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To champion the return of the "housecoat"?

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LadyTrevelyan · 08/04/2016 23:25

My Grandma and Auntie B.both removed their coats when getting home and then put on their housecoat - a bit like Mrs Overall. I swore I would never wear such a thing but...

So practical and has pockets to pick up bits and pieces and, also, keeps my shoulders warm. I picked up mine from a charity shop.

I am single and I don't think this is related.Smile

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echt · 08/04/2016 23:49

Like this?

To champion the return of the "housecoat"?
averylongtimeago · 08/04/2016 23:50

I miss my housecoat.....

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LadyTrevelyan · 08/04/2016 23:57

Not quite echt your shoulders should be covered at least to short-sleeved tops. I think the dream is to have foldy back sleeves from a. Long arm .

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ExpandingRoundTheMiddle · 09/04/2016 00:01

That's a pinafore Echt. The Rolls Royce of housecoats would have elasticated cuffs so you could push sleeves up to the elbow and the sleeves of your underneath clothes would go up too.
I'm overthinking this.Smile

chunkymum1 · 09/04/2016 00:01

You must be on to something! Oddly, I was only talking about this the other day. A group of us were saying that we remembered aunts wearing them all the time and how practical they must have been. The discussion came about when we all agreed that we would quite like to sometimes choose to wear 'nice' clothes on days when we are mainly at home so that we would feel less slovenly on the school run/more like we'd made an effort when meeting friends for coffee. However, we all agreed that we usually end up in jeans and a hoodie as it's too much of a pain to be getting changed all the time and we know that anything we wear around the house will end up covered in food/water/other gunk generated by small children not to mention the lack of pockets in 'nice' clothes for bits of lego/rubbish/random crap. The obvious solution is the housecoat. But where would I get one, would DH think I had lost the plot (or would I hide it like a dirty secret) and how long would it be before I stopped removing it before leaving the house?

Lucked · 09/04/2016 00:04

I am surprised one didn't pop up on the House of Bath thread.

echt · 09/04/2016 00:07

This is Margo Leadbetter's:

To champion the return of the "housecoat"?
springydaffs · 09/04/2016 00:07

One of these would do it for me

I'm backing your campaign op. Rah rah.

ExpandingRoundTheMiddle · 09/04/2016 00:23

I love Margo.
"That's the last time I play the tart for you Jerry!" has been said in this house more than onceGrin

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LadyTrevelyan · 09/04/2016 00:23

I always acknowledge Margot's style.

Now considering the headscarf also championed by Mrs Ledbetter.

I wish I was jokingWine

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pigsDOfly · 09/04/2016 00:29

I'm quite old (3 years short of 70) but if I'm ever reduced to buying myself something along the lines of that paisley number I know I'll be ready for the knackers yard.

I tend to live in jeans and tops of varying thicknesses - depending on the time of year - because I don't bother to change into anything too smart in between dog walks, but a housecoat? Never.

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LadyTrevelyan · 09/04/2016 00:31

Springy - you have style! If only I could be so elegant.

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 09/04/2016 00:37

Is a housecoat a dressing gown?

Seeyounearertime · 09/04/2016 00:39

I thought a house coat was basically a thin dressing gown too?

(I have been known to put my dressing gown on whilst wearing jeans and a T-shirt underneath)

ExpandingRoundTheMiddle · 09/04/2016 00:42

And don't anyone buy it please. If I like it as much tomorrow, I'm treating myself

PaulAnkaTheDog · 09/04/2016 00:43

I have a silk kimono from China. Can that be one?

ExpandingRoundTheMiddle · 09/04/2016 00:47

Only if you'd wear it to blech the lavs and clean your windows Paul. Tbh yours sounds lovely enough to be lingerie.

AndNowItsSeven · 09/04/2016 00:51

That housecoat is fabulous, not warm enough for me though I wear a dressing gown over my clothes.

HooseRice · 09/04/2016 00:56

I wear my very thick dressing gown as a house coat over my clothes in the day as I'm too tight to heat the house for just me.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 09/04/2016 00:57

Don't say that! My uncle brought them back for all the family when he was on a trip! Blush

CastielsClevererBetterSister · 09/04/2016 00:59

I'd love one of these!!! My Nanna used to wear one all the time. She ran a hairdressing business and wore them to protect her clothes, but also wore them when cleaning round the house. Pink or blue gingham drowns in nostalgia

springydaffs · 09/04/2016 01:02

It's gorgeous, expanding! They could have ironed it before taking the photo, though!

Talking of which: if one is expending on the middle section aren't we all one way or another then a trapeze/swing style covers a multitude. I remember my mum's housecoat [still hanging up behind the utility cupboard door: blue nylon] with lots of mending on the ripped lower buttonholes.

Not that I'm raining on your parade, expanding sorry . You go ahead and buy that gorgeous housecoat and give it an iron

springydaffs · 09/04/2016 01:05

I think a silk kimono is for flopping about languorously a la 1930s screen starlet, not cleaning the windows. HTH.

ExpandingRoundTheMiddle · 09/04/2016 01:07

To be fair, I'm booked in on the weightloss thread so I might name change to Contacting next monthGrin
I wonder if they were afraid to melt it? I remember polyester accidents of old.