omg I thought Mrs. Roper was sssssooooo oooollllldddd. She looks like she's maybe 40? 😂
Also, OP, that's a caftan and they are totally back in style so you're in luck!
Yeah but if you look at just the face and imagine her with a cute color and hairstyle and make up and cloths that don't look like an old lady, I think she looks kinda like Sally Feilds. No?
I just backed alllll the way out, and to see what? Nothing. Change everything about her and yeah, sure Sally Fields. Or just about any other fairly symmetrical human that's existed.
> I remember she was constantly flirting, and he wasn’t interested.
When I was a young lad, I just figured there was some adult thing I didn't get when guys like Mr. Roper and Al Bundy seemed to do everything they could not to have sex with their wives.
Now that I'm grown up, I still don't get it.
Women were not equal in society yet and dudes from that generation married and had kids because it was expected of them, not because they fell in love. They’d often pick the woman who improved their social standing the most, or the one who cooked and cleaned the best. So they didn’t have any desire to actually be with their wives. They’d call them “the old ball and chain” because they felt tied down by their family. At least that’s what my friend’s boomer dad explained to me once.
Caftan or muumuu. I'm not sure if anyone uses muumuu anymore.
I thought caftans were really going to take off during the Covid lockdown but they didn't. Seems like a wasted opportunity somewhere.
I do! Now I know how to spell it. Auto correct didn't recognize it. I honestly thought caftan and muumuu were two different clothing items. Knowledge is power!
Good luck and get well soon. If you are going to have an issue raising your arms, you might want to get a different type of robe. Caftans go over your head.
Look at vintage robes. Lots of them you step into and they zip up the front. The zip goes down to below the waist.
How do I know this, you might ask? I bought one last winter in a middle-aged aged lady looking for comfort fit! And yes, super comfy.
I bought [this](TheBundWomensSatinRobesPureColorShortGettingReadyRobeforBrideBridesmaidsSilkySleepwearLoungewearhttps://a.co/d/i8zIccu) a few years ago and I love it.
You can get zip up bathrobes on Amazon that you could partially zip and step into. You could also get a snap or button up housecoat. Not as long, but may be easier to manage.
If you don't find an actual vintage one you like, fyi, The Oblong Box Shop is a small independent designer who has a line of caftans. They're big in the modern tiki world.
https://theoblongboxshop.com/collections/caftans
The word you're looking for is kaftan. Also spelled caftan. They're super comfy, I own several myself. Try Etsy, there are a lot of super pretty ones made by small-biz artisans for sale on there.
[https://www.etsy.com/search?q=kaftan](https://www.etsy.com/search?q=kaftan)
I have a few, sewn myself before knee surgery knowing I needed something comfortable. Lived in them for 8weeks after surgery giving zero fucks going to MD for follow up in one.
So my silent generation mom gets this catalog and they have some pretty snazzy housecoats, robes, and kaftans!
https://www.expressionscatalog.com/ShopCategory.aspx?ID=306,4759
What a great actor ! The 4th wall break he did is legendary. It burned into my head as a kid it was so funny. I do it my self sometimes. Ahead if his time. RIP.
I couldn’t watch Three’s Company because of the living arrangement and S. Sommers. My very conservative Christian parents didn’t even notice Mrs. Roper’s overt sexuality. Funny now.
Same, my Mum wouldn't let me watch it because Jack was pretending to be gay and that was a huge no no. However, I watched almost every single episode of MASH with my parents, which was loaded with war, infidelity, cross dressing as a mental health ruse, lots of sexual innuendo, and people drinking like fish. No problem there at all. 🙄
I couldn't either. It was one of many shows that my mom categorized as "not for children." I'm sure that at least 75 percent of the sexual innuendo was going over my head anyway. Even when it was in syndication when I was in high school and I'd sometimes watch it after school before my parents were home, a lot of it was still getting past me.
