as in gown
a loose pullover garment worn in bed
decided to buy a flannel nightgown instead of pajamas
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Recent Examples of nightgown
The clip then cuts to the Golden Globe winner wearing a nightgown and robe to recreate Bassett’s iconic scene in 1995’s Waiting to Exhale.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2026
Such a breeze up there to whip around your nightgown.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The looks build on this summer’s nightgown-as-daywear trend but are amped up and even sexier for the winter.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Other malls seem to be resisting this movement altogether, standing sentinel with their faux-brick tiling and plastic ferns, even as vendors abandon ship and their kiosks clank shut for the last time, having sold their final mutton roll or polyester-blend nightgown.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2026
Such a breeze up there to whip around your nightgown.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The looks build on this summer’s nightgown-as-daywear trend but are amped up and even sexier for the winter.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Other malls seem to be resisting this movement altogether, standing sentinel with their faux-brick tiling and plastic ferns, even as vendors abandon ship and their kiosks clank shut for the last time, having sold their final mutton roll or polyester-blend nightgown.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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Naked dressing also made its way via Tessa Thompson and Jenny Slate, in sheer black Collina Strada and Altuzarra, respectively, while award-winning Rose Byrne wore a midriff-baring Loewe gown with colorful ruffled shoulders and hips.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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Last week, Markle appeared at the Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala in a glamorous white gown with a black cloak and, a few weeks earlier, the duo made two appearances at the Sundance Film Festival.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Nightgown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightgown. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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