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Soft Cotton Chenille Kaftan

£34.95

This sumptously soft, fresh and flattering chenille kaftan has been designed in every way to combine comfort with style. The design details include generous, wide lifting arms and a V-neck so it slips easily over the head. The chenille is wide rib, which while keeping the wearer warm while looking great.

This kaftan is perfect after a shower, by the pool or simply for everyday wear at home.

Availabe in soft white or moonshine blue and in size Small to 2XL

The length of this kaftan is 48".

This item is approximately AUD $65
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Super Soft Button Closure Dressing Gown

£49.99

This super soft cotton chenille dressing gown is one of our all time favourites. A classic button front closure, designed to keep the wearer warm on those cold winter evenings or snug on those slightly chilly summer mornings.

The dressing gown features attractive cotton chenille detail at the collar and at the cuffs. Whereas the main body of the dressing gown is in a wide rib design chenille, which not only looks great but flatters the wearers silhouette.

This is available in the loganberry and moonshine colour. The mink colour shown is no longer available.

This has a length of 52 inches.

This item is approximately AUD$90
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Super Soft Cotton Chenille Zip Dressing Gown

£49.99

This soft and fluffy cotton chenille dressing gown has a full length zip to make it easy to get in and out of. This chenille dressing gown also has a shaped yoke with jumbo cotton chenille rib contrast in it. The jumbo cotton rib is unique to chenille and we have added this contrast to the cuffs too, to create a great looking dressing gown.

This dressing gown is ideal for lounging around the house and it has two concealed pockets for that purpose.
The length of the dressing gown is 52 inches.

Also available in Soft White, Moonshine Blue & Mulberry.

To see a different dressing gown in the Loganberry colour click .

This item is approximately AUD$90
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Luxury Chenille Wrap Dressing Gown With Scrolls

£69.95

This is now 56" long and is made in superlux chenille, which is heavier and has a more lush pile. We have decided to hold the price at the same level as the normal 52" long chenille dressing gown.

This super soft luxury cotton chenille wrap over dressing gown has design features which are totally unique to chenille. Firstly it features a set in belt, which is basically a belt which is a part of the robe, as can be seen on the image above. The set in belt gives the wearer a more flattering shape, it also means that the belt cannot get lost.

The sleeves and belt on this robe have another design feature which is unique to chenille, this is overtfutfing. Scrolls have been tufted on top of the chenille, on the arms and the belt, this bascially means the scroll shapes are raised above the rest of the chenille, but remain part of the chenille. The scrolls themselves are in the same chenille as the body.

The length of this dressing gown is 56 inches and it has a discreet concealed pocket.

Also available in Soft White

To see a different dressing gown in the Soft White colour click .

Length : 132cm (56")

This item is approximately AUD$120
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SOLD OUT - Zip Chenille Dressing Gown With Overtufting In White

£15.00

Originally £50, then £25 and now at £15!

This plush cotton chenille dressing gown features a beautifully soft collar. It also has very discreet raised chenille detail at the chest, which has a great textured feel. This dressing gown has a full length zip to make it easy to get in and out of.

This dressing gown is 48 inch in length.

This item is approximately AUD$30
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Soft Cotton Chenille Kaftan

£34.95

NOW 80% OFF - Button Bed Jacket With Embroidery

£9.99

Originally £50 by now at £9.99!

This unique bed jacket is made from the softest cotton chenille, allowing the wearer's body to breathe increasing comfort. There is a satin bound 'Peter Pan' collar which features a discreet yet intricate embroidery.

The bed jactet has three buttons at the front to make it easy to get in and out of, while keeping the wearer warm.

This item is approximately AUD$20
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Luxurious Dressing Gowns By Kinnaird Ireland

About Kinnaird Chenille

Chenille is made from the manufacture of a special type of cloth often known as candlewick. Which through our special manufacturing process was transformed into a much finer cloth known as chenille. The chenille is then used by us to manufacture robes, bedding and home textiles. To ensure the quality of these products they were all stitched first and then the product is dyed the desired colour. This gives the finished item a very soft feel, as well as colour which still cannot be matched by mass manufacturing.

Chenille is a tufted cloth and has a base cloth with a textured pile. This basically means that the underside of the cloth is flat soft cotton, whereas the topside has a soft cotton pile which when touched your fingers sink into. This is acheived through are specialist machinery, which is exclusive to us. The fact that we dye stitched products and not cloth also helps.

Genuine chenille is made from 100% cotton and can be worn straight from the shower, it will not leave moisture on the wearer skin as polyester does. Also being a cotton, chenille is breathable which helps prevent perspiration, unlike polyester which is not breathable and often causes perspiration.

Kinnaird are the only genuine chenille manufacturer still operating today. Many other producers of genuine chenille such as Andrew Russell have joined forces with us and others have simply closed. There are new polyester based products on the market which have been developed by the Chinese, these are not chenille, but poor imitations of the real article.

Chenille

This most basic type of genuine chenille, it is made from candlewick and is tufted. The cloth is made on standard machinery and then the cloth is processed and dyed. Though this has a much better feel than the polyester imitation chenille, the pile is not particularly plush. This is because when dying and processing on the roll the pile gets flattened.

On this type of chenille the pile tends to fall out as the cloth has not been allowed to be find it's natural width but has been stretched to fixed dimensions.

This chenille is mostly made in Turkey and Pakistan.

Poodle Chenille

Poodle chenille is perhaps the most popular and versatile type of chenille. It makes garments that are light yet warm, which have a great hand feel. The plush pile is retained and the cloth does not fall out the way it does on the more basic chenille.

Poodle chenille is made on specialist machinery and is then converted into garments in the undyed form. The garments are then dyed and processed which allowes them to find their own natural dimensions. As there is no pressue on the pile, it does not get flattened and a lush textured pile is retained.

Superluxe Chenille

Some time between the 1930's and the 1970's, the largest European chenille manufacturers, Andrew Russell, Everwear leisurewear and Kinnaird Ireland began developing ‘Superluxe’ chenille.

To make 'Superluxe' chenille specialist machinery was developed and a new processing technique was pioneered. This highly intensive manufacturing technique is something that would never be developed today and is out of step with the current ethos of low cost throw away fashion.

'Superluxe' chenille has a much heavier and plush pile. When you touch 'Superluxe' chenille your hand sinks in and you can feel the quality. Part of the manufacturing technique is dyeing and processing the garments after they have been made, this ensures that the pile does not flatten but stays fluffy.

Today only Andrew Russel and Kinnaird Ireland still have the ability to manufacture 'Suprluxe' chenille. Which makes 'Superluxe' dressing gowns far more exclusive than the ranges by most top designers.

Plush Chenille & Others

Plush chenille, micro chenille, brushed fleece and fluffy are just a few of the names given to imitation chenille. These are not chenille.

These are basically different types of mass produces man made fibres which are then brushed to look like chenille. They are usually knitted, so tend to stretch and loose their shape easily, which in turn means they have a shorter life span. Which is reflected in their

Chenille is made with a high cotton content and the better qualities are 100% cotton, this helps absorb moisture and lets the garment breath keeping the wearer comfortable. Man made fibres do not absorb moisture and do not let the body breath, hence the wearer can sometimes feel as if they are wrapped in plastic.

Chenille has a pile which helps keeps the wearer warm and a soft cotton underside to keep the wearer comfortable. The imitiation chenille is just bascially a standard polyester or micro fibre cloth brushed to look warmer.

The imitation chenille is mostly made in Turkey and China, although we believe some is made in Pakistan too.