Why the Kaftan Is the Most Stylish Dress at London Fashion Week | Holland Street
Why the Kaftan Is the Most Stylish Dress at London Fashion Week
The kaftan is emerging as one of the most stylish pieces at London Fashion Week. From Whitney Port wearing a Dries Van Noten chiffon kaftan at New York Fashion Week to Holland Street's printed silk designs, the appeal is about more than fashion: it's about how a woman feels when she gets dressed.
The kaftan isn't simply a fashion trend — it is a way of dressing for how you want to feel.
What if getting dressed wasn’t about following a trend, but about deciding how you want to feel?
Holland Street's SENSE Method™ starts with a simple question: How do you want to feel? Rather than dressing according to a trend, women choose words such as daring, magnetic, sensual, romantic or alive and use those feelings to guide what they wear.
It is an idea shared by celebrity stylist Erin Walsh, whose approach to intentional dressing asks the same fundamental question: Who do I want to be, and how do I want to feel? Walsh, stylist to Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez and Sarah Jessica Parker, describes clothing as a way of stepping into presence, confidence and purpose.
And there is perhaps no garment more naturally suited to this philosophy than the kaftan.
Flowing, expressive and effortlessly dramatic, the kaftan has travelled through centuries of fashion, from its origins across the Middle East and Central Asia to the glamour of the 1960s and 70s. Today, it feels completely at home on the streets of New York Fashion Week — as illustrated by Whitney Port wearing a spectacular Dries Van Noten chiffon kaftan — and, this week, in London.
At London Fashion Week, the kaftan feels like the most stylish thing to wear: fluid, romantic, unexpected and made for movement. With Erdem’s show this weekend adding to London’s atmosphere of romance, silk, craftsmanship and natural materials, fashion is embracing clothes that are not simply seen, but felt.
Holland Street’s signature printed silk kaftans embody exactly this spirit: expressive prints, beautiful movement and the freedom to dress for your mood. Next year, Holland Street will take that feeling further with a new collection of chiffon and translucent pieces — lighter, sheer and designed to move around the body.
Because sometimes the most stylish thing you can wear is a feeling.
Daring. Magnetic. Alive.
