Once again, Vogue has provided the perfect wardbrobe solution for every…person. Look how the drape of the caftan hides one’s hips…or any other um…things on one’s body one might want to conceal. And see how it makes a person look glamorous even if maybe one is not usually so…how do I say this…feminine? A caftan also accomodates broad shoulders. You know, in case you’re big boned or whatever. And it’s long enough to cover feet that are maybe like larger than usual lady feet or something. And if say you liked to go dance in clubs in Midtown it would give you plenty of room to move about and stuff.
OK. I GIVE UP. I TRIED TO DANCE AROUND IT. I TRIED TO ACT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL OVER AT VOGUE, BUT I CAN’T. I CAN’T KEEP LIVING THIS LIE. THOSE ARE MEN, BABY. MEN, I TELL YOU. THEY ARE BIG TALL FANCY MEN IN CAFTANS.
With fabulous accessories, by the way.
I hate it when men are pretter than I am. I hate it when I dress up and look like a drag queen.
Oh Hell, where can I get a caftan?!
Ok, yes, I agree that 4 of them are, indeed, fancymen wearing caftans. However, I have every reason to suspect that the “lady” on the far left is Ethel Merman.
The one in the gold looks like Bea Arthur.
Finally! Something to hide all of my lovely lady humps!! and bumps….and lumps….
The one on the right in pink is *totally* John Leguizamo!
I actually own a caftan.
My aunt Sharon (5′1″, maybe 130 lbs soaking wet) got it from my aunt Susan (5′5″, fluffier), and I can wear it without problem (5′10″, big shoulders and hips, fluffy). It would’ve swallowed her WHOLE! So we took it off her hands, and I’ve been wearing it like a nightgown.
They’re great on hot summer weekends when you don’t leave the house. But I can’t believe one would need much of a pattern for them… “Get 9 yds of 60″ wide fabric, sew up the sides (inserting pockets), and cut a hole for your head and neck. Hem all raw edges.” Voila!
Holy 1970’s, Batman! I think I saw this gang elbow their way into Studio 54 30 years ago.
BIG TALL FANCY MEN IN CAFTANS.
That was my favourite band in college.
The one in pink is actually Liz Taylor, pre-Forensky.
These men have the tiniest little feet I’ve ever seen!
….Fortensky…
Big tall fancy men in caftans pretending they’re pregnant. Like you said, a caftan can hide a myriad of things.
I’m totally with BarbieDearest. The one on the right in pink is John Leguizamo, the one in gold is Patrick Swayze, and the darker skinned one in lavender is Wesley Snipes.
Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar.
Those gals (?) look like they’ve been hanging out with Mrs. Roper on 3’s Company….
Does the “Very Easy” monniker on the bottom of the packet indicate that the pattern is very easy, or the he/shes?
Either way, it will break the ice at those stuffy old faculty parties…
Didn’t I see them doing their act at Charlie Brown’s All Stars??
Mrs. Roper, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I went to high school with the redheaded guy on the far left and he was a bitch then, just like now, just like he looks. On the rag thity-two days a month, you know it.
now we know how RuPaul actually supports himself.
Isn’t a caftan wearing tranny the target audience for Midtown clubs anyway?
Sure, the testosterone injections were a good idea at first, but none of them would forget the ninja stars they took to the hearts when their prom dates left them outside the Piggly-Wiggly.
wasn’t someone in _The Posseidon Adventure_ wearing one of those? or _The Towering Inferno_?
what is the original point of a caftan? is it a house dress with more fluff? is it a nightgown? or a robe? i could look it up, but why? they just look like the things one wears when you’re bored with your life and hubby, smoke a lot, and live in a house with too much framed 70s long stitch crafts.
Only two of them have had the foresight to cover their Adam’s apples.
Finally, something that can double as draperies!