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Word: caftans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peterman's world, on the other hand, has never been one particular place. Rather, Peterman retails an evoked time, a diffuse, multifaceted past located somewhere between the two World Wars, sometimes drifting back into the Edwardian. A thought along these lines appears in the text presenting an Indian Elephant Caftan (No. AAF7744. Silk crepe de Chine. $180. Bangalore, India): "Comeliness and the passions of the past happen to mean a lot to me, perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times At J. Peterman | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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