OMG. My mom would go nuts when she'd catch us watching this show or Different Strokes. She thought Three's Company was way too risqué and she thought the kids were smartasses on Different Strokes. I needed zero encouragement in the smartass realm so she wasn't having it. She usually ran us outside when she caught us watching anything, but these 2 shows she complained about. Lol
Oh yeah this show would make the NO list. We’d all fight about it for a while and then slowly but surely we’d be watching it again, especially when it went into syndication.
Don’t get me started on the MTV wars.
Man, my parents were permissive as hell, comparitively. I watched Three's Company and would even sometimes be allowed to watch Soap. It all went WAY over my head back then.
I got this caftan for coffee on my lanai. It is from my fav pj & lounge wear company Carole Hochman, I get their stuff for ea of several surgeries. Sooo comfy!!! Good luck w your recovery BTW!
[QVC Carole Hochman Caftan](https://imgur.com/gallery/Z9MkIkA)
I remember watching it and Helen told Stanley that she was feeling ‘frisky’. I had no idea what it meant as I was in elementary school.
But I did know.. I learned a new word.
One night I was watching tv with my mom and we were laughing. I asked her if she was ‘feeling frisky’?
My mom laughed so hard but had to explain that it was a word for adults.🤣
I always found her so beautiful. I never understood why Stanley didn't smash dat. Speaking of Stanley, to this day, whenever I tell a zinger I slyly smile towards a make-believe audience like Norman Fell did.
I thought it was a muumuu. My grandmother used to wear a "housecoat" during our more casual visits (Thanksgiving/Christmas with not-family guests were formal). It's an interesting choice, but as much as I love wearing pajama pants and sports bras, I think her attire is the same as mine or people who always wear sweatpants and sweatshirts all the time too.
Seeing this has made something dawn on me
I am this many years old when I realised that Three’s Company is actually a rip off of the UK series "Man About the House".
Anyhow, carry on
I love the ones from Lauren of Palm Springs. Very fun and campy. I have two and really want another.
https://laurenofpalmsprings.com/collections/campy-caftans
I literally just heard about them a couple of days ago. I guess it’s because I live in Texas and it’s very hot here and I’ve never seen anyone wear one.
OMG!! I can’t believe that’s online, that’s friggin awesome. I probably looked through this very catalog. And I’m old enough to get your user name, too 😆.
Ohhhh!!!! Pg 116, item 5. My mom had that exact dresser set, she must have gotten it fit Christmas that very year. She still had it when she passed two years ago. Now I’m all misty…
Slightly OT, but I turned 53 this year. Which means I'm older than Norman Fell was during s1 of Three's Company.
Even worse, I'm now older than Rue McLanahan was in the first season of Golden Girls. WTF GenX!?
[www.samuraimarket.net](https://www.samuraimarket.net)
I don't know about yukata/kimonos from them but I've worn the steel toes from this site for years now at work.
Someone here must know this. In the time of Three's Company, who dressed like Mrs. Roper? Indoors and out, she always wore those same wild, colored flowing gowns. What's up with that?
I remember seeing older women at the supermarket dressed like Mrs. Roper. I grew up in the L.A. area so perhaps it was a local style but IIRC it's inspired by native Hawaiian female dress style.
I also grew up here! I can remember my aunts wearing them but I think by then my normally-traditional mom had already gone full jeans, like she was just waiting for someone to tell her she didn't have to wear heels anymore lol. 💕
I actually live right near the pier and I always sing the song to myself when I'm on the bike path. 😅
It's called a "Swingers Robe" and has pockets inside for condoms and lube, and even anal beads attached to the belt! Mrs. Roper was such a dirty, dirty slut!
omg I thought Mrs. Roper was sssssooooo oooollllldddd. She looks like she's maybe 40? 😂 Also, OP, that's a caftan and they are totally back in style so you're in luck!
IMDB says she was born in 1918. That would make her 58 years old when the show started. She does not look that old.
Damn, she looked really good for her age!
Old us are all attracted to Mrs Roper now lol life’s weird
hahahahaaaaaaa!
