caftan du monde

caftan du monde

In the world of ready-to-wear fabric not only denied access to one of our caftan, everything is allowed, brocade, taffeta, satin, silk, lace, lame, lycra, suede, leather, velvet and other materials.
Our concept of ready-to-wear goes to the heart of our workshops in Paris Casablanca. We divide our assembly held in two stages: by hand and manufacture in accordance with the rules of this art so subtle.

Our creativity has been sent us a precious legacy, that of a mother stylist, seamstress modeller and ready-to-wear western and eastern.
Brought up from an early age in this double culture, my sister and I grew up in the art of styling and the annexes.

Rich in this teaching we orchestrate commodities leaving hatch with freedom their own beauty.
Caftans World is a ready-to-wear developed after a high fashion affordable concept. Of wearable designs that will translate at the top of your beauty for your most precious events.
In an exclusive setting in one size. The World Kaftans style displays with simple and clean lines. By alchemy and harmony materials come into play which offer the most beautiful creation of the world a showcase worthy of her, such a jewelry.
The wife of the World lets himself translate this new symphony.
Our caftans combine richness and originality of oriental handicrafts, mixed with luxury and Western modernity. The color tones enhance the flow of vaporous materials and the variety of lines in the collection comes in attractive design. A style that is sober, discreet, always refined by simple as a corset laced belts. This brace allows the woman plump beauty and rushes his pace.

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Caftan paradise

What is the euro fascination with caftans  paradise ?

Not a summer BurdaStyle issue goes by without a caftan. I got back stacks of old issues (I can’t get rid of them, I just can’t – all those great patterns! Possibilities!) from sewing friends, and lo, another two more years of caftans! They’re always shown over bikinis – with a slightly higher waisted one, I’m fine, but the days of the string side-tie bikini for me, well, they are both asleep upstairs, having stretched out my belly to the max.

So, maybe the caftan is the Euro answer for the maxi dress? No, they have several years of those, too, but the caftan, it always is there, in some gauzy chiffon print. Anyway, I probably would really like the caftan – it’s like a maxi dress only a bit more coverage (albeit sheer). They even show kid caftans!

Just an observation. Another one: I love these patterns. Love BurdaStyle. So many years of great style – for me, for the kids, for the home. I know it’s been hard lately with all the business travel hubby is doing (I am surrounded by a mountain of laundry – and there is more washing and drying and on the floor!) to keep up with home, work, kids and squeeze in time for sewing, too. But I’ll get to it next Tuesday Sewing Night.

Of course I say this every summer – but I will spruce up my porch and patio with DIY stuff – chair cushions or covers, lanterns, big floor cushions, something. I’m just never sure of our deck space, something is off about it, it’s too tall or something. I need to bring the ‘ceiling’ down somehow on it. So, if I do that, then there’s a place to wear that caftan, over my bikini, watching the kiddos in the kiddie pool and sprinkler  A thoroughly modern urban mom.

Update: I posted all about how I wouldn’t wear a low cut bikini any more and today someone posted a pic of Julia Roberts on a mom-site facebook post, looking mAHvelous in a bikini with yeah, that stretched out mama twin skin tummy thing from her twin pregnancy (!) and I thought, hurrah! she looked happy and fabulous. And there’s a woman with a camera trained on her all the time. No one will ever care about me or my belly, no one will take a photo of it and post some snarky comment about it. And if they did, I’d just say that I earned my two miracle babies, blood, sweat, tears and forty four grand to get them both. That I loved each of their pregnancies, feeling their little bodies growing and stretching inside of me, and that they were among the most joyful times of my life. Hell, yes. If Julia can do it, so can I. Thanks, Julia, for just being yourself.

kaftan paradise

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Our Weekly Meeting! (published in Morocco)

Our get-together yesterday coincided with the champion's league played live. In the restaurants we went to there was Real Madrid versus Ajax Amsterdam broadcasted. We took advantage of our chat while waiting for the food to watch some of the game.

Adil distributed the postcards that Takahiro Iwasaki left for each volunteer, that he was too shy to handle theme himself, he said. This made us remember some of his jocks with Umberto his roommate and interpreter. Also, the sweet Louise and Michael, they left us last week as well. 

On the other, new volies click it off with old volunteers, as I smell plans are getting set for travel the coming weekend.  

The weekly photo 

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Mawazine Festival Rabat is around the corner! (published in Morocco)

Since its inceptionin 2001,MoroccoCulturesassociation hasprovidedthe Region of Rabatof a prestigiousthematicfestivalwitha universal conceptandcarryingvalues​​MAWAZINE-RHYTHMSOF THE WORLD. The choice of thisthemeisan obvious one, rhythms constituting awindow on the world, the identity of thecountry, bringing the conceptsof land,originsand authenticity. TheMawazineFestival istherefore part ofan openingofthe world's culturesapproach, offering the publica musical journeyaroundthe world. Variety ofsounds and rhythmsare the watch words of this event, in some editions become oneof the biggest festivalsin the world. It isheld fromMay 18 to 26this year. Held annually in May, Mawazine enablesthe publicto meetartists andmulticulturalforms ofexpression.Withmore than 2million people, 20 million viewers, a 9 day festival, 10stages(InternationalTheme, Eastern, Moroccan, youngmusic ...) spread across thecity,more than 100 shows, 50 countries represented,Mawazineis anopening to the worldbringing artists, exhibitions and exceptionalperformances(original creations, master classes, circus ...) for freemajority. Among the international musical figures that performed in the festival are: BB King, Elton John, Sting, Shakira, Santana, Julio Iglesias and others. This year does not lack figures. This year’s edition includes Rihana, Mika, Deep Purple, George Benson and PSY. Remember it’s from the 24th May until the 1st of June. Rabat welcomes you to enjoy music and other artistic patterns.

