Gold and black jacquard caftan designed by Dapper Dan for André Leon Talley
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2007
name: label: Designed by
content: Dapper Dan, American, born 1945
label: Worn by
content: André Leon Talley, American, 1948 - 2022
notes: label: Description
content: A gold jacquard caftan designed by Dapper Dan for André Leon Talley.
label: Description
content: The metallic gold caftan features a circular, bronze-colored floral pattern throughout. Each circle has petal-like edges and a raised leaf and petal design at center. The caftan has a round neck, split at the front center into a short, narrow V-neck, and bat-wing sleeves. Both sleeves and neck are trimmed in metallic bronze. The front hemline, which is slightly shorter than the back, is trimmed in fabric patterned in the reverse of the main pattern. This pattern is bronze all over, with a pattern of gold circles forming the floral leaf/petal shape in the center negative space. The back of the caftan also uses this reverse pattern fabric. There is a center seam running the length of both the front and the back. In the interior of the caftan, near the bottom of the front proper left side, is a black fabric with raised red text reading [DAPPER / DAN].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Journalism
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.31.2
objectType: label: Type
content: caftans
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Dapper Dan
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic fiber, jacquard, damask
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (width sleeve to sleeve): 76 × 70 in. (193 × 177.8 cm)