga Sack Dress
- The Chiffon Trenches book by Andre Leon Talley
For more vintage-inspired sewing patterns in sizes 2-34 (with A-H bust cups), check out us out at Charm Patterns.
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