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Takchita Moroccan and Caftan in Morocco with new albums of picture- 2013

Takchita Moroccan and  Caftan in Morocco with new albums of picture- 2013

Takchita Moroccan Caftan 2012-2013 




The Moroccan caftan, is worn for celebrations, particularly weddings. There are stylish style that can be worn for party wear of wedding dress in Morocco.


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but if I really want to write about it, it will be the longest blog ever because there is a LOT to say! But that's not the case so, here is some information

Moroccan traditional dress is centuries old, has undergone many changes, and varies from region to region. We usually agree on the fact that Caftan is the traditional dress, but if we take into consideration the Amazigh tribes, the Eastern part of Morocco, as well as the Arab nomads and desert inhabitants, it turns out that we have many Moroccan traditional dresses. Let us just say, the most famous and most popular Moroccan dress tends to be a Jellaba, for daily use, and Caftan, for celebrations. Caftan itself is divided into two types, Caftan, which is one piece dress, and "Takcheeta", which is Caftan plus an upper layer known as "Dfeena". Caftan is for minor celebrations, and Takchita is for weddings and birth celebrations for instance

Moroccan traditional Takchita is known as "Malakiya", "Makhzaniya", in reference to the traditional Fassi dress worn by the princesses of the royal family. It is the classic intemporal style

However, Takchita is so loved by Moroccans of all ages and social milieus that it has naturally progressed along with the requirements of modernity. There are yearly fashion shows of Caftan with new models and inspirations. The most famous and fanciest of these shows is simply known as "Caftan", and takes place every year in Marrakesh. Famous worldwide fashion designers, such as Jean Paul Gaultier, have revisited the Caftan

How we make Moroccan traditional dresses

First of all, we buy fabric. There are many types of fabric, and the most popular ones tend to be silk, brocade, velvet, Kashmir, wool (mleefa), etc. Moroccan women are also very fond of Indian saris. Fabric can cost from 250 to 15000 dirhams, it really depends on what you can afford. Therefore, everybody can wear Caftans and Takchitas. For Jellabas, fabric can even be cheaper. Jellaba is the most widely worn dress in Morocco!

After buying fabric, we take it to a special dressmaker specialized in "beldi" (traditional) style. These skilled dressmakers advise us on the tailoring but also, and especially, on the "sfeefa" style and colour. Sfeefa is the traditional passmentrie ornament of Moroccan dresses

  

After we choose a model and a pattern, the dressmaker gives our fabric to a team of designers. They are sfeefa, embroidery, pearl settings, and tailoring specialists. Sfeefa can either be with silk or with gold threads, and of course, each type has its own experts!

Takchita, unlike Caftan and Jellaba, is composed of two layers and a belt. The belt can be made of gold threads or of silk threads, or simply in fabric with various types of ornaments. The belts are traditionally made of gold or silver, which has remained a quite common custom (yet, an expansive one, so guess how common

Jellaba

Jellaba tends to be more discrete, and has a hood. Jellaba is really for day to day apparel, and besides that it is always worn in specific occasions such as visiting people for condolences, but also on happier occasions like the 27th night of Ramadan and the days of Aids (religious celebrations

Jellabas are for men too, but of course, in different style. Men also have their Caftan called "Qamiss", and a style of it called "Gandoura

There are ready made Jellabas, Caftans and even Takchitas for sale 

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Education in Morocco

Education in Morocco


Morocco has one of the lowest rankings in the world in terms of Education. Education in Morocco is free and compulsory through primary school. The estimated illiteracy rate for the country in 2004 was 30.8% for males and 54,7% for females.[77] On September 2006, UNESCO awarded Morocco amongst other countries such as Cuba, Pakistan, India and Turkey the "UNESCO 2006 Literacy Prize".[78]
Morocco has more than four dozen universities, institutes of higher learning, and polytechnics dispersed at urban centres throughout the country. Its leading institutions include Mohammed V University in Rabat, the country’s largest university, with branches in Casablanca and Fès; the Hassan II Agriculture and Veterinary Institute in Rabat, which conducts leading social science research in addition to its agricultural specialties; and Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, the first English-language university in North Africa,[79] inaugurated in 1995 with contributions from Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The al-Qarawiyin University, founded in the city of Fez in 859 as a madrasa,[80] is considered by some sources, including UNESCO, to be the "oldest university of the world".[81] Morocco has also some of prestigious postgraduate schools, including: École Nationale Supérieure d'Électricité et de Mecanique (ENSEM),EMI, ISCAE, INSEA, National School of Mineral Industry, École Hassania des Travaux Publics, École nationale de commerce et de gestion de Kénitra, École supérieure de technologie de Casablanca.


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Sport in Morocco

Sport in Morocco
Spectator sports in Morocco traditionally centred on the art of horsemanship until European sports—football (soccer), polo, swimming, and tennis—were introduced at the end of the 19th century. Football is the country’s premier sport, popular among the urban youth in particular, and in 1986 Morocco became the first Arab and African country to qualify to the second round in World Cup competition. Morocco will be hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The host cities will include Tangier, Casablanca, Rabat, Agadir and Marrakech.[76]
At the 1984 Olympic Games, two Moroccans won gold medals in track and field events. Nawal El Moutawakel won in the 400 metres hurdles; she was the first woman from an Arab or Islamic country to win an Olympic gold medal. Saïd Aouita won the 5000 metres at the same games. Hicham El Guerrouj won gold medals in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres for Morocco at the 2004 Summer Olympics and holds several world records in the mile run.
Tennis and golf have become popular. Several Moroccan professional players have competed in international competition, and the country fielded its first Davis Cup team in 1999.
Kickboxing is also popular in Morocco. Badr Hari, heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist, is a former K-1 heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009 finalist.

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