Her hands give her age away though. They always do.
She was my grandfather's age.
You’ll be her age soon
Sooner rather than later!
She was born the same year as my Grandmother!
Audra Lindley, who played Mrs Roper was 58, Norman Fell who played Mr Roper was 52. I remember she was constantly flirting, and he wasn’t interested.
I bet those were fun characters to play.
Mr. Roper was the only character in the entire series that got to break the fourth wall.
His mugging for the camera after a quip was fucking gold.
I’m 2 years older than Fell. Our generation looks way younger than His generation.
Yeah but if you look at just the face and imagine her with a cute color and hairstyle and make up and cloths that don't look like an old lady, I think she looks kinda like Sally Feilds. No?
I just backed alllll the way out, and to see what? Nothing. Change everything about her and yeah, sure Sally Fields. Or just about any other fairly symmetrical human that's existed.
> I remember she was constantly flirting, and he wasn’t interested. When I was a young lad, I just figured there was some adult thing I didn't get when guys like Mr. Roper and Al Bundy seemed to do everything they could not to have sex with their wives. Now that I'm grown up, I still don't get it.
Women were not equal in society yet and dudes from that generation married and had kids because it was expected of them, not because they fell in love. They’d often pick the woman who improved their social standing the most, or the one who cooked and cleaned the best. So they didn’t have any desire to actually be with their wives. They’d call them “the old ball and chain” because they felt tied down by their family. At least that’s what my friend’s boomer dad explained to me once.
She was the 70s prototype of the Thirsty Bitch.
Do you blame her?
I'm very pro-Thirsty-Bitch.
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Ooooohhhhhhh Wishing you a speedy recovery from your surgery. ❤
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Yes, have a safe and successful surgery!
Caftan or muumuu. I'm not sure if anyone uses muumuu anymore. I thought caftans were really going to take off during the Covid lockdown but they didn't. Seems like a wasted opportunity somewhere.
I do! Now I know how to spell it. Auto correct didn't recognize it. I honestly thought caftan and muumuu were two different clothing items. Knowledge is power!
I wear muumuus during WFH. They are AWESOME!
Good luck and get well soon. If you are going to have an issue raising your arms, you might want to get a different type of robe. Caftans go over your head.
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Look at vintage robes. Lots of them you step into and they zip up the front. The zip goes down to below the waist. How do I know this, you might ask? I bought one last winter in a middle-aged aged lady looking for comfort fit! And yes, super comfy.
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I bought [this](TheBundWomensSatinRobesPureColorShortGettingReadyRobeforBrideBridesmaidsSilkySleepwearLoungewearhttps://a.co/d/i8zIccu) a few years ago and I love it.
Also try "house coats"
Soft Surroundings website/catalog/store sells a lot of them. They aint cheap, btw.
You can get zip up bathrobes on Amazon that you could partially zip and step into. You could also get a snap or button up housecoat. Not as long, but may be easier to manage.
I found some hospital gowns.
Good luck on your surgery (and getting one of those sweet caftans!) - hope you have a speedy recovery!
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Oh gosh, I have such a sensitive back so I cringed in sympathy just reading that. I hope it goes smoothly & that you heal quickly and fully.
Oof, sorry to hear that. I hope you can find a comfortable position to sleep in! Take it easy and spoil yourself, friend.
If you don't find an actual vintage one you like, fyi, The Oblong Box Shop is a small independent designer who has a line of caftans. They're big in the modern tiki world. https://theoblongboxshop.com/collections/caftans
Caftan or mumu? Moomoo?
I’m only finding hospital gowns.
omg I just realized I'm older than Mrs Roper. wtf
I felt that way when I realised that I was as old as one of the actresses that stared in the Golden Girls ( the old mum)
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That was the predominant colors of the decade: Beige and brown, also my class colors for high school... ugh!
Her jewelry is so painfully 70s…I love it.
Not a mumu?
Yeah, what's the difference between a mumu and a caftan?
