Housecoats.

The Backwards Man

Is there a more ridiculous oddity of the silliness of humankind than the wearing of housecoats? I can't get to the bottom of it at all. It's a coat. . . you wear in the house. The mind boggles.

Can someone who wears one of these convert me to the ways of indoor wearing of outdoor garments?

Clankatron

Whatever it is, I'm against it.

DrGreenthumb

want a huggie from my snuggie

freshpopcorn

People tend to call them dressing gowns here.
I suppose they keep people warm.

dee_mc

It's not a coat, it's more of an apron/minging nylon dress hybrid. From an age where housework got a bit more down and dirty, so clothes needed to be protected. No idea why it's compulsory that they must be ugly though.

diograis

yes

_Redzer_

dee_mc wrote: »

It's not a coat, it's more of an apron/minging nylon dress hybrid. From an age where housework got a bit more down and dirty, so clothes needed to be protected. No idea why it's compulsory that they must be ugly though.

So's yer face!

The Backwards Man

dee_mc wrote: »

It's not a coat, it's more of an apron/minging nylon dress hybrid. From an age where housework got a bit more down and dirty, so clothes needed to be protected. No idea why it's compulsory that they must be ugly though.

Is that not a pinafore?

kneemos

Scarves always creeped me out a bit,weird.Some of the old Romanian women wear them I've noticed,a blast from the past.

dee_mc

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is that not a pinafore?

Noooo... Oh I get what you mean. I meant the housecoat performs the same basic function as an apron, although it's not the same shape. Happily, I wouldn't be an expert on the subject.
Dyou know I'm almost certain there was a thread about housecoats before, was that you too?! Story about an old landlady or something?

JonEBGud

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is there a more ridiculous oddity of the silliness of humankind than the wearing of housecoats? I can't get to the bottom of it at all. It's a coat. . . you wear in the house. The mind boggles.

Can someone who wears one of these convert me to the ways of indoor wearing of outdoor garments?

Same as a smoking jacket...:D

The Backwards Man

dee_mc wrote: »

Noooo... Oh I get what you mean. I meant the housecoat performs the same basic function as an apron, although it's not the same shape. Happily, I wouldn't be an expert on the subject.
Dyou know I'm almost certain there was a thread about housecoats before, was that you too?! Story about an old landlady or something?

Nope, wasn't me.

dee_mc

Just found the other thread, it was another poster's story, creepy stuff, worth a search!

Esel

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is there a more ridiculous oddity of the silliness of humankind than the wearing of housecoats?

The wearing of the green? (not sure if they wore housecoats in those days..) Prob better than smoking jackets though, at the end of the day / start of the night. Reefer jackets can often fit well / look cool / keep you warm. :cool:

Lucifer MorningStar

Never heard of housecoats OP

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Dressing gowns are great. I have a sheep dressing gown. It's deadly.
Anyway, they're great for all sorts of things. They're snugly and warm. They're comfy. They're good for throwing on if you're naked when the doorbell rings.

whirlpool

Did you make this up? Wtf is a housecoat? Do you mean house CAT?

Meangadh

Haven't seen people wear house coats in years. My Nanny used to wear one sometimes- she was lovely so house coats just remind me of lovely, kind, happy and huggable old ladies.

Mickey H

JonEBGud wrote: »

Same as a smoking jacket...:D

Smoking jackets are suave.

The Backwards Man

Meangadh wrote: »

Haven't seen people wear house coats in years. My Nanny used to wear one sometimes- she was lovely so house coats just remind me of lovely, kind, happy and huggable old ladies.

One of my grannies wore a pinafore. She made lovely scones and rhubarb jam and taught me to read and write before I started school.

My other granny wore a housecoat. She sat up all night watching the testcard on BBC , smoking fags and drinking tea with the teabag still in the cup.

DrGreenthumb

The Backwards Man wrote: »

One of my grannies wore a pinafore. She made lovely scones and rhubarb jam and taught me to read and write before I started school.

My other granny wore a housecoat. She sat up all night watching the testcard on BBC , smoking fags and drinking tea with the teabag still in the cup.

that explains the username

ceadaoin.

