Old Hollywood Vintage Dressing Gowns, Or, What Is A Peignoir?

A peignoir, aka dressing gown, is not a pinoir, pegnoir, peignore, it is P E I G N O I R. Ok, one of my pet peeves. Now we cleared that up.
A beautiful poem, originally found here 

my mother's white gossamer peignoir was my secret pride and joy --alone in the ranch style house on a culd-e-sac next to plum orchards the fabric slipped over my 10 year-old arms and skinned knees to reveal a fairy princess.swaying in front of her full length mirror i danced on air and twirled into the arms of ...?i was the most beautiful girl in the world lost in a dream yet mindful -- for the sound of a car,a key in the latch, the rustle of paper grocery bags,mom calling out to her girls, "I'm home! Come help!"

Old Hollywood style dressing gowns, aka peignoirs are the rage. Also known as a "peignoir". Some of you may ask, but were afraid. "What is a peignoir anyhow?" We will explain. It is French, and means "a gown worn while combing the hair". Ha! There you have it. Throw on your robe while combing your hair. The visual is interesting. All kidding aside.

Simply, a peignoir is and can be a couple of different meanings. Most popular known as simply a "robe", to our friends across the pond as known as a "dressing gown". It's simply a FANCY name for a robe.

Enjoy the following pictures, of true, vintage Old Hollywood peignoirs aka dressing gowns.

Vintage Lingerie Sheer Ecstasy

1930's *ART SILK* Rayon MINT Condition, MUSEUM QUALITY Extraordinary ULTRA RARE Sheer Vintage Nightgown. Available only at Sweet Cherry Vintage

You automatically think... HARLOW..GARBO...COLBERT...CRAWFORD...LOMBARD. You know who I am talking about. The SILVER SCREEN MOVIE MAIDENS of the OLD HOLLYWOOD GLAMOR DAYS.

What a fabulous treat I have for your lingerie collection and a true little treasure to cherish for many years to come. A welcome addition to your vintage lingerie boudoir!

The color is what I describe as SHEEREST BLACK (color may vary from monitor to monitor), and created in 100% rayon, and what the vintage textile industry dubbed as "Art Silk" as artificial silk. This has I am pretty sure cotton lace design, ultra GLAM bias cut and bias at the hemline for that FISHTAIL MERMAID appearance. Vintage items are rarely flawless and most have normal to little wear, minor picks/pulls in areas or a small age discoloration spot or two etc. This particular beautiful piece has NO FLAWS, IN MINT CONDITION, MUSEUM QUALITY.

Fashion from the 1930s ... the 1930's is an interesting period, both stylistically and historically.... of course history, fashion and style are all integrally related.

Generally fashions of the 1930s are thought of as glamorous and sensuous. This is the era of the big bands, dancing and night life.

The dresses are long and elegant, evening gowns were often backless and importantly there develops a very distinct difference between day-wear and evening wear.

Hollywood and the movies also begin to be very influential to the fashion industry as people wanted to wear the styles they had seen on the screen.

The French designer Madeleine Vionnet opened her own fashion house in 1912. She devised methods of bias cross cutting during the 1920s using a miniature model. She made popular the halter neck and the cowl neck.

The bias method has often been used to add a flirtatious and elegant quality to clothes. To make a piece of fabric hang and drape in sinuous folds and stretch over the round contours of the body, fabric pattern pieces can be cut not on the straight grain, but at an angle of 45 degrees.

It is sometimes said that Vionnet invented bias cutting, but historical evidence suggests that close fitting gowns and veils of the medieval period were made with cross cut fabrics. The Edwardians also made skirts that swayed to the back by joining a bias edge to a straight grain edge and the result was a pull to the back that formed the trained skirt. She did really popularize it and the resulting clothes are styles we forever associate with movie goddesses and dancers like Ginger Rogers.

Using her technique designers were able to produce magnificent gowns in satins, crepe-de-chines, silks, crepes and chiffons by cross cutting the fabric, creating a flare and fluidity of drapery that other methods could not achieve. Many of the gowns could be slipped over the head and came alive when put on the human form. Some evening garments made women look like Grecian goddesses whilst others made them look like half naked sexy vamps. Certain of her gowns still look quite contemporary.

There was a passion for sunbathing. Women tried to get tans and then show them off under full length backless evening dresses cut on the true cross or bias and which molded to the body. To show off the styles a slim figure was essential and that was getting easier for women who were educated and aware as many now used contraception and did not have to bear baby after baby unless desired.

Courtesy fashion-era.com

Vintage Lingerie Celebrities in Vintage Lingerie Anne Francis

Old Hollywood Style Glamour..Stars in vintage lingerie. Anne Francis, best known for Forbidden Planet...B Movie Science Fiction at it's best.
I think this is more FORBIDDEN GODDESS at best in an ETHEREAL VINTAGE SHEER PLEATED GODDESS GOWN and I do believe this is either a Vanity Fair or Van Raalte gown. I sold one years ago in an ombre green that was out of this world!

