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Where can I buy nightwear that will make me feel like Cathy haunting the moors?

52 replies

JungleRed · 21/02/2022 17:26

But a bit ruffled and sexy? I'm on a teeny budget but don't mind looking out for second hand. Help me live my best gothic bedtime life.

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SageRosemary · 22/02/2022 12:39

www.blarney.com/sleepwear-and-nightgowns-for-women/

Mint5 · 22/02/2022 12:41

Cologne and Cotton looks fab!

WhatAHexIGotInto · 22/02/2022 13:02

www.cologneandcotton.com/isla-long-sleeve-nightgown

Oh this is so beautiful! I'd need my thermal vest and bed socks on as it's a little on the flimsy side, but I reckon I'd feel like Bonnie Tyler in Total Eclipse of the Heart in that number.

Bananawings · 22/02/2022 13:21

@WhatAHexIGotInto

www.cologneandcotton.com/isla-long-sleeve-nightgown

Oh this is so beautiful! I'd need my thermal vest and bed socks on as it's a little on the flimsy side, but I reckon I'd feel like Bonnie Tyler in Total Eclipse of the Heart in that number.

I was thinking more Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights Grin
picklemewalnuts · 22/02/2022 13:26

Tell me how you sleep in them? I used to wear nighties, but in recent years they ride up to my waist, tie knots around my legs, and my thighs stick together. There's nothing romantic or gothic about that, I tell ya!

Mint5 · 22/02/2022 13:29

picklemewalnuts I don’t have that problem if the nighties are ankle length and voluminous.

WhatAHexIGotInto · 22/02/2022 13:36

Oh but the hair @Bananawings! Who doesn't want to use 14 cans of hairspray to get the Bonnie look?

Bananawings · 22/02/2022 13:43

@WhatAHexIGotInto

Oh but the hair *@Bananawings*! Who doesn't want to use 14 cans of hairspray to get the Bonnie look?
GrinGrin But then you might be in danger of self-immolation from the candle in the wind Grin
JungleRed · 22/02/2022 16:24

Peignoir with shoulder pads and three cans of Insette one night for Bonnie, ruffled nightie with tumbly hair next night for Kate. Hairbrush for singalong necessary for both.

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Bananawings · 22/02/2022 16:50

@JungleRed

Peignoir with shoulder pads and three cans of Insette one night for Bonnie, ruffled nightie with tumbly hair next night for Kate. Hairbrush for singalong necessary for both.
GrinGrinGrinSounds good op!
AuntMasha · 22/02/2022 16:57

I am just reading this with my Victorian nightdress in hand. It’s from ‘Cotton Lane’ and is beautifully made — a rare thing in this day and age — and I recommend them. You can buy them on Amazon uk too.

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2022HereWeCome · 22/02/2022 17:37

cottonreal have some floaty and fluted sleeved bed jackets - like this -www.cottonreal.com/view_all_nightwear/CALLA.html

to go over cotton nightdresses for the full Cathy effect

JungleRed · 22/02/2022 18:52

I've been on eBay and now I'm quite torn between wraith-like haunted wench and full-blown 80s femme fatale (though the latter would possibly involve lipo and a boob job so could get a tad expensive). I can do both.. right? Grin

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Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 22/02/2022 18:56

I have three nighties from Powell Craft that are a few years old now. They have washed beautifully and the cotton has become so soft. They are fantastic to wear.
Plus they have sexy Austen vibes (ignores husband in grotty old t shirt not looking looe Mr Darcy at all)

Alwayscheerful · 22/02/2022 19:47

Cologne and cotton?

roundtable · 22/02/2022 19:58

Oh wow op, I had no idea these were missing from my life until now!

Some of these are beautiful, I wouldn't feel ashamed putting the bins out in them.

NaiceLeftie · 22/02/2022 23:11

@Orangesarenottheonlyfruit

I have three nighties from Powell Craft that are a few years old now. They have washed beautifully and the cotton has become so soft. They are fantastic to wear. Plus they have sexy Austen vibes (ignores husband in grotty old t shirt not looking looe Mr Darcy at all)
Could you encourage him to take off the grotty tshirt and dive into your garden pond to get into the spirit of things? Grin
MaryStuart · 22/02/2022 23:25

@NaiceLeftie 😂😂

VincentLegrand · 23/02/2022 18:12

Another whitenightie fan here
whitenightie.co.uk/
For all your victorian ghost/Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby needs

wishiwasacollie · 25/02/2022 18:38

Right thanks to you lot my three nighties have arrived from Powell Craft. Gorgeous. Gorgeous packages in flowery boxes wrapped in tissue paper. Think of me wafting round the house tonight. So co o o old let me in your window oh oh oh
Seriously am really impressed. Cotton is heavy. Really well made
No I don't work for them. Was looking for cotton nighties and despairing until I found the thread

tiktokontheclock · 25/02/2022 21:36

@JungleRed

But a bit ruffled and sexy? I'm on a teeny budget but don't mind looking out for second hand. Help me live my best gothic bedtime life.
I actually saw some white nighties in TK maxx today and they looked so comfy and classic yet stylish
mrssmiling · 25/02/2022 23:32

Another vote for Cologne and Cotton - gorgeous shops.
Lunn Antiques and Bonsoir of London do lots of white cotton nighties, and some warmer jersey ones. Worth browsing all Lunn’s photos categories, including vintage.
www.lunnantiques.com/product-category/nightwear/long-sleeve-nightwear/
bonsoiroflondon.com/collections/womens-nightdresses

ChicCroissant · 26/02/2022 00:12

I have a Powell Craft dressing gown after a similar thread ...

JungleRed · 27/02/2022 14:43

@wishiwasacollie I'm excited for your future haunted nighttime shenanigans! And also ever so slightly jealous.. Grin I hope you have been swooning elegantly and tormenting black-hearted scoundrels.

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Nutsohazelnuts · 27/02/2022 15:06

@TheReturnoftheSmartArse

You beat me to it to Cologne and Cotton!

I also rate their bedlinen highly.

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