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I'm visiting a friend in Palm Springs. We had a bloody mary brunch and I almost died when I saw they were selling them at Mr. Turk (Trina Turk). I thought it was just a DL meme.
Does anyone actually wear them? Are they a pool attire thing?
by Anonymous | reply 133 | June 18, 2021 2:46 AM |
They were a thing in the 70s - along with dashikis
My brother’s aging hippie father and mother-in-law had them - and were shocked when they tried to give them to my brother and his wife, and were politely told “no thanks”
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 27, 2021 4:06 AM |
Lots of straight men wore caftans in the 70's, including Nixon in San Clemente.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 27, 2021 4:07 AM |
I sometimes wear a nightshirt to bed, but I don't wear caftans.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 27, 2021 4:09 AM |
No one wears them now, very few did back then. Bizarre DL joke.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 27, 2021 4:12 AM |
I don't know if this qualifies but we should make this outfit have a comeback! :)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | April 27, 2021 4:13 AM |
[quote]Does anyone actually wear them?
Does any one still wear ... a caftan?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 27, 2021 4:13 AM |
Take your pick, OP (although this shopping channel is complete Frauville):
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | April 27, 2021 4:15 AM |
Only the crustiest of the upper crust gays wear them. It's not for you if you're NQOK.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 27, 2021 4:38 AM |
I've been Gay all my life and I've never seen a normal sane person wear one in a social setting
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 27, 2021 4:57 AM |
They are currently all the rage in Paris.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 27, 2021 5:02 AM |
R9 you just don't get invited to the right parties. Im sorry.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 27, 2021 5:06 AM |
My parents wore matching caftans, as well as matching espadrilles. They also had matching custom made outfits they wore out to parties. I remember my mom had a silver lame hotpants outfit, and my dad had a matching outfit, but he wore Bermuda shorts. They both wore the same insanely high platform shoes. They also had matching jewelry, squash blossom necklaces and Navajo rings and belt buckles. My dad became more conservative in dress as he got older, but last year I picked him up for brunch and he wore coral slacks, turquoise gingham shirt with popped collar, his Navajo belt, and paisley slippers. He turns 94 this year.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 27, 2021 5:18 AM |
"[R9] you just don't get invited to the right parties. Im sorry. "
You got me there... Thank God
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | April 27, 2021 5:40 AM |
The stereotype of gay fatties in caftans comes from gay producer extraordinaire Allan Carr, who DID wear them in the ‘70s and ‘80s ...
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | April 27, 2021 5:48 AM |
I prefer a sensible kimono.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 27, 2021 5:51 AM |
I would love to party with R12's parents.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 27, 2021 5:54 AM |
Anyone see the selection of caftans Miss Ross Mathews is pushing?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | April 27, 2021 6:21 AM |
R15 is right — I remember Allan Carr embodying every stereotype imaginable: casual hippie, fat “closeted” gay, in the thrall of Hollywood glamour who produced a notoriously tasteless Oscar show, etc. “Lounging in their caftans and planning a brunch,” indeed.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 27, 2021 6:44 AM |
R15 is right — I remember Allan Carr embodying every stereotype imaginable: casual hippie, fat “closeted” gay, in the thrall of Hollywood glamour who produced a notoriously tasteless Oscar show, etc. “Lounging in their caftans and planning a brunch,” indeed.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 27, 2021 6:44 AM |
Armie Hammer seems to favor them.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | April 27, 2021 6:45 AM |
BEST IN SHOW is another reason the gay caftan man stayed in circulation.
The only problem is that caftans are long out-of-fashion.
There could easily be out-of-it eldergays who still wear them.
God knows DL is full of antiquated notions of hip fashion like jock straps.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 23 | April 27, 2021 6:47 AM |
R24 has a cape, not a caftan.
