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A nightgown may have any neckline, and may have sleeves of any type, or be sleeveless, and any shoulder strap or back style. The length of a nightgown may vary from hip-length to floor-length. A short nightgown can be called a "shortie" or a "babydoll", depending on the style. The sweep (taper from top to bottom) of the night gown can vary from ...
Nightwear – also called sleepwear, or nightclothes – is clothing designed to be worn while sleeping. The style of nightwear worn may vary with the seasons, with warmer styles being worn in colder conditions and vice versa.
A Muslim girl in India wearing pajamas and kurti (lithograph from Emily Eden's Portraits of the Princes and People of India, 1844) Two-piece men's pajamas. Pajamas (or pyjamas in Commonwealth English, (/ p ə ˈ dʒ ɑː m ə z, p ɪ-,-ˈ dʒ æ-/ pə-JAH-məz, pih-, - JAM-əz)) are several related types of clothing worn as nightwear or while lounging.
A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century. Like the earlier mantua , from which it evolved, [ 1 ] the back of the gown featured pleats from the shoulder, stitched down to mould the gown closely to the body until the fullness was released into the skirt.
While Muranu’s 1922 “Nosferatu” also had an erotic edge, Eggers goes all-in with his psychosexual nightmare — and Muir’s sweat-soaked nightgowns and bursting bodices only add to the film ...
Unfitted gowns (called nightgowns in England) with long hanging sleeves, short open sleeves, or no sleeves at all were worn over the bodice and skirt and tied with a ribbon sash at the waist. In England of the 1610s and 1620s, a loose nightgown was often worn over an embroidered jacket called a waistcoat and a contrasting embroidered petticoat ...
In the Tyburn and Newgate days of British judicial hanging history, the hood used to cover the prisoner's face was a nightcap supplied by the prisoner, if he could afford it. [ 3 ] Nightcaps were worn by many women in the Victorian era , but were seen as old-fashioned by the Edwardian era . [ 4 ]
We think everyone here shares a love of loungewear and sleepwear. In the winter, it’s pretty easy to take your at-home cozies into the real world, especially when they’re hidden underneath a ...