Let's talk about bathrobes.

[jeffp]

I recently bought a light flannel bathrobe from Blair for about $10. Honestly, I am not very happy with it.
Maybe after a wash it will feel better but it's kind of not welcoming and it doesn't have a hang tag so I had to cut a hole in it so it will hang on my hook in the bathroom.
I figured a bathrobe is a bathrobe, here's one for ten dollars, it's cotton. It'll be fine.
Anyway the salient point, the query rather, is do you happen to have a bathrobe that you like alot and if so, where did you get it and do they have any more?

 

[lwien]

For me, bathrobes and pajamas kinda go hand in hand. Haven't used either since I moved out of my parents house and that was a loooooooong time ago.

 

[Hippie Dickie]

when i'm in "bathrobe mode", which isn't often, i just grab my oversize hoodie -- i got a great one from Wearguard. But since the kid is gone, clothing is optional at this crib.

 

[jeffp]

I can understand that, the association of pajamas and bathrobes stemming from childhood baths.
I don't think I've worn pajamas in several decades, it's just my thing anymore.
Although lounge pants are highly recommended apparel for the vaporist, but they are not pajamas.

 

[jeffp]

when i'm in "bathrobe mode", which isn't often, i just grab my oversize hoodie -- i got a great one from Wearguard. But since the kid is gone, clothing is optional at this crib.

After a shower I like hanging around in a bathrobe, I think they are good things.

 

[lwien]

After a shower I like hanging around in a bathrobe, I think they are good things.

So are comfy all cotton sweats. Kinda feels like flannel sheets.

 

[jeffp]

Right, but they're a little too heavy I think.

 

[sour]

I too have a bathrobe that I'm not very satisfied with. Mine feels a little too short despite the "one size fits all" tag. The sleeve openings barely reach my elbows. This is my first bathrobe and I was excited about it when I tore the christmas wrapping paper off of it. I thought "I've reached the point in life where I now wear bathrobes in the evening", a new level of sophistication and refinement. After putting it on and looking in the mirror I felt slightly creepy and awkward. Maybe a bigger size would be better but even then I feel like the material is too thick and stuffy. I need to find out what lounge pants are when they're appropriate because those sound like something I'd wear. I enjoy the few pairs of flannel pajama pants I have in varying thicknesses. I need to replace this bathrobe before I begin resembling Jeffrey Lebowski.

 

[hub]

My favorite robe is 100% bamboo. It's made by a company called Pure Fiber.

I prefer the 100% bamboo to other materials because it's very soft, sustainable, and also naturally anti-bacterial, so I don't feel bad that I'm not washing my robe on a daily basis.

The robe is very heavy and weighs a ton when it comes out of the washer. It takes a long time to dry.

I've given a couple of these as gifts, and they've all been well received.

Looks like Sears has them for $50 right now, which is a good sale price. They retail around $100.

 

[jeffp]

I too have a bathrobe that I'm not very satisfied with. Mine feels a little too short despite the "one size fits all" tag. The sleeve openings barely reach my elbows. This is my first bathrobe and I was excited about it when I tore the christmas wrapping paper off of it. I thought "I've reached the point in life where I now wear bathrobes in the evening", a new level of sophistication and refinement. After putting it on and looking in the mirror I felt slightly creepy and awkward. Maybe a bigger size would be better but even then I feel like the material is too thick and stuffy. I need to find out what lounge pants are when they're appropriate because those sound like something I'd wear. I enjoy the few pairs of flannel pajama pants I have in varying thicknesses. I need to replace this bathrobe before I begin resembling Jeffrey Lebowski.

I think what you have is a "kimono" styled robe, rather than "full length."
Lounge pants are sort of like "dress pajamas" - a little more formal.
Bargainoutfitters sometimes has these on sale for $5.
I have a few pair that i keep in rotation as part of my vaping apparel system.

 

[mnmlh]

Bathrobes? Why not go all the way and sport a smoking jacket? Now that's luxury.

 

[jeffp]

By definition it's not a vaporizing jacket. Remember the TV show "Playboy After Dark"? Hef would walk around his house puffing on his pipe, there was a hippie party with a rock band, and no matter what any guest would say, Hef would say, "I couldn't agree with you more."

 

[mnmlh]

He's learned the art of being a good host. It probably helps him get laid too.

As for a vaporizing jacket. That can be probably be arranged.

 

[jeffp]

I went to Marshall's on Queens Boulevard this afternoon looking for a bathrobe. Long story short, it was a washout.
I couldn't find any, I couldn't find a person who worked there who could give me accurate information as to where they were,
and even if I was able to find one, the line was at least 20 minutes just to pay and get out of there.

I called my friend while in the store and he said he doesn't wear bathrobes, he doesn't even HAVE a bathrobe; out of the shower he puts on boxer shorts.

Who knew?

 

[Howie Feltersnatch]

Lounge pants and a T - FTW

 

[Ash]

I love my bath robe. I put it on to shave after I get out of the shower. Well, not in the summer, too hot then. It's green terry-cloth. Really heavy, full lenth with a hood. I've had it for 15 years. I think it's almost like the one Hawkeye wears in MASH only in green, not red.

 

[jeffp]

I shave in the shower or before a shower, depending on the extent of the shave.
Perhaps that area of discussion should merit its own thread.