I have seen Andre Leon Talley in a caftan, however.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 27, 2021 6:56 AM |
Caftans are so comfortable. Love them for lounging around the house and garden.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 27, 2021 6:59 AM |
Fashion isn’t everything.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 27, 2021 7:03 AM |
Data Lounge emdorsed caftan & turban combo.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 30 | April 27, 2021 7:46 AM |
Nathan Lane must have worn one in Birdcage
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 31 | April 27, 2021 7:51 AM |
^ Very
Though, as a child of the 60s there was always "that family" in every neighborhood who were the cool Hippy-dippy family that did things like that. The one in my neighborhood had a purple VW bus that they named the purple penis... Dad was eventually caught with one of his teen-aged daughter's friends and the family moved away
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 27, 2021 8:57 AM |
It's leisure wear. While I prefer to wear a shirt and sweatpants I could see eldergays loving to wear something light and flowy to maintain the lounge feel at home.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 27, 2021 10:59 AM |
[quote]I've been Gay all my life and I've never seen a normal sane person wear one in a social setting
Neither have I, and I've never seen anyone wearing one in an anti-social setting either.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 27, 2021 11:23 AM |
Only after the police arrive, OP. Otherwise it's speedos for everyone, regardless of age or weight.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 27, 2021 11:58 AM |
I know an obese eldergay designer who does wear them sometimes. (Not Andre Leon Talley)
Sometimes I wear them as beach coverups, but I’m a woman and not obese. I have some light cotton ones from Roberta Freymann/Rollerrabbit. It’s like wearing a sigh.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 27, 2021 12:04 PM |
Do married people REALLY have sex?
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 27, 2021 12:14 PM |
"I could see eldergays loving to wear something light and flowy to maintain the lounge feel at home. "
Nah, we just lay around in our underwear with our hands down the front
by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 27, 2021 12:36 PM |
YUP. My 80-year-old mother does. She had an awesome one on yesterday.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 27, 2021 1:12 PM |
Yes, women wear them as poolside attire, to evening Tiki parties and at the beach.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 27, 2021 1:20 PM |
R23 when my FWB top wants to pound me down in a jock while he wraps his fists around the straps that's fashion enough for me, honey!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 27, 2021 2:04 PM |
Short kimonos are better if you have the legs.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 27, 2021 2:06 PM |
100% heterosexual Chris Pine.
No, really, he's absolutely straight.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 45 | April 27, 2021 2:08 PM |
"Short kimonos are better if you have the legs. "
Oh, for sure...
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | April 27, 2021 2:15 PM |
[quote] Short kimonos are better if you have the legs.
And if DLers are known for something it's for their legs ... gurl! *side-eye*
by Anonymous | reply 47 | April 27, 2021 2:44 PM |
@r45, I love Chris Pine, but he looks like an absolute dweeb in that picture
by Anonymous | reply 48 | April 27, 2021 2:47 PM |
[quote][R12]'s dad is gay.
Nah -- it's more likely that his parents were (hopefully not ARE) swingers.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 27, 2021 2:56 PM |
I got this for my new secluded yard. It is very sexy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | April 27, 2021 2:58 PM |
r50 Are you Joel's neighbor?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 27, 2021 8:14 PM |
I will never forget the last time I saw someone in public wearing a caftan. It was late September of 1980. I was at the airport in Athens, Greece. A smallish bowling ball of a man walked past me wearing a flowing caftan. It was Allen Carr. A truly silly looking little man he was, I must say.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 27, 2021 8:31 PM |
Until I joined this site, I thought they were bathing suit covers for women. My grandmother wore one around the house when I was growing up. She called it a "shift". I've never seen one worn in public anywhere besides the beach.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 27, 2021 8:58 PM |
Learn all about it, bitches!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | April 27, 2021 10:06 PM |
Allen Carr wasn't the only 70s queen who wore a caftan.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 55 | April 27, 2021 11:11 PM |
Do you wear cloths under them or just like underwear or a speedo as if it's a dress?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | April 28, 2021 12:04 AM |
Last week on That Girl, had was wearing a fabulous caftan with big polka dots. It looked like a Twister mat.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 28, 2021 12:25 AM |
I wear nothing under them.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 28, 2021 2:40 AM |
What else would I wear to The Night Of A Thousand Mrs Ropers?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 28, 2021 2:42 AM |
Id wear one in a heartbeat if I could find them in 100% cotton in my size. All the ones online dont seem geared to fatties. I wear 3xl by the way,not 6 xl !
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 28, 2021 2:49 AM |
R57 My partner in the late 70s/early 80s wore caftans, with nothing underneath. They had to be of a specific Egyptian cotton... and it was vaguely bohemian - travelers to North Africa where they originated, etc. But over the years his increasing avoirdupois made it a comfortable, at home alternative to clothes. Covering a multitude of sins. Allen Carr followed the trend, he didn't set it.
The things we do for love...
