I really, really love my bathrobe. Can I wear it in everyday life?
With a slight sheen to the outside, the robe is smooth to the touch and striped with satin, lending it a pleasingly unisex feel. On the inside, though, it’s unashamedly deluxe, so soft and fluffy it’s just like wearing a cloud.
I don’t want to take it off. Would it be OK to wear it out to dinner? Or to the casino? In other words, when is a bathrobe considered fashion, and when is it just a faux pas?
I’m not the only one asking this question right now. Indiana teen Evan Dennison recently went viral when he wore a very fetching bathrobe (navy, with contrast piping) for his high school senior portrait. The internet declared him “a legend.” His mom was less impressed.
But it seems that what’s good enough for a graduation photo shoot is also good enough for the red carpet. In January, director Boots Riley arrived at the Critics’ Choice Awards in a blue silk bathrobe with a shawl collar, and, naturally, a pair of embroidered smoking slippers. The following month, the internet accused Melania Trump of wearing a Fendi wrap coat that looked a lot like a waffle bathrobe, although this was stretching it, frankly.