well welcome back if you think a captain
is only for vacation or summer time
think again because two sisters will
show you how to wear them effortlessly
mm-hmm Erin Breen and Katie McClure
founders of mirth are here to show us
how to wear them and what it's all about
so the caftan I have to say most people
might not think of this immediately when
they think of ooh
fall wardrobe so tell us how your
business all started so Erin taught me
about captain's years ago I have always
loved a good captain when I was pregnant
I rotated two of them we hadn't started
the business yet but they're so
comfortable and versatile and I'm all
about comfort and there's easy to just
throw throw one on and go and they can
be dressed up dress down you can pair it
with you know heels for dinner but you
can also just throw it on over your
swimsuit at the beach so but that's cut
that was at the time hard to find so we
wanted to create something that you
could wear all the time that that really
was flattering but also just comfortable
and easy and effortless I love it and
it's also a vintage flare because it
used to be part of fashion in what the
60s or 70s yeah I think maybe even
before that I guess well we want to get
right to the fashion so we're gonna
start with the fashion show with Molly
who is also the number one fan she is
wearing the belted corfu and mustard
which were really excited about to wear
this fall this was one of our first
designs actually and she has them in
several different colors you can wear it
belted or unbelted if you've had a
little too much to eat I love it you
know what she looks tailored fresh and
it looks beautiful and I think the belt
is what does it because a lot of times
people think captain oh it doesn't not
gonna do anything for me and Molly you
look fantastic
it's that proud look on her face I know
sorry yeah we've been doing a lot of
belts and we try to tailor a bit more
than your traditional caftan we use the
word captain in a very loose sense so we
try to make them a bit more fitted so
you don't feel like you're totally in a
muumuu well you look beautiful and you
wear it well mom you look fantastic
thank you
let's bring out Kim
and she is wearing something that is
inspired by Palm Springs California
exactly this is our Palm Springs calf
dad we named each each piece after a
place where we envisioned wearing it so
you can daydream when you're when you're
maybe at work wearing one this is a
really special fabric we work with
artisan groups all over India handloom
Weaver's block printers this is a
hand-woven this is woven in a tribal
region very rural area it by villagers
in their homes outside of Calcutta it's
a really special fabric that can't be
replicated on machine they actually
weave in this motif as they're weaving
the fabric itself by hand no electricity
it's amazing and it's so so soft it's
like light as air this is one of our
favorites because it's it's fall but
it's light enough that you can wear it
when it's 100 degrees outside it's also
not see-through yeah which it's not at
all yeah which you would sometimes that
would happen thank you yeah habla Matic
for a number of reasons
yeah Kim you look right I was just gonna
say that it has sort of a traditional
caftan feel to it exactly all right very
nice our next model Terra
let's bring Tom on out Dora oh this is
so pretty so this is kind of a jacket
cat though it is called our malibu
duster duster actually one of my
favorites because it's so comfortable
you can either wear it unbuttoned how
she's wearing it with a top and jeans
and heels or you can button it up and
you can wear it as a dress this is also
great for pregnant women why a nursing
mom oh it's so beautiful can short
people wear these absolutely okay all
right don't be afraid to rock the Duster
exactly and this one's hand loomed as
well this is done by a group of women
all women Weaver's who are trained and
otherwise really wouldn't have
employment in their village there this
organization we work with provides child
care and all sorts of support to these
women who takes so much pride in what
they do it's really amazing oh that
makes me love you guys even more sort of
a bit of a texture to it or is it just
the print absolutely
just in fact it's a traditional Indian
fabric called kadhi which means death
the yarn itself is hand spun and then
it's also hand loomed so it has this
really special lofty texture that again
really can't be replicated by machine so
beautiful Terry you look great thank you
and Lauren is next with the Venice
captain Italy or Venice California
you know we named it after Italy but I
can tell you at the beach and by the way
the pockets is what sorry sorry girl
yes pockets are tricky but we really try
to incorporate pockets when we can this
one is buck printed we work with this
wonderful family outside of Jaipur and a
town called bag guru they're a seventh
generation family I mean everyone from
the the son to the grandfather who's 94
I think still kind of stirs the pot over
a fire to set the fabrics after they've
dried in the field serve him yeah yeah
so the print is done with hand-carved
wooden blocks kind of everyone in the in
the village has a different role in the
process but yeah so you'll see evidence
of handmade throughout the fabrics so
you'll see drips there there were some
puppies for a while that would run over
the fabrics as they were drying in the
field chasing balls away so you'll see
that is a door really will get paw
prints sometimes we'll have an entire
dog print and that gets rejected but we
have to reject a lot because it but also
what makes it so special
yeah really love when when there are
slight imperfections because you can
sort of see the block in this one but
right it's not a it's not a defect and
it's a it's really just a stamp of and
honestly until you said it I didn't
notice it the fact that you pointed it
out now that I'm seeing the block but
it's just part of the fabric it's
wonderful thank you so much thanks and
we do want to mention that you guys are
doing a Houston life special it's 15%
off on the website using first 15 and
that's happening so we're proud that you
guys are Houstonians you guys went to
you you went to Kate Katie went to UT
and trips throughout the world inspired
this look so it's awesome
Katie Darren thank you so much for
stopping by into all of our models thank
you as well and if you'd like more info
you can check out mirth caftans calm