Smoking Jacket/Bathrobe

[bengron]

Hi everyone Im Ben.

Im trying to find a stylish smoking jacket or bathrobe to wear around the house and in the dorm romms in college. But, you cant exactly walk into a store and buy a great smoking jacket, so Ive decided to get a custom made one.

My idea for it is that it looks sort of like the robes a chinese emperor would wear. The outside would be silk with a nice pattern on it, and a pocket on the left side of the chest. The inside must be very comfortable so I was thinking of lining it with cashmere. Around the collar it could have a velvet lining, or even an artificial white tiger fur to fit the theme of an emperor's robe. It would go down to just above my knees and have sleeves that go to about my wrist. It would close with a fabric belt like most bathrobes do.

Does anyone have any stylistic suggestions? I dont want the fashion police after me since I just joined this forum and im still relatively clueless.

and, does anyone know how much is a fair price for a tailor to charge for this?

Thanks

 

[lee_44106]

Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart both have fancy smoking jackets for sale. You can even purchase over the internet.

Make sure you get velvet hard-soled slippers too because you cannot complete the looks without them.

 

[SpooPoker]

Check my sig for a great one!

 

[ColumbiaKai]

How about this one?

http://www.pakeman.com/proddetail.php?prod=1860

 

[TheWraith]

The Paul Stuart one is lovely. Shame it's all black...

 

[ZON_JR]

Originally Posted by bengron

Hi everyone Im trollin'.



My idea for it is that it looks sort of like the robes a chinese emperor would wear. The outside would be silk with a nice pattern on it, and a pocket on the left side of the chest.

Ben--Any idea of what Chinese Emperors used the chest pocket for? Don't forget the silk belt for your phone holster.

 

[Maccimus]

Originally Posted by ZON_JR

Ben--Any idea of what Chinese Emperors used the chest pocket for? Don't forget the silk belt for your phone holster.

As a Chinese, I was asking the same question when I read that..

 

[in fits of print]

Originally Posted by bengron

My idea for it is that it looks sort of like the robes a chinese emperor would wear. The outside would be silk with a nice pattern on it, and a pocket on the left side of the chest. The inside must be very comfortable so I was thinking of lining it with cashmere. Around the collar it could have a velvet lining, or even an artificial white tiger fur to fit the theme of an emperor's robe. It would go down to just above my knees and have sleeves that go to about my wrist. It would close with a fabric belt like most bathrobes do.

Originally Posted by lee_44106

Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart both have fancy smoking jackets for sale. You can even purchase over the internet.

Go with this.

 

[bengron]

Thanks. This is exactly the style I was looking for.

http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...LACK?$altview$

Im still thinking of getting it custom made so I can choose different fabrics, but this is exactly the sort of sewing pattern I was thinking of.

 

[edinatlanta]

http://memegenerator.net/Instances/Holy-Advice-*****--YALL-NIGGAS-POSTIN-IN-A-TROLL-THREAD.jpg

 

[Tomasso]

Originally Posted by bengron

Hi everyone I'm Ben.

 

[Mark from Plano]

My all-time favorite. Wish I had an identical one.

 

[bengron]

Why hello there Tomasso

 

[Tomasso]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

My all-time favorite. Wish I had an identical one.

Classic!!!

 

[Michell]

I found one tailored smoking jacket here: