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Old-Fashioned Clothing: Muumuus, Smocks, Housecoats, Culottes,
Granny Nightgowns, and Other Items They Used to Sell
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Dickeys/Dickies
Arm Warmers
Hooded Scarf
Hat Scarf
Culottes
Split Skirts
Housecoats
Smocks and Smock Aprons
Muumuus, Float Dresses, Patio Dresses, and Housedresses
Caftans
Casual Dresses and Jumpers
Pettipants and Long-Legged Panties
Culotte Slips and Pant Liners
Shells
Camisoles
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Dickeys/Dickies
Dickeys, also spelled ‘dickies,’ are removable shirt inserts to simulate the front and collar of a shirt. Many styles can be found in these stores including mock turtlenecks, turtlenecks, and collared dickeys.
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Arm Warmers
 Arm warmers are forearm covers made of fabric that keep you warm.
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Hooded Scarves
 Hooded scarves are winter-weight scarves designed specifically to fit well on the head. The part that fits over the head is hood-like.
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Hat Scarves
Hat scarves are hats with an attached scarf.
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Culottes
 Culottes look like skirts at first glance, but really they are loosy-goosy shorts. Most of them reach at least to the knee.
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Split Skirts
 Split skirts are cut so that they definitely do not look like skirts at first glance like culottes do and tend to be shorter than culottes.
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Women’s Housecoats
 Housecoats are “housy” loose shirt dresses that snap or button up. I remember my mom wearing one while doing house chores—it must have been invented to function like an apron only with more coverage. Housecoats are also known as loungewear, house coats, and dusters.
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Women’s Smocks, Smock Aprons, and Cobbler Aprons
  A smock is a protective shirt worn over another shirt in order to keep the shirt underneath clean. I’ve gathered from the terms used on the sites that a smock has a front opening and a smock apron goes on over the head. Smock aprons are shorter than kitchen aprons. I imagine both are used when doing crafts or housework. Smocks are also known as housekeeping smocks, painter smocks, short sleeve smocks, painting smocks, artist smocks, paint smocks, and art smocks.
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Muumuus, Float Dresses, Patio Dresses, & Housedresses
 Muumuus, float dresses, and patio dresses are all A-line dresses that reach somewhere around the knee. The top of the ‘A’ starts at the shoulders or bust, and the garment gets wider and wider from there down. Housedresses don’t usually have such an ‘A’ shape, but they are still loose and “housy.”
I think they all go on over the head.
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Caftans
 For the purposes of this page, caftans are similar to muumuus and housedresses, but they usually reach the calf—or ankles if you‘re short enough. They tend to be more colorful than housedresses, and they seem to have long sleeves more often than muumuus or housedresses.
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Casual Dresses & Jumpers
A casual dress is something that one would wear outside the house. The stores sell them in all shapes, sizes, and colors. ‘Jumpers’ are American jumpers, not British ones—over-the-head dresses that need a shirt to be worn underneath.
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Pettipants & Long-Legged Panties
 Pettipants are like bloomers without elastic around the leg openings. They tend to reach somewhere above the knee. Long-legged panties are even shorter, yet still have loose leg openings.
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Culotte Slips & Pant Liners
Culotte slips and pant liners are both two-legged undergarments. Culotte slips are shorter than pant liners (well of course—culottes are shorter than pants) and tend to have fuller-cut legs. Two very nice inventions. Either could also be worn under a skirt to keep warm or cool, to prevent chaffing, or to prevent accidental flashes of leg.
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Shells
Shells are tight-fitting, lightweight, usually sleeveless, usually knit, shirts. Modest dressers wear them under other shirts to bring up the neckline. I wear ones with crew necklines to bring up the neckline of button-down shirts. Sometimes they double as a camisole if a shirt is too sheer for my preferences. I imagine they are modern versions of dickeys.
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Camisoles
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Listings by Store
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I love this store!
They carry way more than
just old-fashioned
clothing. They carry
practically anything
from past years that one
cannot find anymore. If
you want something
old-fashioned and cannot
find it, you can ask
them, and they’ll find
it for you or maybe
they’ll have it made. A
lot of their products
for sale are in response
to customer requests.
