There were labels I had never heard—French, Italian, even Russian—clothes from multiple eras: neat little Kennedy-esque boxy suits, flowing kaftans, sharp-shouldered jackets.
Sultan's kaftans will serve as an indication of their power and authority and for that reason, it was a meticulous job to make them, carry them, wear them, and store them.
I went to the Christie's auction with my friend Sofia Coppola and we were trying to get the Theo Porter kaftans and somebody was out bidding us on the phone but this beautiful titsiani one came up.