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That's more of a long caftan (and a fancy one). House dresses are usually knee length or longer, cotton blend, sleeveless or with sleeves and fit loosely. Some slip on over the head; others have a button or snap front. (I think Aunt Edna in one of the Chevy Chase movies wore one)
I've been thinking of getting some scrub pants as prior generation "house dress" (which my 93 yr/o mother never wore!) they should wash up easy & I think they have pockets
2 of my cousins are nurses, and they wear scrubs around the house for that purpose all the time.
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Both of my grandmothers wore house dresses. They're both dead and would be 101 and 93 now if they were still alive. My mother (age 70) has never worn one. She prefers the same thing I do around the house--shorts and t-shirts in summer, sweats in winter.
They scream "I'm plump and have pendulous breasts and don't want to wear undergarments."
^This seems to be pretty standard in 95% of the people I see wearing them. And usually the plumper they are, the more likely they are to be shopping in them. Around the house, I'll wear something like this, especially if it's hot.
When I'm home alone all day, like during the summer, I live in a huge oversized T-shirt. It's not a "dress" or a "muu muu", but it's just as loose and comfortable. If I'm going outside I'll throw on a pair of shorts, but I don't make any effort to get more formally dressed if I'm not going anywhere or nobody is going to see me.
An elderly neighbor friend of my mother's used to come visiting in her nighty. It wasn't a house dress or a muu muu - it was a NIGHTY. She died when my youngest was about five, and she still remembers it!
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