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 28, 2021 3:08 AM |
R62 if you order from one of those Chinese online dumps that 3x or even 6x might just fit your sister that wears a size 10
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 28, 2021 3:45 AM |
I don't wear caftans. But I do wear dashikis.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 28, 2021 4:18 AM |
My mother would wear them. She has a few different ones she would change into when she got home from work. I was always a little jealous since they seemed so comfortable. I used to have a long flannel nightshirt that I wore until until it started to unravel.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 28, 2021 4:38 AM |
You have to know how to wear a caftan.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 68 | April 28, 2021 4:41 AM |
Kick up your heels Gurls!
via @travis_oestreich
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 70 | June 12, 2021 1:13 AM |
Several of my friends have posted pics of themselves in their caftans on Facebook and they only seem to be slightly ironic. Also it seems to be something people do when the go to Palm Springs specifically.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 12, 2021 1:24 AM |
It was within the last week or so. I saw a man crossing East 72nd St wearing a caftan. It was a zebra print and he was wearing a crossbody bag and some fancy sneakers. I was dying to take a photo, but the light changed and I didn’t have time to snap a photo. And it wouldn’t have been kind to violate his privacy. But I saluted him and couldn’t wait to tell you bitches.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 12, 2021 1:37 AM |
Practically every important royal figure of the late 20th century, from Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Noor to Princess Grace, was photographed wearing them. If they're good enough for those queens, they're good enough for this queen!
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 12, 2021 1:38 AM |
Shame on you, OP, for doubting the sincerity of the DL love of caftans. How else do you think we can ever possibly present our moistening mussies for deliverymen and repairmen quickly enough if want to deliver a well-timed "YUM!"?
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 12, 2021 1:39 AM |
Caftans are equivalent to a robe, worn at home only. I still have a couple of them. I am a woman, and don't remember ever seeing a man wearing one.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 12, 2021 3:47 AM |
The thing with caftans is they are seriously the most comfortable thing one can wear. The only thing more comfortable would be wearing nothing at all.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 13, 2021 1:26 AM |
[quote]Does anyone actually wear them?
Honey, YES!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 77 | June 13, 2021 1:38 AM |
Are they easy to present hole in?
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 13, 2021 5:31 AM |
What do call a women's cover up type thing that is essentially a straight piece of fabric with elastic at the top to hold it up? My mother in the 1970s would wear an ORANGE short one above the knee in Terry Cloth, my god it was a sight.
Is that a caftan or do they have to be long?
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 13, 2021 8:16 AM |
r80 You may be referring to a MUUMUU. Gathered or elasticized at the neck/shoulder, and then a straight drop to your feet. You can thank missionaries to Hawaii in the 19th Century for this little fashion item. They wanted to cover up the near-nekkidness of the female Hawaiian Islanders.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | June 13, 2021 1:22 PM |
[quote] as a child of the 60s there was always "that family" in every neighborhood who were the cool Hippy-dippy family that did things like that. The one in my neighborhood had a purple VW bus that they named the purple penis...
R33 In every neighborhood?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 13, 2021 1:47 PM |
It’s not a “caftan” per se, but my comfortable home outfit is an extra large, extra long cotton T-shirt that I slip into as soon as I get home from work. It goes down to just under the knee, and I’m nude underneath. It’s sheer heaven.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | June 13, 2021 2:15 PM |
R80, if was made of terry cloth and with elastic neckline, it could've been a simple sun dress or house dress.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 13, 2021 2:42 PM |
I was just reading a biography of Cary Grant that said he wore caftans later in life. It said his last wife sewed them (I doubt it).
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 13, 2021 4:22 PM |
R86, it is a transliteration of Persian خفتان, so in English, both spellings are acceptable.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | June 13, 2021 5:40 PM |
Chris Pine rocking a caftan.
But in a very heterosexual way, of course.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | June 13, 2021 5:48 PM |
R88, didn't you already post that at R45, Chris Pine's publicist?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | June 13, 2021 5:57 PM |
Why would Chris Pine's publicist post something so gay?
by Anonymous | reply 90 | June 13, 2021 6:02 PM |
[quote]I sometimes wear a nightshirt to bed, but I don't wear caftans.
Are you Fred Mertz?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 91 | June 13, 2021 6:42 PM |
r12's dad uses the Cockgobbler as his stylist.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | June 13, 2021 6:43 PM |
I vear caftan now zat fat orange reetard is reetired. I vear notzing underneeat so poosey can be free!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 93 | June 13, 2021 6:49 PM |
At home, I wear a long, wool bathrobe for the evening. Never owned a caftan.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | June 13, 2021 7:38 PM |
[quote]At home, I wear a long, wool bathrobe for the evening.
With heels and a turban.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | June 13, 2021 7:48 PM |
I always think of them as beachwear.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | June 13, 2021 7:55 PM |
[quote] The thing with caftans is they are seriously the most comfortable thing one can wear. The only thing more comfortable would be wearing nothing at all.
