Sunday, 10 November 2013

Elegant Dressing Gowns



Dressing gown is considered as a dress item for warmth in winter, cover the body when wearing nothing else or to look in proper shape and decent upon waking up from sleep in the morning and conveniently slip into gown.


Personalised Dressing gowns have evolved historically through centuries. In the ancient history of the regions and countries, when Europe was not as developed, other civilizations were at their peak. They had perfected their architecture and living style in all manners. Arabs were constructing palaces in Spain the Europeans did not know even to make their houses. Persian Empire was a developed and well established in all respects with a history of centuries. Chinese had long before manufactured finest silk cloth and made dresses for their elite class and royalty. Their dresses were well designed, elegant costly. Dressing gown was an essential part of their dress and was worn with pride and as symbol of dignity and status. Europeans were nowhere near them in any manner. 


The paintings of old Chinese kings and their elite class very clearly shows wearing of the costly and well decorated dressing gowns of fine silk. The dressing gowns were standard dress in many countries throughout the history. Probably gown provides more space for display of art and craft; it pleased both, the elite class to wear it and the craftsmen to show their acuity of artistic creativity.

The use of gowns is also seen in the dresses of the Persian elite class. They were very costly attire made of fine fabric and decorated with ingenious designs of embroidery with gold and silver threads. The scholars wore these gowns or robes as they called as symbol of their identity.

Far in the East Japan has the history of their national or cultural dress. Kimono is well known all over the world. This dress is still worn with pride in Japan.


People in the colder regions like Kashmir, China, Tibet, mountainous areas of India, Afghans and Russian regions all wore robes made of wool and sometimes quilted with cotton to keep them worm. All these cultures used gown shaped dress with different names in their areas. It is in the 17th century that Europeans adopted it as informal dress.

All those cultures still use these robes or gowns for protective purposes and these dresses have become a symbol of identity for each culture.

Personalised Dressing gowns is an elegant wear in the glamorous world of Hollywood.

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