tea gown

I suspect it is the property of Countess Andrenyi, since her luggage contained only a chiffon negligee so. elaborate as to be more a tea gown than a dressing gown.

One model wore a floral tea gown with furry slippers—a supple combination of thirties débutante and fifties housewife.

Modeled by cool, white mannequins are bras, panties, girdles, corsets and petticoats; night gowns, dressing gowns and tea gowns; peignoirs, bustles, chemises and slips; negligees, pajamas, body stockings, teddies and bustiers.

The drawings he showed me started with 19th-century bustles and court uniforms, progressing through to Edwardian tea gowns and Norfolk jackets, and a final array of 21st-century couture.

Within a few moments two girls wearing dainty tea gowns, stole quietly down the stairway and stood in the center of the stage, discussing their approaching entertainment.