To champion the return of the "housecoat"?

[LadyTrevelyan]

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.

Mum's overalls were very light, no risk of getting too hot.
She's too old to do her own cleaning so I could ask if she still has them!

I don't wear PJs in the day, putting them on is like "the day is nearly over" for me.

I don't know what a housecoat is but i think i can imagine it.

I tend to wear my long fluffy dressing gown on top of my clothes during the day to keep me warm.
Do I qualify to join the club?

Ooh I must quickly retrieve my application to join the club.
Just read back a bit more and I couldn't emphasise strongly enough that I do not wear my dressing gown while doing housework!

If you should ever be in the massive supermarket on Dubai, there are rails of them, in many colours. They are for the maids. You can also get a cheap black burka which also does the job.

Housecoat or dressing gown?

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What about this? Or is this something else altogether?
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Surely we're talking about overalls? My grandma had an impressive collection, all nylon, all flowery and all with zips/buttons up the middle. She would have been horrified if she thought she'd been wearing an item posh enough to be called a housecoat.

I am now obsessed with the word " choring "

Had never heard it before.

'Tis my new favourite thing.

You're all making me feel very uncomfortable - you MUST be dressed by 8.30 or a an angel starts crying or something. My Nana told me that and she would never lie. She would wear a pinny when cooking, but no idea what she would wear to clean - possibly some comfy slacks.

Yes, Perry, some of us are!

Many others seem to be talking about some form of dressing gown - or whatever!

Those gingham ones linked upthread from Amazon are just like my Tesco uniform circa 1990, although missing the jaunty polyester neckerchief.

I inherited* three nylon house coats from my grandma which I kept 'just in case'. They're hanging on the back on my bedroom door waiting for a revival.

*For inherited read no one wanted them so I took them because they smelt of nice Grandma smells.

Here we go www.cosy-comforts.co.uk/ladies_overalls.

Ignore the sleeveless ones, or the tabards, just look at the ones that look like .... erm ... coats

I've spent too long on this

Maybe this site is what you need.
When dd was at nursery in the south of Spain, all the dc had what were known as a 'babi' (pron babby) to wear outside or when doing messy play which was basically one of these sized for a 3 y/o. I always thought it was a brilliant idea (if potentially a little hot when it was 35C outdoors!).

Maybe this high end version?

I rebelled against housecoats, as the mothers of my generation wore them & they were considered infra dig.

Then, as soon as I got my own place, I started wearing my old science overall for manual labours :) It was a sturdy cotton wraparound with huge pockets.

Now you've all mentioned it, a housecoat would make sense! My tops & leggings get demoted to around-the-house wear, then they get all knackered from bleach and being worn too long between washes.

That could have worked, Sarf, if it weren't dry-clean only And viscose, which is pretty but not good with chemicals.

I'm joining the "maybe I should start making these" crew ...

To be honest, I don't really do enough cleaning to justify a specific item of clothing...

Oh Garlic Refinery are bluddy amateurs.

I'm not paying 119 quid for a housecoat, thanks very much.

The point is to wear something you can whip off in a jiffy should the doorbell go. That's where it's at.

So many buttons....these things need zips so you can remove them easily to put the bins out etc...or answer the door ( which even I'm known to do if I've orders something).

This made me want one, and now I think I really need to find one...
www.xojane.com/fashion/grandma-chic-style

Just pop down to any of the markets in the New Forest - always a stall with housecoats, chest high pants (definitely not knickers), thermal vests and cosy slippers. All very useful, then you can pop further up the market for a challenging jigsaw to enjoy once all your chores are complete!

£119 and no pockets? They're 'avin' a larf.