Vintage Lingerie DREAM COME TRUE

Fashioned and Created by Dream~Glo a Bemberg Rayon Fabric ~ Bernson Silk Mills

Size Tag Reads: 32
*IMPORTANT, please see actual measurements of the garment below for accurate fitting*

Vintage lingerie, bringing back romance and femininity again! Unreal RARE FIND still with ORIGINAL TAGS..The COLOR GRAPHICS ON THE TAG ALONE are so worth this jewel with gorgeous glamor ladies in vintage lingerie!

WHAT A FABULOUS HOLIDAY GIFT for yourself or a loved one!

What a fabulous treat I have for your lingerie collection and a true little treasure to cherish for many years to come. The color is what I describe as BLACK with PINK SATIN RIBBON (color may vary from monitor to monitor), and created in 100% rayon satin.

This has EXQUISITE LACE that is reminiscent of ANTIQUE FRENCH STYLE LACE WITH PINK SATIN BRAIDED THROUGH IT. The hemline is matching with the same pink satin trim. BIAS CUT AND BIAS HEMLINE creating a SULTRY MERMAID STYLE appearance. Pink satin bow is pinned on (yes, this is normal and how it was done, not sewn on).

This mellow, luxurious texture is a truly amazing achievement...a fabric of seeming contradictions. It's supple as a sheer, yet opaque as a crepe; it's soft, delicate, lovely yet thoroughly washable and serviceable!

Available on here at SWEET CHERRY VINTAGE

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Vintage Lingerie LUCIE ANN for CLAIRE SANDRA Peignoir Dressing Gown Nightgown

Sold! But enjoy the pictures anyhow!

Gowns that will make you faint.. Gasp...Drool...Desire!

I'm so excited to present this gorgeous ULTRA RARE FIND that is created and fashioned by Lucie Ann for Claire Sandra, Beverly Hills, exclusive CLAIRE SANDRA BOUTIQUE for FROST BROS (exclusive upper scale department store of Texas)! Absolutely my pick of a lifetime gown. COUTURE DESIGNER very rare find gown. Not another like it on the internet or eBay. Very OLD HOLLYWOOD Glamor Diva Goddess Gown. RED CARPET WORTHY. Still with ORIGINAL STORE TAGS that retailed for $105 in the 1960's.

Lucie Ann designed and created all of Eva Gabor's peignoir sets for Green Acres. Lucie Ann, also sold exclusively for Claire Sandra of Beverly Hills. Not only did she design exclusively for Eva Gabor, she catered to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor. This is such an exquisite find for your finer lingerie collection and a true vintage treasure to cherish for many years to come.

The color is what I describe as BLUE OVER LAVENDER creating a TWO TONE ILLUSION EFFECT (color may vary from monitor to monitor), and created in 100% nylon.

An exquisite and much desired beauty that is designed to close in front with beautiful long pom-pom ties and additional inner ties. The POM POM ties can be wrapped around the waist and tied in front and also simply cinched in front allowing the back to flow loosely, FOR THAT DRAMA DRAPING BACK that is so desired. Imagine OVER 35 FEET OF FLOWING CHIFFON, with creamy soft all nylon lining. I LOVE the way the bodice ties, and gathers for that utterly gorgeous GODDESS APPEARANCE. This is the epitome of GLAM OLD HOLLYWOOD GODDESS GOWNS.
Just YARDS AND YARDS of CHIFFON EXPLOSION! Some may ask, "Is this a nightgown? Is this a peignoir? Is this a dressing gown robe?" Well it's ALL of the above. I suppose technically it's a peignoir dressing gown robe, but because of the styling closures, this can be considered a negligee nightgown too.

So where can you find this exquisite masterpiece..why here only at Sweet Cherry Vintage Lingerie! Click Here: Lucie Ann Gown

Sorry.. Sold!

Vintage Lingerie..THE Epitome of Goddess Gown

Fashioned and Created by None other then TER-SHE' In my 10 years here selling on eBay, this is only about the 4th time I have come across one of these ultra rare gowns of highest quality. Absolutely fit for the inner most GODDESS IN YOU!

The color is what I describe as SKY BLUE (color may vary from monitor to monitor), and created in 100% nylon. This has GODDESS GATHERED SHOULDERS that leads down to a PLUNGING BACK AND NECK LINES. With stretchy waist and MONUMENTAL FULL SWEEP OF 180 inches around circumference ending in a DAINTY SCALLOPED HEMLINE.

Currently available only at Sweet Cherry Vintage!