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Forest Green Wool Cotton Oversized Abaya Jacket

2020s · 2010s · Lebanese

Designer

Nour Hage

Production

artisan-craft

Material

wool and cotton blend

Culture

Lebanese

Movement

Contemporary Islamic Fashion · Cottagecore

Influences

traditional Middle Eastern aba · Japanese kimono silhouette

This contemporary jacket reinterprets the traditional Middle Eastern aba through a modern minimalist lens. The garment features a deep forest green wool-cotton blend in a dramatically oversized cocoon silhouette. The construction shows clean geometric lines with wide kimono-style sleeves that create a cape-like drape. The V-neckline is deep and angular, while the hemline falls asymmetrically with curved edges. The fabric appears to have a matte finish with substantial weight that allows the garment to hold its sculptural shape. The piece demonstrates how traditional Middle Eastern robing can be translated into contemporary fashion through simplified construction and modern proportions.

coatoversizedv-neckknee length

Connected To

Navy Blue Red Yellow Striped Wool Blanket Coat

Navy Blue Red Yellow Striped Wool Blanket Coat

62%

Forest Green Wool Cotton Oversized Abaya Jacket

Influences·Japanese kimono silhouette

SHARED20 years · cross-culture

Both garments surrender to the kimono's radical proposition: that a sleeve can be a wall, that a body can disappear into geometry. The 1990s blanket coat treats this borrowed silhouette as pure theater—those carnival stripes and dramatically flared sleeves turning the wearer into a walking Mondrian—while the forest green piece three decades later strips away the performance, finding power in the kimono's original restraint.

Echoes Across Time

Sequined Striped Performance Caftan Dress

2020s → 1970s · 40yr62%

SHARED

Both garments surrender to the kimono's ancient logic: wide, straight sleeves that bracket the body like architectural brackets, and that crucial V-neck that draws the eye inward before releasing it to flow over an unstructured torso. The Lebanese abaya translates this silhouette into monastic simplicity—forest green wool that pools and drapes with religious gravity—while the 1970s caftan explodes the same form into pure disco theater, sequined stripes catching light like a human mirrorball.

Influences·Japanese kimono silhouette

Black Synthetic Shawl with Floral Embroidery and Fringe

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Forest Green Wool Cotton Oversized Abaya Jacket

62%

Sequined Striped Performance Caftan Dress

Influences·Japanese kimono silhouette

SHARED40 years · cross-culture · cross-category

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