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Who designed the first smoking jacket?
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Can't do the link but you can google history of the smoking jacket...it's an interesting history.....
They became popular when men retired from dinner for a smoke and a brandy and didn't want to return to the ladies smelling of cigarettes.....
Until a few years ago I had a friend who wore a smoking jacket and cap to have a cigarette....in his sitting room....☺
Can't do the link but you can google history of the smoking jacket...it's an interesting history.....
They became popular when men retired from dinner for a smoke and a brandy and didn't want to return to the ladies smelling of cigarettes.....
Until a few years ago I had a friend who wore a smoking jacket and cap to have a cigarette....in his sitting room....☺
n the 17th century, goods began flowing into Europe from India, Asia and the Americas, bringing in spices, tobacco, coffee, and silks. It became fashionable to be depicted in one's portrait wearing a silk robe de chambre, or dressing gown. One of the earliest mentions of this garment comes from Samuel Pepys, who desired to be depicted in his portrait in a silk gown but could not afford one, so he rented one:
"Thence home and eat one mouthful, and so to Hale's and there sat until almost quite dark upon working my gowne, which I hired to be drawn (in) it—an Indian gown, and I do see all the reason to expect a most excellent picture of it." —Diary, 30 March 1666.
The short smoking jacket soon evolved from these silk garments.
"Thence home and eat one mouthful, and so to Hale's and there sat until almost quite dark upon working my gowne, which I hired to be drawn (in) it—an Indian gown, and I do see all the reason to expect a most excellent picture of it." —Diary, 30 March 1666.
The short smoking jacket soon evolved from these silk garments.