They used to be called tea gowns many years ago.
Two women in Watteau-backed tea gowns with high sashed waists, 1899.
I'll change into my new tea gown, just until dinner.
"One piece that we sold was a medieval tea gown," she said.
This dress might have been called a tea gown at this time (1900).
His tea gowns are the height of elegance.
Ripley Keswick had gone to his attic to dress himself in tea gowns.
She was dressed in a clinging medieval tea gown of dull blue brocade.
She was particularly known for her draped tea gowns and exotic evening dresses, often using fabrics she had designed herself.
Lucile was most famous for her lingerie, tea gowns, and evening wear.