Is housecoat not just an old fashioned term for a dressing gown? People still wear those

kneemos

whirlpool wrote: »

Did you make this up? Wtf is a housecoat? Do you mean house CAT?

Overalls for women basically.

Esel

The Backwards Man wrote: »

One of my grannies wore a pinafore. She made lovely scones and rhubarb jam and taught me to read and write before I started school.

My other granny wore a housecoat. She sat up all night watching the testcard on BBC , smoking fags and drinking tea with the teabag still in the cup.

Calling (possible) bullsh!t on this, unless either (i) you are precocious; or (ii) teabags were invented much earlier than I thought, or (iii) yore ma...

The Backwards Man

Esel wrote: »

Calling (possible) bullsh!t on this, unless either (i) you are precocious; or (ii) teabags were invented much earlier than I thought.

Dunno when they were invented but they were definitely around in the eighties.

How old you think I am?!!

Esel

Fair enough - I realise I was wrong, and that teabags were invented while your granny was alive. Doing the math, you could even have grandchildren by now.

Housecoats though? For a new thread I mean...

Start one on reefer jackets and watch the flak worms come out of the biscuits.

whirlpool

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Dunno when they were invented but they were definitely around in the eighties.

and were they https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV5WXISM24 ?

whirlpool

The Backwards Man wrote: »

One of my grannies wore a pinafore. She made lovely scones and rhubarb jam and taught me to read and write before I started school.

My other granny wore a housecoat. She sat up all night watching the testcard on BBC , smoking fags and drinking tea with the teabag still in the cup.

Aww man! Your grannies lived the life!

Ihatecuddles

I call them housecoats too and I love them!!

Big Nasty

If they're good enough for The Dude they're good enough for me.

Housecoats are dressing gowns i call them housecoats too. Snuggly and warm over the pjs

kneemos

bluewolf wrote: »

Housecoats are dressing gowns i call them housecoats too. Snuggly and warm over the pjs

Housecoats are a completely different kettle of fish,think Nora Batty from Last of The Summer Wine.

Lando Griffin

Esel wrote: »

Calling (possible) bullsh!t on this, unless either (i) you are precocious; or (ii) teabags were invented much earlier than I thought, or (iii) yore ma...

One thing that gets on my goat is people using Roman numerals in this day and age.
There was a reason they were replaced by the newer 1,2,3 version you know.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

bluewolf wrote: »

i call them housecoats too

You're totally wrong. It's a dressing gown. :mad:

pupava

yes housecoats are blue fabric material and go hand in hand with polyesterter patterned dresses, hair rollers and fags. Dressing gowns on the other hand are snuggly and cosy.

19543261

what about house underwear, now there's a thing! ah hahahahhaha

CrazyRabbit

Housecoats are great. Makes it so much easier to flash the Mormon missionaries when they come a knocking.

Lia_lia

Never even heard of one. Googled it and they seem to be nightdresses. What.

radia

Think Dot Cotton - she had them all.

Housecoat: http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/3587047-low_res-eastenders.jpg?w=650&h=974&crop=1#038;h=1535

Pinafore: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/28/article-0-1640DDFD000005DC-576_634x658.jpg

Dressing gown: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01371/june-brown_1371578c.jpg

caustic 1

Housecoats were worn by ladies working in factories back in the 70s and 80s. They were light nylon and protected clothing when at machines and from dust.

DoozerT6

My friend calls her dressing gown a housecoat. But she's definitely talking about a dressing gown of the variety you put on over your jammies, not Dot Cotton in the laundrette-styleee.

Dressing gown.

geret

a dressing gown is a bed jacket (the short ones)

guineys still sell housecoats

Motala

caustic 1 wrote: »

Housecoats were worn by ladies working in factories back in the 70s and 80s. They were light nylon and protected clothing when at machines and from dust.

That's a shopcoat.

bnagrrl

radia wrote: »

Housecoat

radia wrote: »

Pinafore

radia wrote: »

Dressing gown

Motala wrote: »

shopcoat.

Housecoat

Pinafore

Dressing gown

shopcoat.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

*head explodes*

DoozerT6

^^ You forgot bed jacket

The Purveyor of Truth

I rock mine in public:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyDs1QA_avU