#housecoats

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant in robes/housecoats/dressing gowns (and a kimono)

[materia-list]

Hand Block-Printed Linen Robe | Block Shop

[fashionbooksmilano]

Horrockses Fashions

Off-the-peg Style in the ‘40s and ‘50s

Christine Boydell

V&A Publications, London 2010, 192 pages,ISBN  9781851776016

euro 35,00

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Horrockses Fashions was one of most respected ready-to-wear labels of the late 40s and 50s. Founded in 1946 the company concentrated on the production of quality womenswear, beach clothes, housecoats and children's attire. Although produced in considerable quantities, the firm maintained an air of exclusivity with an emphasis on good quality fabrics - especially cotton - with custom-designed patterns and couture styling. Horrockses' designs had a distinctive look, celebrated for their lively floral prints and full-skirted summer dresses. The label also collaborated with contemporary artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Alastair Morton and Graham Sutherland to create alluring designs for their fabrics. Drawing together a wide range of archival material, ranging from magazine spreads to interviews with former employees and consumers, "Horrockses: Off-the-Peg Fashion" tells the story of this iconic label and its role in the history of the British high street, while also exploring the connections between couture and ready-to-wear fashions in the post-war decades.

02/10/20

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[fashion-of-the-60s]

Butterick Pattern number 8810, 1950s or 1960s. (x)

[tempogrotto]

Housecats | Indiana Spotlight 1 | Indy Shorts Film Festival

A mother and daughter hide on their bathroom floor from uninvited guests, where they soon begin processing a recent grief.

[xforis]

My #ManCrush participating in #SelfCareSaturday this weekend. #😂 #HairMask #Housecoats #RelaxingDay #❤️ #BestHusbandEver #ILoveHim #ManCrushMonday #mcm #ManCrushEveryday #mce https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlwBOsleyn/?igshid=761iepmanupi

[kaelat]

Days could look a lot more like this! Its getting harder and harder to try and explain all this Coronovirus stuff to Lily. Like I'm up for hibernating until the storm blows over... so I wish the Government would just make clear and concise decisions! N.B. we all know within 2 days of trying to juggle "amature home-schooling" Lily and keeping Nathan from destroying the place I'd be a wreck and preying the schools were open again 😄 #familytime #family #lilywantedaphoto #cosy #housecoats #dressinggowns #snuggles #nathan #lily #confusingworld #weirdtimes https://www.instagram.com/p/B915msCnGET/?igshid=1kd4irqxez44b

[thecoloredmuseum]

I remember seeing both of my grandmothers wearing housecoats. They’d come home from work or church, take off their clothes and put on a housecoat to cook Sunday dinner and/or to avoid their “good” clothes being soiled. #Caftans #Dusters and #Housecoats were also very popular dress for Saturday morning cleaning. It wasn’t unusual (where I grew up) to see someone’s mother or grandmother at the market on a Saturday morning with rollers in their hair, a housecoat and slippers. For most wearing a housecoat was really about comfort-short of walking around in the nude-and not ruining your good clothes. However, in this age of fast fashion does the notion of “good” clothes still apply. Well anyway there have been many days I wanted to come home, strip off the bra and put on a good housecoat. This memory has stayed with me along with a desire to buy a nice housecoat. I’ve purchased several versions over the years but, nothing quite #sistahfriendly (roomy, nice print, natural fabrics). And I’m still waiting on André Leon Talley’s line of caftans to come out. Well you know the saying if you can’t find it make it. I finished my first housecoat sample. Still tweaking this first pattern and working on other variations to keep the design very simple then on to grading. Making this pattern in generous sizes. Planning to sew more samples in contemporary and ethnic fashion fabrics. Tell me would you buy/wear one of these housecoats? Which design details would you like to see? (collars, sleeve length, pockets, fabric, etc.) Do you have a #housecoatmemory ?