So much about this lovely style is quintessential early to mid – 1960’s. The velveteen fabric (something I’ve seen a lot of in clothing from that era), back metal zipper, bell sleeves, 3/4 sleeves, and just the idea that lounging robes were the popular thing to make and wear at home are all signatures of that time.
No wonder I had to pick this one up when I found it. Like most I’ve seen, the style is pretty, flattering and quite appropriate for receiving anyone who might show up at the door. For decades and even centuries past, the art of at-home leisure and entertaining of “callers” was a significant part of life. These kinds of fashion items seem, for the most part, to have fallen off the radar in recent years. Now, we hang out at home in sweats or super-sexy sleepwear that are not very attractive or practical when the doorbell rings.
But, any true vintage fashion-lover doesn’t worry about that. We create our own time-space wherever and whenever we want to. For me, a little swish & snuggle of that cotton velveteen is perfect with morning coffee. How genteel . . . .
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TRUE VINTAGE 1960’S AT-HOME FASHION VELVETEEN ROBE – Magicvintagespy
When I was a kid (in the early 1980s) my mother LIVED in one of these robes at home, and so did everybody else’s mother. She’d come home from work, take the skirt suit off, and put on the robe to cook dinner, eat, and watch evening TV. Saturdays she word an old button down shirt and overalls and those were her “cleaning clothes”, but on Sunday she’d be in the robe again. Something happened, though, I think my generation is to blame. Did we say we wouldn’t become our mothers, we wouldn’t be robe-wearing women? I think so, because it’s when I grew up that I noticed the robes didn’t exist in stores and it was all sweatpants and/or the sexy lingerie (apparently my generation is either working out OR appearing in Victoria’s Secret, no in between) and it’s ridiculous. Is no one a mother? Does nobody sit on a sofa and read the Sunday New York Times? What the hell?
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Yes, it’s all popular lifestyle trends and most people are slaves to following them. So, do what floats YOUR boat and maybe some of the followers will follow you! At least, you’ll be comfortable and originally stylish even if they don’t . . . . . ..
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I scoured the earth (OK fine, not the whole earth, a few thrift shops & yard sales) to find some of those robes. Best money I ever spent.
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Fantastic. Good girl!
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