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When is a bathrobe not a bathrobe? When it’s fashion’s coat of the season

It’s coming out of your lounge and on to the red carpet – with diamonds – as the latest post-Covid trend

Vogue this month described the bathrobe as “the coat of the season”, after Angelina Jolie was pictured in a black fluffy one in New York, and both Rihanna and Isabelle Huppert were seen in similar garb on the red carpet. I don’t really imagine that people will be wearing their actual bathrobes to formal events, but I do think it could inspire an interest in the wrap dress, just perhaps in more voluminous, fuzzy, or textured iterations.” Tekla, the Danish homewear brand, collaborated with the musician Jamie xx on a Bridget Riley-esque bathrobe, sure to make a statement.

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