# Which dressing gown do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162 "2021-02-17T20:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/1 "2021-02-17T20:30:46Z")
Purple Peacock Unlined Silk Dressing Gown > **[Purple & Green Peacock Unlined Silk Dressing Gown](https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/purple-peacock-unlined-silk-dressing-gown)** > > The Peacock design was exclusively developed by New & Lingwood from an archive of vintage prints. The sumptuous details of the design are perfectly captured in the rich silk colours. > Handmade in 100% English woven silk satin, this gown makes a... Or Navy Large Paisley Unlined Silk Dressing Gown [https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/navy-large-paisley-unlined-silk-dressing-gown](https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/navy-large-paisley-unlined-silk-dressing-gown) The weights are: Large Paisley: 188g/m2 Peacock: 159g/m2 ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/2 "2021-02-17T21:41:00Z")
I meant to post this in the opinion forum but I guess a dressing gown is good quarantine wear. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/3 "2021-02-17T22:30:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/4 "2021-02-17T22:30:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/5 "2021-02-17T22:30:59Z")
Moved from QZ to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/6 "2021-02-17T23:36:28Z")
I like the peacock dressing gown. It would make me feel like an eccentric British lord. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/7 "2021-02-17T23:54:46Z")
I like them both equally. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/8 "2021-02-18T03:34:58Z")
Peacock for spring, paisley for fall. ---
**Author:** ![tHEhERETIC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/theheretic/32/6637_2.png) [@tHEhERETIC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tHEhERETIC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/9 "2021-02-18T03:43:34Z")
Paisley. Personally I like green and purple but that one just doesn’t work for me. And then I looked at the prices. Unless my currency exchange is completely nuts, you could raise alpacas and hire a full-time weaver to make you one for that price. If you’re going to drop that kind of money, go bespoke. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/10 "2021-02-18T04:47:59Z")
> [@tHEhERETIC](#): > > Unless my currency exchange is completely nuts, you could raise alpacas and hire a full-time weaver to make you one for that price. Admittedly I haven’t been keeping up with new developments in British fiber-livestock husbandry, but I’m pretty sure you can’t get silk from an alpaca. Also, if that fabric is genuine English Sudbury silk jacquard, then yeah, it’s going to be expensive. Personally, I prefer the paisley but I think the purple peacocks might be more in the Lord Peter Wimsey-ish tradition of the flamboyant silk smoking jackets, dressing gowns, pajamas etc. of the prewar aristocrat. ---
**Author:** ![tHEhERETIC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/theheretic/32/6637_2.png) [@tHEhERETIC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tHEhERETIC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/11 "2021-02-18T05:00:33Z")
LOL true about the alpacas. I googled silkworms to remember what tree they eat (mulberry) and was surprised to find that the people who will sell you silkworms also sell silkworm chow for raising the little monsters through the fall and winter. But I’m an American girl who’s never really had money. I think flamboyant dressing gown and I picture Hugh Hefner in his red and black pajama outfits. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/12 "2021-02-18T06:42:56Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Personally, I prefer the paisley but I think the purple peacocks might be more in the Lord Peter Wimsey-ish tradition of the flamboyant silk smoking jackets, dressing gowns, pajamas etc. of the prewar aristocrat. That’s kinda what I was thinking. They’re both so extravagant that I can’t imagine just wearing one around my apartment. They look like they’re meant to evoke a certain sort of character during a certain time period. So the question of “which do I like better” boils down to “who and when are you trying to be?” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/13 "2021-02-18T06:43:00Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Admittedly I haven’t been keeping up with new developments in British fiber-livestock husbandry, but I’m pretty sure you can’t get silk from an alpaca. Funniest thing I’ve read in a quite a while. Right up there with, _“I’m not suggesting that Chili’s is going to go bankrupt behind the inefficiencies of ‘El Machino’…”_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/14 "2021-02-18T06:52:14Z")
Definitely the Purple Peacock. That is, if I had money to throw out, and ever wore a dressing gown. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/15 "2021-02-18T07:11:23Z")
Paisley. It’s a bit more abstract and lets the colors really shine. And it’s only 1650 CHF. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/16 "2021-02-18T12:09:01Z")
I’m more of a bathrobe kinda guy. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/17 "2021-02-18T14:50:45Z")
I choose paisley. I love a paisley pattern. I also love peacock colors but that doesn’t look like peacock colors to me. It should have that beautiful deep turquoise color. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/18 "2021-02-18T15:21:37Z")
They have three other Peacocks. > **[Turquoise & Orange Peacock Unlined Silk Dressing Gown](https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/turquoise-peacock-unlinded-silk-dressing-gown)** > > The peacock has long been our signature motif, embodying the rich colours of our clothes and the bold confidence of our customers. This unlined dressing gown is made entirely by hand in England from the weaving of the silk to the construction and... > **[Red & Blue Peacock Unlined Silk Dressing Gown](https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/red-blue-peacock-unlined-silk-dressing-gown)** > > The Peacock design was exclusively developed by New & Lingwood from an archive of vintage prints. The sumptuous details of the design are perfectly captured in the rich silk colours. > Handmade in 100% English woven silk satin, this gown makes a... And Fuschia & Turquoise Peacock Silk. That one is in stock for custom only. Hugh Laurie wore in The Night Manager. > **[The Night Manager Wardrobe Inspiration](https://ehguide.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/the-night-manager-wardrobe-inspiration/)** > > The TV series that I have been obsessed with for a little bit now has to be The Night Manager. I have seen the whole series already and since it is on Tuesday nights on AMC in North America I won&#… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/19 "2021-02-18T15:25:30Z")
I notice that your avatar is one of the gowns. Do you work for them, or just really like their gowns? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/20 "2021-02-18T15:27:21Z")
I’m probably the wrong person to answer, since I don’t know what a dressing gown is (though maybe I kind of do now ? I think I would just call those silk robes.) However, I do like looking at pretty colors and patterns and am other wise visually inclined and, for me, the paisley one by far. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162.md?page=2)