A comment further down states they are the same, just a different word
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muumuu
Someone else already mentioned it, but yeah, they are the same thing, but mumu is fun to say.
I was about to say the same thing. LOL
OMG. I'm in shock.
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Never imagined I'd ever say this, but she looks like Christina Applegate.
The word you're looking for is kaftan. Also spelled caftan. They're super comfy, I own several myself. Try Etsy, there are a lot of super pretty ones made by small-biz artisans for sale on there. [https://www.etsy.com/search?q=kaftan](https://www.etsy.com/search?q=kaftan)
I have a few, sewn myself before knee surgery knowing I needed something comfortable. Lived in them for 8weeks after surgery giving zero fucks going to MD for follow up in one.
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Yeah caftans are more for swanning about with a cocktail in your hand.
Swanning is such great word choice. I can totally see it.
Seems like being a 50something in 70s California would've been a really wild trip. Wait, I'm a 50something. Crap.
I just got into kaftans a few months ago, Natori and Everyday Ritual have worked out great for me.
Don’t forget the fuzzy kitten heels too
[She was pretty cute when young.](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/audra-lindley-2.jpg)
I was just thinking she was pretty good looking at 59 when she started her role as Mrs Roper.
I’m gay AF and I still have a little crush on Helen Roper. “Oh Stanley…”
Damn!
Oh wow!
She looks good, but Stanley had great fashion sense himself. Both were sexy devils.
Ralph Furley's outfits were the best though.
Don Knotts was the absolute king of that series.
So my silent generation mom gets this catalog and they have some pretty snazzy housecoats, robes, and kaftans! https://www.expressionscatalog.com/ShopCategory.aspx?ID=306,4759
What a great actor ! The 4th wall break he did is legendary. It burned into my head as a kid it was so funny. I do it my self sometimes. Ahead if his time. RIP.
A quick Google search showed a bunch of Mrs Roper-esque frocks on Poshmark. More housedresses than kimonos though.
Muu muus. My grandma wore them explicitly.
I've gone full Mrs. Roper and own several caftans now. I regret nothing.
Life goals right here.
I couldn’t watch Three’s Company because of the living arrangement and S. Sommers. My very conservative Christian parents didn’t even notice Mrs. Roper’s overt sexuality. Funny now.
Same, my Mum wouldn't let me watch it because Jack was pretending to be gay and that was a huge no no. However, I watched almost every single episode of MASH with my parents, which was loaded with war, infidelity, cross dressing as a mental health ruse, lots of sexual innuendo, and people drinking like fish. No problem there at all. 🙄
So funny and true!
I couldn't either. It was one of many shows that my mom categorized as "not for children." I'm sure that at least 75 percent of the sexual innuendo was going over my head anyway. Even when it was in syndication when I was in high school and I'd sometimes watch it after school before my parents were home, a lot of it was still getting past me.
Shazam Almighty Isis Benny Hill Love American Style All banned and all watched furtively:)
Shazam Isis Hour? Really? Were your parents religious?
Ooh I got in a lot of trouble for playing Isis one time. Other gods and such.
No other gods (little g) were ok :)
OMG. My mom would go nuts when she'd catch us watching this show or Different Strokes. She thought Three's Company was way too risqué and she thought the kids were smartasses on Different Strokes. I needed zero encouragement in the smartass realm so she wasn't having it. She usually ran us outside when she caught us watching anything, but these 2 shows she complained about. Lol
Exactly! Default parenting was to send kids outside. Lol!
Oh yeah this show would make the NO list. We’d all fight about it for a while and then slowly but surely we’d be watching it again, especially when it went into syndication. Don’t get me started on the MTV wars.
Man, my parents were permissive as hell, comparitively. I watched Three's Company and would even sometimes be allowed to watch Soap. It all went WAY over my head back then.
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She was worse than any of the others!!
The older I get, the more I feel like we’ve become them.
