For men and women who have given up on ready-made silk sleepwear that stops short at the wrist, gapes at the bust or sits too high on the ankle. We draft a pattern for your body, check the fit with a free test garment, and only then cut the silk. Every piece is made for one person, so a single robe is a complete order, and families are always welcome to order together.
Pajama sets from $799 USD, robes and dressing gowns from $899 USD, the same for women and men
The problem
Silk charmeuse has almost no stretch. A cotton pajama can hide a size that is slightly wrong; silk shows it at once. The complaints we hear, and that fill the reviews of ready-made silk, come back to the same four places.
A sleeve labeled “long” still lands above the wrist when the shoulder seam sits too narrow. We cut the sleeve to your arm and set the shoulder to your frame.
Standard women’s silk pajama inseams sit around 30.5 inches, too short for tall wearers and too long for petite ones. Your inseam and rise come from your measurements, not a size chart.
The bust is where a button front has to bridge the most curve. We space the buttons to your measurements so the front lies flat when you turn on your side.
A robe can fit at the bust and still be short on a tall frame, or slip open at night. Length, wrap overlap and belt position are drafted for you, with an inside tie to hold the wrap.
The garments
Four garments, one design family, so a robe and a pajama set can be ordered as a matching pair, or as his-and-hers sets. Each is cut from its own pattern, because a man’s robe is not a woman’s robe in a larger size.
From $899 USD
From $899 USD
From $799 USD
From $799 USD
The fabric, stated plainly
A great deal of what is sold as silk sleepwear is polyester satin. Satin is a weave, not a fiber, so the word alone tells you very little. Here is exactly what we use.
| Fiber | 100% mulberry silk, grade 6A |
|---|---|
| Weave | Charmeuse: satin face, matte reverse |
| Weight | 22 momme: dense, opaque and heavier than the 16 to 19 momme common in ready-made sleepwear |
| Moisture | Silk takes up about 11% moisture from the air; polyester takes up less than 1% |
We send swatches before you commit, so you can judge the weight and color yourself.
Construction
Silk sleepwear fails at the seams and at the stress points long before the fabric wears out. Every piece we make is built to avoid that, and to be altered or repaired later rather than replaced.
Personalize it
We keep four house colors, each with a contrast piping chosen to suit it. If you want another color, ask for our stock color card: we buy the silk for each order, so any stock color is possible.
The process
From anywhere in the world
You do not need to be a tailor to measure yourself, and you do not need to be perfect. A tape measure, a mirror and ten minutes are enough, and a second pair of hands helps. The free test garment is there precisely so that a small error at home never reaches the silk.
Here are the ten measurements we ask for, the same for everyone. Before you start: measure over light clothing, keep the tape level and snug but never tight, and write each number down as you go. Inches or centimeters are both fine; just tell us which you used.
Stand barefoot with your back against a wall and your heels together. Ask someone to mark the top of your head, then measure from the floor to the mark.
Wrap the tape around the fullest part of your chest or bust, under the arms and level all the way round. Keep it snug, with room for one finger.
Measure around your body where you like your pajama waistband to sit, usually at or just below the navel. Keep the tape level and comfortable.
Stand with your feet together and measure around the fullest part of your hips and seat, keeping the tape level.
Measure across your back from the edge of one shoulder to the edge of the other, following the natural curve. A second pair of hands makes this one easy.
With your arm relaxed at your side, measure from the edge of your shoulder, down the outside of the arm, to where you want the sleeve to end.
Tilt your head forward to find the bone at the base of your neck. Measure from there straight down your spine to your natural waist, which is usually a little above your pajama waist.
Measure from the top of your inner thigh straight down the inside of your leg to where you want the trousers to end.
Start at your waistband height at the front, pass the tape down between your legs and bring it up to the same height at the back. Keep it close but not tight.
From the highest point of your shoulder, next to your neck, measure straight down to where you want the robe to end: the knee, mid-calf or ankle.
Measuring the whole family? Print our measuring sheet. It has the same ten steps and a column for each person, so everyone can be measured in one sitting.
The one step that does matter is the test garment. Put it on properly, the way you will actually wear the finished piece, and send clear photos from the front, the side and the back, with your arms relaxed. Those photos are how we see the fit from our atelier.
Tall, petite, plus-size, broad-shouldered or long-armed: these are the bodies ready-made sizes leave out, and they are the reason this service exists.
For someone else
A bespoke garment is hard to give as a surprise, because it needs measurements. A gift certificate solves that. You choose the garment; the recipient sends their measurements whenever they are ready, receives the free test garment, and gets a piece cut for them alone.
It suits anniversaries, weddings and the morning of one, a new baby, a milestone birthday, a long hospital or recovery stay, or simply a partner who has never owned sleepwear that fits.
Silk sleepwear is often shared across a home: matching robes for a couple, pajamas for the whole family on a holiday morning, or robes for a bride and her bridesmaids to get ready in. However many of you there are, each person is measured on their own, tries on their own free test garment and receives a garment cut to their own pattern. That fitting step is the heart of what we do, so nobody goes without it, and ordering together takes no longer than ordering alone.
Matching monograms or initials, one set for each person, make the garments feel like they belong together. For a group of up to five, each garment is at its listed price; for a group of six or more, we will talk you through a family price. If you are dressing a hotel, spa or company, our custom corporate gifts page is the better place to start, and if you would like to sell the garments or put your own label on them, please see our private label program. This page is for garments made for the people who will wear them at home.
After delivery
If anything ever needs adjusting, send it back to us. Repairs and alterations are free for as long as you own the garment; you only cover shipping.
Heavy silk charmeuse behaves differently from everyday fabrics, so we prefer to make any changes ourselves, with the same hands and the same pattern that made it. When the test garment step is followed, you should not need an adjustment at all.
Want another in a new color, or a matching robe a year later? Your pattern and order details are kept on file, so a reorder needs no new measurements.
Keeping it well
Lotions, deodorant and perfume mark silk more than sleep does, so let them dry before you dress.
| Ready-made silk sleepwear | Baron Boutique bespoke | |
|---|---|---|
| Fit | Standard sizes and a size chart | A pattern drafted for your body, checked with a free test garment |
| Fabric | Often 16 to 19 momme, sometimes polyester sold as satin | 100% mulberry silk charmeuse, 22 momme |
| Seams | Varies by brand; check the product page | French seams, reinforced stress points |
| Alterations | Depends on the brand and a local tailor | Free, year after year; shipping extra |
| Reorders | Hope the size has not changed | Your pattern is on file |
| Returns | Depends on the retailer | Not refundable; fit is settled before the silk is cut |
Baron Boutique has been a family-owned tailoring house since 2000. Tell us what you would like and we will reply within 24 hours with the next steps.
Garment, color, who it is for, and your country are enough to begin.
If you chose to send measurements later, the measuring guide and sheet are on this page whenever you're ready. A copy of your request is on its way to your inbox.
Also from the Atelier
Our Services · Men’s Silk Suits, Shirts and Ties · Custom Cashmere Gifts · Custom Corporate Gifts · Private Label · Women’s Body Measuring Guide · Alterations, Returns and Refunds
