Katherine J. Igoe has been a full-time freelancer for over a decade with a focus on style, lifestyle, and parenting. The caftan (sometimes spelled kaftan) has been with us for thousands of years ...

Caftans might be making a resurgence—but they’re certainly nothing new. In fact, in Daniel Delis Hill’s book, The History of World Costume and Fashion, he says that caftans have been around ...

Lindley’s Mrs. Roper is enjoying a renaissance of sorts, including online tributes and in-person bar crawls toasting the caftan-clad icon. AP Share Helen Roper is my style icon. She’s from the ...

They are mostly Gen X women, resplendent in colorful caftans, red curly wigs and clunky 1970s-style jewelry. As indelibly embodied by actress Audra Lindley from 1977 to 1984, Helen Roper was a ...