Congratulations! That is a really nice-looking piece of textile. I wonder who their weavers are.
It’s a place called Vanners.
I’m glad you found one you love. Looks great.
Shit, I googled them and it looks like they’re in trouble. What does being “in administration” mean? Is that British for declaring bankruptcy?
I don’t know, but I also saw they are accused of not paying employees.
You throw it on so that you can go and make a cup of tea, or even answer the door to the postman, without getting dressed. It’s less effort than throwing some clothes on.
Light ones like in the OP are for warm weather.
It’s only on here that I learned that some (or many?) people in the US don’t have dressing gowns. They’re standard in England. I mean, I’m sure some people don’t have them, but when staying over at people’s houses they’ve usually offered a towel and a dressing gown to use (the ones that don’t offer a dressing gown also don’t offer a towel), and everyone wanders around in one early in the day.
Which century England?
I’ve never had a person in England offer me a dressing gown.
Current England. And I’m 45 and not especially old fashioned. I’m sure I know some people who don’t own a dressing gown, but most definitely do.
I’m going to email my good friend in Sussex and ask him if he has one. He’s older than you and me. If he doesn’t, I’m calling you out. 
I bet most Americans have something that would qualify as a dressing gown. Most women have housecoats or robes, and a lot of men have robes.
I own a bathrobe. If someone saw me wearing it and said, “hey, nice dressing gown”, I’d reply, “well, fuck you Charlie”.
“A bathrobe is a dressing gown made from towelling or other absorbent fabric and may be donned while the wearer’s body is wet, serving both as a towel and a body covering when there is no immediate need to fully dress.”
You are correct. But that’s just the way I talk to Charlie.
He probably does. I suppose men are slightly less likely to though. Even if he’s one of the few who doesn’t own one, I bet he’d confirm that most people do.
This has never happened to me when staying in England - I always get towels, but never a dressing gown. And I’ve never seen any of my UK friends in one. My friends range in age from late 40s to 20s, all solidly middle class and up.
You might be right. I have a non-fancy robe (oversized men’s robe in a simple cotton weave) that provides ample coverage and would be suitable for answering the door or hanging around with overnight guests or just covering up between drying off and getting dressed. I call it my bathrobe, but it’s not really absorbent.
I think there’s simply a difference in typical American vs. British terminology. We call both the absorbent and non-absorbent types “bathrobes,” while the British seem to differentiate. I knew the difference, but I use the American terminology.
Congratulations on your purchase. It’s really cool!
Yes, I have several garments that I call “bathrobes”. One is made of heavy terrycloth and lives in the bathroom, and I wear it after I shower. The others are made of light fabric and I wear them over PJs when I wear PJs out of the bedroom. I don’t use them very often, but Christmas morning I always go downstairs in my bathrobe (the one I use is actually a Japanese yukata) and wear it while opening presents and stuff.
Ha! My bathrobe also gets most of its use around Christmastime.
I’ve asked around my friends in England, and so far they’ve all confirmed that they do, indeed, own at least one dressing gown.
I guess there’s a chance I’m wrong and Americans who’ve been on holiday to England are right.