A bed jacket is a short, below bust or waist length jacket specifically intended be worn in bed while sitting up. Worn over the nightgown, the bed jacket can be found in a wide variety of fabrics and treatments. It is most likely derived from 19th combing jackets, and was popular into the early 1960s.
Written by Hollis Jenkins-Evans/pastperfect2
Vintage 1920s bed jacket
Courtesy of pinky-a-gogo
1930s bed jacket
Courtesy of linn
Vintage 1930s silk bed combing jacket
Courtesy of thespectrum
Vintage 1940s rayon bed jacket
Courtesy of alonesolo/fashiontales
Vintage 1940s mohair bed jacket
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Vintage 1940s bed jacket
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1950s bed jacket
Courtesy of themerchantsofvintage
Vintage 1960s bed jacket
Courtesy of damngoodvintage
