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The Nightgown. A gown worn for sleeping, varying in length from a baby doll with matching panties to a full length gown. Over their history, nightgowns have been made in almost any fabric, including cotton, silk, linen, rayon , wool and nylon. Styles vary from the figure encompassing high collared, long sleeved and ankle length cotton and linen nightgowns of the 19th Century, to sleeveless batiste and silk shifts of the Teens and 20s up to the rayon glamour gowns of the 1930s - 1950s. Nylon has been extremely popular in more recent years in both sheer and tricot as a hardwearing, wrinkle free and easy to launder fabric. Cotton knits have had their day, too. Nightgowns have traveled by many names: nightdress, nightshift, night smock, and nightie among them.
19th Century Nightgowns can be sometimes hard to pin down to an exact year as they tended to be very sturdily made and worn over a long time. ...This is a late 1890's- turn of the century period. Some antique gowns just have machine stitching, some have hand and machine stitching and some have just hand sewing. .....Hand stitching is not always a guarantee of age, notes Leila Hidic/ crinolinegirl. Photo courtsey patentleathershoes.
1912 Nightgown almost worn on the Titanic
Courtesy of kickshawproductions
Silk georgette art nouveau nightgown circa 1928-1934
Courtesy of dancingdresses
Anne F O'Neil Nightgown 30's or 40's
Courtesy of artisannes
Powder blue rayon nightie with plunging back
Courtesy of artisannes
Heavenly Silk by Fischer 1950's lace bodice gown and Ad depicting the same gown from a 1950s magazine,courtesy of route66gal
50's Baby Doll by Trillium,courtesy of dancing dresses. Please note that baby doll nightgowns are much shorter in length than shortie nightgowns. They look more like a baby's outfit and were made popular by the 1956 film "Baby Doll" - courtesy of alonesolo/fashiontales
1960s - 70s Lacy long nightie by Emilio Pucci For Formfit Rogers,
courtesy of coutureallurevintage.com
1970's Vassarette Nightgown
Courtesy of ikonicvintage
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