nightgown
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"I watched as my mother is standing there in her nightgown, my father in his underwear, outside the building in tears... and there are flames, everything is burning," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Steinem described her mother as disappearing down the street in her nightgown, or marooned in bed “with eyes closed and lips moving in occasional response to voices only she could hear.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The babydoll itself debuted in the 1940s as a nightgown whose abbreviated length was the result of war-rationed fabric.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
She found Keke there, asleep in her nightgown with her head resting on the kitchen table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024
This exact white nightgown, right down to the dirty hem.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
This is the movie responsible for putting “Sleepless in Seattle” nightgowns in airport souvenir stores.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Only the closet full of flowing Victorian nightgowns and Gunne Sax-style dresses in white and cream seems organized.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2022
The dresses of "Bridgerton" look like comfy nightgowns compared to the frothy, highly-structured clothes of "The Gilded Age," where many female characters resemble wedding cakes.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2022
Doen Doen sells romantic cotton dresses, nightgowns and tops by the Los Angeles-based bohemian fashion brand, founded by sisters Margaret and Katherine Kleveland in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
I thought it was funny as I looked around and noticed we were all wearing our nightgowns and pajamas to greet the messengers from the President of the United States.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
