What would you call house coat or a dress grown or a bath robe

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By *hris 999 OP TV/TS
1 week ago

Chatham

Me personally I call it a house coat. What do you all think?

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By *ecentchapMan
1 week ago

Telford

When I was growing up (1960s, Birmingham) it was always a "dressing gown". House coat I think came with the advent if US yb programmes. Bath robe owes more to the rise of spa culture.

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By *DC2000Man
1 week ago

Coningsby

I think of a house coat as a cotton coat, like a smarter removal men's coat back in the day. Tended to be worn by housewives. A dressing gown is a gown you put on in the house before or after dressing.

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By *ornybottom39Man
1 week ago

Stockport

All 3 are different things.

Bathrobe - towelling material used after a shower or bath.

Dressing gown- softer material maybe even something like silk, typically worn with pyjamas - think The Snowman, or Noel Coward.

Housecoat - A sort of bodywarmer/jacket/coat type thing with lots of pockets, worn indoors by housewives (often in hair curlers) - Think Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques.

The three terms are not interchangeable.

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