Sweet Investment: The Not-Bath-Robe

Here’s a novel idea: indulge in a bathrobe and chalk up the purchase to unique personal style. According to Thakoon, who sent a blue poplin bathrobe replete with red piping down his Spring runway, there is no time like the present to try your hand at a trend that I am personally guesstimating will become pretty common by the time March rolls around. Tell your friends you thought of it first by getting a head start on it and use these bullet points to validate the inner-wear as viable outerwear.

1) They’re not the obvious choice. Blazers are great, yes. Utility jackets and trench coat are solid, choice body protectors, too, but when’s the last time you saw a striped poplin bathrobe in the wild paired under a blazer and over some pants? (Length at your disclosure.) When a new season hits and the silhouettes on offer feel stale already, it’s time for reinvention. Only you don’t have to remake the wheel, you just have to reconsider how you use it.

2) They’re cheaper than traditional jackets. Granted, they can get quite expensive — and when they’re being made as outerwear (like in the case of the imminent Thakoon robe), you’re less likely to strike a deal but if you take the trend to its source, that is, the purveyors of pj’s, you can find one as cheap as $30 (or less!). The photographed one here is by Sleepy Jones and comes in at $228.

3) They function as a solid third piece for the new-age three-piece suit. That’s it.

Are you convinced? Good! Great! Funtastic! Wonderfool. Here a few bullet points on how you might want to wear them.

With a denim jacket over and cropped, flare jeans under.

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With a counter-print (or crystal) blazer and baggy, embroidered pants.

With a bright colored turtleneck under, another bright sweater over and tied to reflect a sort of full skirt, as opposed to straight dress. In this case, I’d recommend straight leg pants.

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And here are some shoes because…

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Do I need a reason to show you shoes?

Photographed by Krista Anna Lewis

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