Robe tops, were?? | Imamother

Mama Bear

Mon, May 23 2016, 10:53 pm

Okay... to be clear...
Chasidishe ladies tend to be dressed more 'dressy' when going out. Stam a long sleeve shirt is considered more of 'inside the house wear'. For example when I go out I wear a twin set and a classier skirt, like with a lining for example. In the house, the version of for what outside the chasidishe velt would be a sweatshirt and a comfy skirt, is a 'robe top'. It's just a fancier word for a 'casual top'. There is also a very specific kind of fabric, a more slinkier, super thin fabric, with a printed design on it usually, that's being worn today at home in place of a 'robe / duster / models coat ' that were worn 10+ years ago. They are super duper comfortable, and you might wear it to the grocery or the bus stop, but a lot people wouldn't wear it to go on a long shopping trip, doctor's appt etc., bc it's more housewearish than outdoor wear. Recently these tops are starting to become so pretty and classy that ladies *are* using a LOT of them as outdoor wear.
That's the long and short of it. It probably sounds Greek to a lot of you, but that's the long and short of it...

MagentaYenta

Mon, May 23 2016, 10:59 pm

cnc wrote:

Sweatshirts in 80 degrees lol?
I usually wear tops or thin hoodies from Old Navy or the like...in the $15 to $20 range.

And I don't call them robe tops, but I've heard my chassidish neighbors referring to them as such.

Where I live, it's not 80 here yet, and wont be until summer. And gosh when it's 80 out I'm not going to be wearing a synthetic and sweat.

Different strokes. I'm glad I've learned what the elusive robe top isn't.

seeker

Mon, May 23 2016, 11:31 pm

Mama Bear wrote:

Can I just say that I love when you play culture interpreter?

WhatFor

Tue, May 24 2016, 12:06 am

People come home from work and change into eighty dollar shirts just to take care of the kids and run errands? And how much does their work clothing cost?
I wish I could afford that lifestyle. Not that I'd be spending my money on that when I could just as easily pick up the same shirt for a quarter of the price at a Macy's sales rack. But I do wish I could afford it.

spring13

Tue, May 24 2016, 12:46 am

Interesting to finally hear this term explained practically - although I do think it's a really weird way to refer to a normal casual shirt. But whatever. Do any these fit the bill?

http://www.landsend.com/produc.....::WH4
https://www.koshercasual.com/F......html
http://www.jjill.com/jjillonli.....p;h=M
http://www.jjill.com/jjillonli.....p;h=M
http://appleseeds.blair.com/p/.....mp;q=*&q3=1749~Long+Sleeve+%26+Three+Quarter+Sleeve&sc=N&x2=c.t2&x3=c.t3&x1=c.t1
http://www.kohls.com/product/p.....ilver
http://www.lularoe.com/randy-tee

MagentaYenta

Tue, May 24 2016, 12:54 am

WhatFor wrote:

I just realized I've got the JJill shirt from above hanging in my closet. I picked it up at a thrift store this past winter. In the winter I'll wear polar fleece at home. This time of year it's a medium weight cotton sweat shirt. Today's has an oversized tube neck and is one of my more fashionable choices.

amother

Amethyst

Tue, May 24 2016, 9:15 am

Mama Bear wrote:

Thanks for the explanation. But, I have to say, if this is a thing thats specific to chassidish women, it would have been helpful for OP to indicate as such. Its exactly like when people post "where can I buy cheap paper plates" and they want us to just intuitively know that they are referring to Brooklyn. If something is meant for a specific crowd, why not tell us so, so that we dont have to make OP crazy asking what the dickens she is talking about?

Mama Bear

Tue, May 24 2016, 10:13 am

seeker wrote:

Can I just say that I love when you play culture interpreter?

I do that sometimes, only when I"m in the mood or have the time to be eloquent and verbose, and when the question is not insulting. Glad I could help this time Very Happy

WhatFor wrote:

First of all: The vast majority of the chasidishe ladies don't even work. So that's what they wear all day. It's their (our?) equivalent of dress clothes for the day.

Secondly, it does *NOT* and SHOULD NOT cost $80. My shabbosdig robe top - a really elegant thing with lace and sequins - was $65.00. And $80 top qualifies more as outdoor wear. I aim for spending under $40; somtimes I'll splurge on something between $40 and $50 if I buy it for something more social, like to waer outdoors in the bungalow colony or for a womens' retreat in a hotel (I go once or twice a year to a special needs moms 2-day event). But for what I'll likely wear at home in the kitchen I definitely buy on sale and for less than $40.

amother wrote:

Yes. She shoudlve posted in the chasidishe velt. but maybe she's new.

BayMom

Tue, May 24 2016, 10:37 am

spring13 wrote:

No. These do not fit the bill because unlike the "robe tops" from The Lingerie Shop, the necks are not high enough and don't cover the collar bone. They would have to be worn layered with a shell, not exactly 80 degree weather cothing.

summer0808

Tue, May 24 2016, 11:10 am

I dont like the term either. But, at the end of the day, the 'so called' robe tops from the Jewish lingerie stores have qualities that you dont get at Marshall's etc (dont worry I end up shopping there)

thin cotton jersey or modal
not see through
tznius neck, sleeves
long enough so they dont pick up when you bend down!

so you dont need a shell underneath.

The ones I have last much longer than the Marshall's ones. Now if you dont care that they are dated then it's a better investment! and I still cant get myself to just buy a wardrobe from the lingerie shop.

amother

Amethyst

Tue, May 24 2016, 11:12 am

BayMom wrote:

A number of the ones from the Lingerie shop also have the models wearing shells under.