the pleating on the chest and skirt give the illusion of the garment being a loose coat worn over a gathered garment
The Kaftan (or Caftan) is recognised by UNESCO as being a garment of cultural significance
Being a man made fabric
this fabric production and the beauty of the patterns produced by the amazing craftspeople of Uzbekistan are too great an addition to modest dress to ignore
it is still a larger population of Muslims than most Muslim majority countries
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