Women's plus size modal wrap dressing gown

Start with what the garment is for: a dressing gown is for the hours either side of sleep: the kettle at seven, the sofa at ten. Modal is made from beech pulp: a made fibre from a natural source. It is softer than cotton, drapes better, and keeps that softness after fifty washes where cotton starts to feel flat. That is the difference between a modal robe and one that only looks the part.

In use it shows up as one thing: softer than cotton, and it stays that way — the difference shows up at wash thirty, not on day one. There is more of this in our modal dressing gown range.

Women ask about the cut through the shoulder and where the belt sits at the waist before anything else, and they are right to — it is where most robes fall down. In the same vein, have a look at our ladies brown dressing gown.

• It drapes rather than stands out — so it follows the body without clinging to it
• It keeps its colour — the dye sits inside the fibre, so black stays black
• A wrap front — it overlaps rather than meeting edge to edge, so it stays closed without being pulled tight
• Cut for a fuller figure — room across the back and through the arm, and a belt long enough to tie properly — which is where most robes fail

Modal is light and not especially warm. It is a spring and autumn fabric, or a layer under something heavier. Machine wash cool at 30°C and line dry. Treated that way, a modal dressing gown lasts five winters rather than one — the difference between a robe you keep on the back of the door and one you replace every autumn. There is more of this in our ladies plus size dressing gown range.