Robes
Robes in General
Whether you are looking to cover up your Sponge Bob Squarepants pajama bottoms or baptize your first born—a robe meets your needs. Comfy cozy and oh so voluminous a robe will cover up all bodily flaws and insecurities and leave you with a feeling of delicious freedom.
Robes a Many
Here are four very common types of robes:
The bathrobe - the godfather of all robes. Bathrobes encompass a huge selection. A bathrobe is in between the shower and the clothes or in between the pajamas and the clothes presentable to the public. It is a nice holding area if you will. Bathrobes come in all colors, sizes and designs. Some have fluffy sheep on them, some are much more grown up, some are masculine and some have martini glasses dancing with a green marlin on beaches in Key West. Some even have matching slippers. They can be short and sexy or long and frumpy. A subcategory of bathrobes are smoking robes. A trademark for the man about town—a smoking robe, also called a smoking jacket, is lounge attire. Suitable for adult pajama parties of the randiest nature.
The choir robe is slightly less common although they run rampant across the southern United States, especially through the Bible belt. Choir robes are usually the same style and cut and always in a solid color. Their whole purpose is to cover the clothes that make you stand out in order for the choir to appear as one large body of song. Choir robes are generally very loose with slightly shorter sleeves (see three-quarter sleeves) for all of the gesturing and raising of hands when you are filled with the Holy Spirit.
A type of robe you actually have to earn and not just buy, is a judicial robe. Worn by judges across the country, these set a judge apart from the rest of the courtroom; in case the gavel didn't remind you. Judicial robes are meant to be very solemn and are therefore black with no distinguishing features except for the white collars.
The last category actually encompasses two. Priests' robes and baptismal robes. Priests' robes again draw attention away from the person so as to focus on the message. Baptismal robes are for a child's baptism and are usually white.
Fabrics
Robes can be made of a variety of fabrics. Most are made of cotton or some type of cotton blend. Smoking jackets are often silk or satin. Choir robes and judicial robes are usually polyester or a polyester blend. Bathrobes can be silk, satin, cotton, chenille…pretty much whatever you like. Flannel robes were very popular in the 1990's when the grunge trend was in. Depending on what type of robe you want, where you want to be able to wear it (is it a bedroom only robe or something you check the mail in?), and how you want it to feel on your body will determine which fabric you choose.
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