Caftan
Since garments with patterning or complex ornamentation are less easily combined into new ensembles than those of plain cloth and neutral color, much of Mrs. Kempner's collection is of solid hued fabrics. Her love of high-key effects, however, made for a substantial number of exceptions to this approach. Photographs of her in the 1960s are as likely to show her in a psychedelic print Pucci gown as in a Saint Laurent "smoking." Recent acquisitions that betray her fondness for beautiful prints include a boldly colored Jean Paul Gaultier gown and a caftan with an animal hide effect by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche.
Artwork Details
- Title: Caftan
- Design House: Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961)
- Designer: Tom Ford (American, born 1961)
- Secondary Line: Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (French, founded 1966)
- Date: spring/summer 2002
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas L. Kempner, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.420.57
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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