Anyway, when I pulled this robe out of a pile of clothing I was horrified! LMBO :-) It was bad and normally I would have tossed it but this item was different because it's so, so cute and I felt, worth saving. 

Most people would have thrown it away but I couldn't! I love vintage clothing and there is something very special about vintage clothing items that you just know were loved by someone. It's not just a vintage clothing item, it's more than that. Do you know what I mean? It not only carries the passage of time in it's fibers but it carries the memories and the 'essence' if you will, of the person who loved it so much they literally wore it to death!

So I decided to 'fix it.' I spent hours cleaning this robe up. Treating stains and laundering it twice. Then, after treating and laundering it twice, I put it through 2 brightening cycles.

After that....It had hundreds of snags on it all over the place, yes hundreds, which I carefully hand snipped and then went over the entire robe with a fabric shaver.

Long story short, compared to what it looked like the day it and I met, it looks new! LOL :-) 

It's clean and bright and fresh and soft and free of snags. I gave it a whole new life! 

Let's go through the flaws shall we?? 

Frayed 1" tear on right cuff accompanied by a soft bleach spot.

Soft/light yellowish stains on left cuff and several here and there...

Faded along the back/inside of the neck and here and there...

Tiny areas where the terrycloth has thinned.

Yellowish stains on the placket and several in back and inside cuffs.

Same type of soft/yellowish stain and a soft bleach stain on right pocket.

The belt is a little rough. It's fully intact but has an approx. 4" area where the outer edge threads are missing. See image of belt.

Please look closely at all images. I used up all 24 spots. Some things were hard to capture because of the light color of the robe and the lighting. If I missed something PLEASE don't hold it against me!

Again, structurally sound with all but one flaw (frayed tear on sleeve cuff), being cosmetic. No other rips/holes/tears.

This robe obviously isn't for everyone but it is for the person who loves vintage and doesn't notice the flaws so much as they do the garment itself and it's history/age. This robe has TONS OF LIFE LEFT!! It's heavy. It's thick. It's soft. It's bright. It's fun. The bees are to-die-for adorable. It definitely has a spring-summer vibe with the cute smiling bees!

I don't wanna get too sentimental but.....I hope this robe goes to a loving home. I have saved many a vintage garment in my time but NEVER have I spent so much time on a single one. This robe will take a piece of me with it wherever it goes. I feel like I have left my 'essence' in it as much as the person who owned and loved it for so many years.:-)

Anyway, enough of the mushy stuff cuz I'm gonna cry... :-(

It's tagged 'One Size' but it measures like this....Like a medium and for reference my dress form is a size small and 34B-26-34 with 14" shoulders and 32" long from neck to bottom. The robe, as you can see, fits her nicely and exactly like a robe should.... would accommodate slightly larger measurements...

Armpit to Armpit Laid Flat Untied 23"

Shoulders Seam to Seam 23.5"

Shoulder Seam to Cuff 20" Uncuffed and 15.5" Cuffed

Neck Seam to Shoulder Seam 7.5"

Shoulder to Hemline 34.75"

QUICK NOTE: I noticed many robes for sale on Ebay from Aegean Apparel that state they are 'vintage.' They're not! Aegean Apparel is still manufacturing robes with critters on them. I dare you to find one with bumble bees! THIS Aegean Apparel bumble bee robe IS vintage, circa very early 90s and it's rare. I haven't come across another one!

PPS: Have you ever seen the movie 'Fight Club' with Brad Pitt? He wore a robe exactly like this with I think coffee cups on it? I bet that robe was from Aegean Apparel! I'm gonna see if I can find out....

Robe weighs 2.1 lbs.

Well that's it! Thank you for looking and HAPPY SPRING & SUMMER!