Jaipur has a Plan.

Jaipur was the first planned city in India.

According to Vastu Shastra, (Indian architecture's answer to Feng Shui) city is laid out in six sectors separated by broad streets, precisely 111 ft (34 m) wide.

Everything is planned for easy access and comfort.

Like this Jaipur caftan, I found in a boutique on a little (well planned) street off New Colony road.

But the interesting thing about this caftan is it doesn't just stop at comfort.

You've noticed that it has a certain alluring shape, which is not at all caftan-like.

The Jaipur Caftan dress (No. 2497). Cut for comfort and shape in a sensuous ankle length cotton cambric. Drawstring in just the right spot accentuates the positive. Long and flowing. Discreetly alluring side slits.

If you've resisted caftans up to now, this may be the one for you.

Tribal Ladies, by the way, wear loads of silver jewelry with them.

(An excuse to trot out some of your best.)

Women's sizes: S/M, L/XL. Imported.

Color: Fuchsia, Plum, Taupe Print. (Bright colors compensate, they say, for Jaipur's stark desert surroundings.)