ladies’ nightgowns: plus size nightgowns, cotton nightgowns, cotton batiste nightgowns, long nightgowns, long sleeve cotton nightgowns, long nightgowns and robes, white cotton granny nightgowns, flannel nightgowns, nylon nightgown, women’s nightshirts, satin-lined night cap, long nightgowns and matching robes
dickeys: many styles of dickeys including a silk dickey and embroidered collar dickey
muumuus, smock aprons;
half and full cotton, cotton batiste, and nylon slips; pettipants, pant liner, culotte slip, camisoles, long-legged panties;
trouser socks, cotton socks, and leather boots all for ladies with wide calves;
high-cotton-content tights that won’t pinch or sag;
white cotton knit dress gloves;
hair net, sleep hair net, bun cover, French hair roll, hair pins, hair combs;
hankies;
clear nylon rain bonnet;
bandana to keep your
neck cool;
jumpers, casual dresses;
casual pants, long skirts, casual skirt sets;
long walking shorts, culottes;
blouses, tunics, cardigans, vests, shells, long button-down shirts, three-quarter-sleeved tops;
shawls, hat scarf, hooded scarf;
hats, snoods, scarves, berets;
old-fashioned swim caps, swimwear
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ladies’ nightgowns: cotton nightgowns, long nightgowns, long sleeve cotton nightgowns, flannel nightgowns, plus size nightgowns robes, housecoats, muumuus, caftans;
smocks, smock aprons, aprons;
pettipants, modesty panel full slip, camisoles;
jumpers, casual dresses, dressy dresses;
casual pants, dress pants, casual pant sets, dressy pant sets, career pant suits;
long skirts, casual skirt sets, dressy skirt sets, career skirt suits;
long walking shorts, split skirt;
blouses, turtlenecks, cardigans, vests, shells, long button-down shirts, three-quarter-sleeved tops, blazers;
shawls, capes, ponchos;
turbans, beret, black mantilla;
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ladies’ nightgowns:
short tricot nightgown, long tricot nightgown, knit nightgowns, flannel nightgowns
caftans, dusters;
full slip, half slip, camisole;
jumpers, casual dresses;
casual pants, dressy pants, career pant suits;
long skirts, split skirts, gauchos, career skirt suits, casual skirt sets;
capris, long shorts, pedal pushers;
blouses, twin sets, cardigans, long cardigans, pullovers, turtlenecks, mock turtlenecks, tees, shells;
blazers;
skirted swimsuits, tankini separates, skirtsuits, boyleg suits;
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ladies’ nightgowns:
cotton nightgowns, long nightgowns, long sleeve cotton nightgowns, flannel nightgowns, tricot nightgowns, plus sized nightgowns
robes, housecoats, muumuus, caftans;
smocks, smock apron;
full slip, culotte slip, long-legged panties;
casual dresses, dressy dresses
casual pants, casual pant sets, career pant suits;
long skirts, gauchos;
mock turtleneck dickeys, shirt-style dickeys, twin-set blouses;
sweater coats, shawls, capes, arm warmers, hat scarf, hooded scarf;
hats, scarves, turbans
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nightgowns, robes;
housecoats, muumuus, caftans, smocks;
pettipants, long-legged panties, half slips, full slips, pant liner, culotte slip, camisoles, an all-cotton six-gore half slip;
jumpers, casual dresses, dressy dresses;
casual pants, casual pant sets, dressy pant sets, career pant suits;
long skirts, dressy skirt sets, career skirt suits, culottes;
blouses, cardigans, vests, shells, three-quarter-sleeved tops, blazers;
shawls, lace gloves;
many elegant hats to match outfits;
swimwear
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ladies’ nightgowns:
batiste nightgown, cotton batiste nightgown, long nightgowns, flannel nightgown, tricot nightgowns, nylon nightgowns
satin night cap;
robes, housecoats, muumuus;
pettipants, half slips, full slips, pant liner, culotte slip, camisoles, long-legged panties, long-legged tricot panties;
casual dresses;
casual pants, dress pants, casual pant sets, long skirts, long walking shorts;
blouses, turtlenecks, cardigans, long button-down shirts, three-quarter-sleeved tops, blazers, shawls
hats, turbans;
swimwear
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Have You Thought to Look Here
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Float Dresses and Caftans
August Designs, a little mom-and-pop shop listed in the boutique section, sells
float dresses and many beautiful caftans.
Vintage Patterns
None of these stores sells patterns—only ready-made clothing. I have an idea where you can look to find patterns though—not modern patterns (I haven’t categorized any modern patterns on this site), but rather vintage patterns. I’ve added a vintage pattern section to this site recently, and I remember seeing patterns for these kinds of clothing. Especially dickey patterns! The dickeys of the past were way cuter than the modern-day ones. I also remember seeing nightgown patterns, full and half apron patterns, culotte patterns, split skirt patterns, and a hooded scarf pattern. There are also housedress, caftan, and housecoat patterns. Remember to read up on
sewing with vintage patterns before you buy because sizes and fit have changed.
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