# 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:** 2
**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, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/21 "2021-02-18T15:40:44Z")
[quote=“TroutMan, post:19, topic:933162”]I notice that your avatar is one of the gowns. Do you work for them, or just really like their gowns? [/quote] I just like gowns. I’m thinking of buying one, but might wait until I go to London. If you look at their prices, you get hit pretty hard by the exchange. I know they are ridiculously expensive, but they will last a lifetime, and you can wear it everyday. Ideally, you’d have a lined and unlined gown, but I have heating and air conditioning. For those wondering, there isn’t a true difference between a robe and a dressing gown. It’s kind of like sweatpants vs fine trousers. Obviously, it’s not absorbant like a bathrobe. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/22 "2021-02-18T15:46:15Z")
Normally I’m all about the paisley but that peacock one is quite fine. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/23 "2021-02-18T17:49:08Z")
The paisley one, I think, although I like them both. ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/24 "2021-02-21T02:08:20Z")
I think I’d get the peacock if it was the same weight. ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/25 "2021-02-21T02:59:55Z")
For fans of the show Sherlock, the gowns in that were from Derek Rose. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/26 "2021-02-21T15:35:19Z")
Paisley ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/27 "2021-02-21T17:45:18Z")
Definitely Paisley. At that price, it would be a one-time purchase for me, so I would want the one that I feel would be an every-day thing. Peacock would be second, a year or two down the road, as a special treat. The prices are a bit of a shock, but it makes sense–it’s a piece of fine men’s apparel that you will use for many years to come. I have a beaver-felt fedora that I bought in Manhattan many years ago for several hundred dollars. It is a fine hat, and I use it all winter long. The original cost isn’t an issue since I have used it for the past decade on most cold days. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/28 "2021-02-21T18:46:18Z")
One cannot make a choice like this in a vacuum (asphyxiation, decompression, etc.); I’d want my dressing gown to coordinate with my [leopard skin pillbox hat](https://www.taghats.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Leopard-Skin-Pillbox-Hat.jpg). A warm ochre accent would complement the cool colors of The Peacock — as the orange mannequin head in the photo sufficiently demonstrates. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/29 "2021-02-21T18:54:56Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > … I’d want my dressing gown to coordinate with my [leopard skin pillbox hat](https://www.taghats.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Leopard-Skin-Pillbox-Hat.jpg)… _Faux_ leopard skin, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/30 "2021-02-21T21:58:40Z")
According to this [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard-Skin_Pill-Box_Hat) writer: “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat” is a song by Bob Dylan, from his 1966 album _Blonde on Blonde_. Like many other Dylan songs of the 1965–1966 period, the song features a surreal, playful lyric set to an electric blues accompaniment. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies’ hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory’s high-fashion image with leopard-skin material, perceived as more downmarket and vulgar. +++++++ If that is to be believed (“downmarket and vulgar”), then the hat is certainly faux fur, but on the other hand, the songwriter is obsessed with seeing if the hat is “really that expensive kind.” Otherwise, all I know is that it balances on a head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine – and that it should be a good match for the peacock gown. ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/31 "2021-02-21T22:34:15Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Otherwise, all I know is that it balances on a head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine – and that it should be a good match for the peacock gown. The gowns have their own matching hats. (They are ridiculous.) I’m pretty sure they will custom make a hat to match any gown provided they have the silk. But I think an outright match would be vulgar. > **[Navy Magenta Pirate King Silk Smoking Hat](https://www.newandlingwood.com/mens-accessories/mens-hats/navy-magenta-pirate-king-silk-smoking-hat)** > > Smoking hats were originally worn by men who wanted to prevent their hair from smelling of smoke. They also keep them warm in the days before central heating. We use a variety of our luxurious dressing gown fabrics to make these little pieces of... ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/32 "2021-02-21T22:40:32Z")
It does strike that a smoking hat is pretty similar to a pillbox hat. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/33 "2021-02-21T23:37:56Z")
Convergent evolution. The pillbox hat was a [fashionable take on the classic military forage-cap style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillbox_hat), close-fitting unembellished headgear. The smoking cap was likewise a functional close-fitting hat, in this case designed to protect the hair from tobacco smoke so the wearer wouldn’t reek of smoke for hours afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/34 "2021-02-22T17:33:41Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > to protect the hair from tobacco smoke so the wearer wouldn’t reek of smoke for hours afterwards. Damn, I could have used one for many meetings in years past. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/35 "2021-02-22T19:10:16Z")
Navy paisley. Edited to add: it’s over 2K. Gulp. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/36 "2021-03-31T16:07:11Z")
Update: Now, I’m leaning toward Turquoise Peacock. > **[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... ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/37 "2021-04-01T03:32:37Z")
I like it. However, wearing it with pajamas in the exact same fabric is not chic IMHO, too matchy-matchy. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/38 "2021-04-01T03:53:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m probably the wrong person to answer, since I don’t know what a dressing gown is… Yeah, I clicked on the thread just to find out (as I did so, I said _“What the fuck is a dressing gown? Is it a bathrobe?”)_ Still not clear on that, or its purpose… do you put it on over pajamas so you don’t have to get dressed in the morning? I mean, who are you fooling, you’re going to get dressed. Just throw some clothes on and go have breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/39 "2021-04-01T17:16:28Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I like it. However, wearing it with pajamas in the exact same fabric is not chic IMHO, too matchy-matchy. Agreed on all points. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162/40 "2021-04-01T17:39:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Yeah, I clicked on the thread just to find out (as I did so, I said _“What the fuck is a dressing gown? Is it a bathrobe?”)_ > > Still not clear on that, or its purpose… do you put it on over pajamas so you don’t have to get dressed in the morning? I mean, who are you fooling, you’re going to get dressed. Just throw some clothes on and go have breakfast. A dressing gown is to a robe what tailored trousers are to a sweatpants. It goes back to when English country houses were open to guests. It comes from the banyan and kimono. Essentially, you wore it while lounging around but entertaining. Then it moved into a garment worn in private. A dressing gown is also the most colorful traditional item of men’s clothes. Wearing it with matching pajamas is not traditional. That’s New & Lingwood being cheeky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162.md?page=3)