Vintage Afghan Cotton Tunic - Shazia
About this product
This stunning example of a tribal Afghan Kuchi dress has been dated to the 1980's and has been embellished with coins from this era. The hand embroidery is a beautiful and traditional art form that showcases the skills of Afghan artists, and each colour holds special significance within the culture; black represents strength and resilience.
Kuchi dresses are traditionally associated with the nomadic Kuchi and Pashtun people of Afghanistan and were worn by everyone regardless of wealth, and depending on the design and fabrics, they were worn as anything from everyday wear to wedding dresses. However, during the 1960's, and 70's when Afghanistan was a popular place on the "Hippy Trail" westerners adapted the traditional dresses of the area to suit the hippy image, which mixed embroideries and fabrics from various places.
Please be mindful that this is a vintage piece of clothing, therefore some imperfections in the embroidery panels are to be expected, and as there are no washing labels attached, we would recommend dry cleaning only.
Please note:
We highly recommend this tunic is displayed as a decorative wall piece, rather than purchased as a garment to wear.
Vintage Items Info
This item is part of our 'Siesta Vintage' range
When Siesta began in the early 1980's there were few wholesalers of ethnic clothing. However, we found one very good supplier in Portobello Road who was sourcing beautiful clothing from remote areas of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Siesta was lucky enough to be able to sell these often hand embroidered and handmade items, but as time passed the world changed and the supply dried up. Today it is virtually impossible to visit many of these areas and these garments are no longer made.
After over 30 years of not seeing this supplier, we learnt that they were still in business but were closing down. However, they still had a few items of original stock left. We visited them and managed to get a few pieces of genuine vintage clothing from the last century to offer to our customers. Once we sell what we have there will be no more!
As each piece is at least 30 years old some imperfections are to be expected. Please treat this item with respect and we recommend dry cleaning only.
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