Advice NOTED!!
by Anonymous | reply 97 | June 13, 2021 7:57 PM |
r88 Seems like something Armie Hammer would do.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | June 13, 2021 9:05 PM |
To get your Caftan fix, I found The Fabulous Allan Carr Documentary (2017) streaming on-line for free. (Link below)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 100 | June 14, 2021 4:05 AM |
That Allan Carr documentary was good. He was so fucking insane.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | June 14, 2021 4:06 AM |
In her autobiography, "Blood Memory," Martha Graham tells how, after borrowing a Halston caftan, she offered to pay it off monthly.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | June 15, 2021 6:52 PM |
I would think that even the slightest bit of sweat would result in a noticeable line on the caftan indicating the point at which your fanny separates
by Anonymous | reply 103 | June 15, 2021 6:55 PM |
There shall be caftans in the future...
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 104 | June 15, 2021 7:24 PM |
I challenge everyone here to wear a caftan for a day ... with nothing on underneath ... and tell me it wasn't the most freeing, comfy thing they have ever worn. You will all. become caftan converts, promise!
by Anonymous | reply 105 | June 15, 2021 8:15 PM |
Most of the Palm Springs gay guys I know, wear them ironically and/or for its camp value. Plus they’re really are comfortable and when laying out at the pool and its 110+ outside and then you walk into your place and the AC is set to 73, a caftan is a nice cover up.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | June 15, 2021 8:41 PM |
Most members in my Sunday gathering group, called “4M,” (men, mimosas and making memories) wear caftans on occasion. And now this thread has inspired me to suggest a caftan party, wherein we try to outdo each other with our caftan style!
by Anonymous | reply 107 | June 15, 2021 9:53 PM |
The Million Mrs. Roper March
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 108 | June 15, 2021 9:55 PM |
Didn't Totie Fields wear caftans?
by Anonymous | reply 110 | June 16, 2021 3:39 PM |
R109 - Great idea! Maybe we’ll “go viral” as the kids say. A bunch of eldergays in caftans sipping mimosas might be a welcome change from the doom and gloom the mainstream media likes to throw our way!
by Anonymous | reply 111 | June 16, 2021 3:47 PM |
Caftans look comfortable for slumbering and home and poolside leisure. However, I have never had an interest in buying one.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | June 16, 2021 6:21 PM |
OP, you are not with the times
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 113 | June 16, 2021 6:30 PM |
this spiffy little one will only set you back three hundred dollars
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 114 | June 16, 2021 6:37 PM |
A Caftan is nothing but the Arab dress dishdasha with colors. They've been wearing it for centuries!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | June 16, 2021 6:44 PM |
All I know is they'd better still be making caftans for men in 20-odd years because I plan to spend my retirement in them.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | June 16, 2021 7:30 PM |
I'm wearing a caftan at my july fourth rooftop extravaganza
by Anonymous | reply 119 | June 16, 2021 8:31 PM |
R119 - Are you Greg Louganis? Huge fan here!
by Anonymous | reply 120 | June 16, 2021 8:34 PM |
I have one! I bought it as an emergency coverup for those times when the doorbell rings and I'm in my underwear or less (Covid allows me to not bother getting dressed most days). It has saved me numerous times when a delivery or the super shows up. t's polyester silk, floor length in an abstract design of gold and light brown.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | June 16, 2021 8:37 PM |
Not only do they wear caftans, but a HAT as well!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 122 | June 16, 2021 8:39 PM |
I love all of you caftan wearing beauties!
by Anonymous | reply 124 | June 16, 2021 9:21 PM |
R124 - I agree! I don’t think anyone who would wear a caftan wouldn’t be anything but FABULOUS!
by Anonymous | reply 125 | June 16, 2021 10:10 PM |
What does a man wearing a caftan tell you?
I'm sexy and I know it? I'm fabulosity? Comfort before everything? No underwear? I present hole? What else?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | June 17, 2021 1:35 PM |
R129 I love that DIY fashion shoot on the fire escape, astroturfed no less.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | June 17, 2021 10:29 PM |
I think hes adorable R130 and Id gladly flip up his caftan and chow down.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | June 18, 2021 12:57 AM |
I wear a surfer poncho at home when I get out of the pool or hot tub. It’s lovely.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 132 | June 18, 2021 1:04 AM |
these look more warming and needed after a long day in the surf.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | June 18, 2021 2:46 AM |
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