MEN'S PAJAMAS and DRESSING GOWNS

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

I have a nice pair of striped pyjamas, and a nice striped gown, but I hardly wear them. We have blankets and central heating, so anything more than underwear is too warm for me to sleep. Same is true for this Irish beauty, though I really had looked for it (or something similar) for quite some time until I found it:

I sometimes do wear the gown, but not with pyjamas, rather with suit trousers, shirt and tie.

 

[chloe]

Vintage Robe

I have a vintage Saks Fifth Avenue robe with some sort of either personalized intials/design or perhaps the name of the designer. Was there a designer that did this? Thank you. Chloe

 

[shindeco]

If it's of any age before the 70s, it's probably a monogram.

 

[Cobden]

Man on the left: I know it must be upsetting for you sir, but you have to face facts. This telegraph clearly states that the Royal Pyjama Corps is to be dispanded. I'm sorry

 

[Powerhouse]

So, I take it that you sleep naked, Powerhouse? lol

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Was that you outside my window?lol

 

[scotrace]

Sleeping Cap?

What is this called? How did you find it? I'd like to find such a thing - maybe best to just make one?

...this Irish beauty, though I really had looked for it (or something similar) for quite some time until I found it:

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Sleeping cap, night cap, nightcap… The problem with finding one through google or eBay might be that they're so uncommon these days, and at the same time there's an abundance of metaphorical use of these words. Maybe it helps to add 'tassel'

You'll find lot's of copied-and-pasted entries with the following, as I see right now:

Night cap: Men's cap worn informally indoors from the 16th to the 19th century. The cap had a deep crown made of four segments, with the edge turned up to form a close brim.​

I found mine in an "Irish Shop" somewhere outside of Ireland.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Got it!

I think this is it:

At least the colour samples look very much like my cap - less so the cap on the picture above. Might be the angle.

The pertinent pages are here and here.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

How to

I'd like to find such a thing - maybe best to just make one?

The one I have is made of two (not four) identical triangles, no lining. At the bottom they're seamed. One is left like that, the other one has an elastic band seamed in. Tassel on top for the amusement of the patron's cats, and there you go.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Was that you outside my window?lol

Touche! lol :cheers1:

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[Tony in Tarzana]

I'd be afraid if I wore a sleeping cap like that, I'd be visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley.

Or maybe Bob Marley. lol

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Guys - Robe for breakfast?

Here is an odd thing that I have been pondering.

In all of these old movies, the men usually eat breakfast in a dressing gown or robe over their clothes.

What does everyone here do?

Do you shower, dress, put on a robe or dressing gown and go down to eat breakfast?

Or

Do you put your robe on, eat breakfast, then shower and dress?

Or

No robe - no dressing gown - just shower, dress, eat and leave.

Does the order change for the weekend?

This is the only place I think I could present this odd inquiry.

THANKS!

BRS

 

[Archie Goodwin]

Depends on whom I am eating with

I don't mean that in a smarmy, lounge lizard way. I am an old married man, so when the in-laws (my wife's family) or the outlaws (my family) are staying with us I definitely do the robe over pajamas thing. If I am home alone with my wife and the future (our son), I am a bit more casual. I don't get a shower before I head downstairs, as my first responsibility on waking up (regardless of who is staying with us) is taking the dogs outside for their morning exercise.

 

[JamesT1]

Bash alarm clock --->Robe --->Breakfast --->email --->Shower

For the weekends/holidays/people staying the night

Shower --->Dress --->Breakfast

 

[Tomasso]

If I had my druthers, I'd eat while in a robe. But often, when in a rush, I'll dress first.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I don't consume breakfast, but i drink my coffe in a heavy woollen robe in winter, and a light billowy silk number in summer.

bk

 

[The Wolf]

On work days I shower and dress before breakfast. However I put I do put on tie and vest (waistcoat) after I breakfast.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Fletch]

No one should have a silk robe who doesn't also have a secure and unimpeachable sense of one's own masculinity, or lack of same.

I have a plaid cotton flannel robe for the cooler months and a seersucker for the warmer. They're handy for making coffee, oatmeal and that. But I'm a middle-class midwestern boy at heart, and some things just don't add up. The day I lounge about in a robe till 11:00am, or put one on over shirtsleeves and street pants, is the day I ogle my last well-turned ankle and apply for life membership in the Society of the Epicene.

 

["Doc" Devereux]

I'm with the Baron, unless I have company. Then it's either a dressing gown over pyjamas, gown over basic clothing, or fully dressed - depending on the company.

I consider a bathrobe to be different from a dressing gown, for what it's worth.

 

[Sir Dobbs]

For me, always shower before robe. Then coffee, etc.