The caftan is the best known of all traditional costumes in Morocco. This urban garment is cut in fabrics chosen for the quality and nobility of their weaving such as taffeta, natural silks, cashmere, velvet and brocade, all woven by hand. The fabrics are then entrusted to embroiderers who use gold, silver and silk threads to create stylized plant-inspired patterns and arabesques on them. The master craftsmen, highly skilful in the art of passementerie, will put the finishing touches to the caftan, decorating it with braiding, buttons and loops before adding the silk or cotton lining. This is chosen in a complementary colour to the fabric or picks up one of the colours of the embroidery or passementerie. The lining of a caftan allows both concealing the reverse side of the embroidery and passementerie and giving it greater body.