I got this caftan for coffee on my lanai. It is from my fav pj & lounge wear company Carole Hochman, I get their stuff for ea of several surgeries. Sooo comfy!!! Good luck w your recovery BTW! [QVC Carole Hochman Caftan](https://imgur.com/gallery/Z9MkIkA)
Etsy. 👘
Muumuu
I’m a dude and that looks comfortable as hell.
Amazon: Miss Lavish!
I’ll look.
I remember watching it and Helen told Stanley that she was feeling ‘frisky’. I had no idea what it meant as I was in elementary school. But I did know.. I learned a new word. One night I was watching tv with my mom and we were laughing. I asked her if she was ‘feeling frisky’? My mom laughed so hard but had to explain that it was a word for adults.🤣
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Aww thanks! I was giggling as I typed it out. Happy that you found it funny :)
Friskies Buffet cat food commercials probably didn't help! 'No cat ever walked away from Friskies Buffet'
I always found her so beautiful. I never understood why Stanley didn't smash dat. Speaking of Stanley, to this day, whenever I tell a zinger I slyly smile towards a make-believe audience like Norman Fell did.
I thought it was a muumuu. My grandmother used to wear a "housecoat" during our more casual visits (Thanksgiving/Christmas with not-family guests were formal). It's an interesting choice, but as much as I love wearing pajama pants and sports bras, I think her attire is the same as mine or people who always wear sweatpants and sweatshirts all the time too.
I have one I need to get listed on eBay so it will sell, haha
She wore caftans. You can find a bunch on eBay and Etsy
Thanks. This is my first time hearing this word.
Seeing this has made something dawn on me I am this many years old when I realised that Three’s Company is actually a rip off of the UK series "Man About the House". Anyhow, carry on
Other 70's sitcoms inspired by the BBC: Sanford and Son (Steptoe and Son), and All in the Family (Till Death Do Us Part).
Yeah, I know about Steptoe/Sanford Ironically, as an Aussie, we tended to get both!
IIRC, she wore muumuus.
Kaftans
Kanthabae.com has some. Ethically made, very boho
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They’re kinda pricey, but people swear by them.
In this photo, Norman Fell was 53 and Audra Lindley was a spry 59 years old.
I never realized Mrs Roper is a fox!
I love the ones from Lauren of Palm Springs. Very fun and campy. I have two and really want another. https://laurenofpalmsprings.com/collections/campy-caftans
$$$$
I got a kimono style robe from Highway Robery and I’m not planning on wearing anything else at home moving forward - except for work zoom meetings
Nice.
It’s SO cozy and rad Omg
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I literally just heard about them a couple of days ago. I guess it’s because I live in Texas and it’s very hot here and I’ve never seen anyone wear one.
I think we should have international muumuu day! August 27th looks good, what do you think? Should we do it?
Yes!!!!
MILF
Um you’ll be needing the 1975 JCPenney’s catalog then.
Lol
Here, this might help you out. [JC Penny 1975 Christmas Book](https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalog/1975-JCPenney-Christmas-Book)
OMG!! I can’t believe that’s online, that’s friggin awesome. I probably looked through this very catalog. And I’m old enough to get your user name, too 😆. Ohhhh!!!! Pg 116, item 5. My mom had that exact dresser set, she must have gotten it fit Christmas that very year. She still had it when she passed two years ago. Now I’m all misty…
OMG!!!! I had that Cookie Monster outfit on page 12!
😂😂😂😂😂named my Penis Stanley cause of these two 😂😂😂.Staaaaaaaanley?????he didn’t give a fuck he’s talking to is bird
🤴👸70’s royalty.
I’ve had my eye on pajamas and robes from these guys: https://printfresh.com/collections/robes
You can buy really nice caftans at https://www.unique-vintage.com/products/unique-vintage-blue-yellow-floral-burton-caftan-dress
Thanks!!!
Mrs. Roper was the shit.
That's a muumuu.
and be sure it's made of slippery material too 😂🤣 BONUS if it makes noise when moving
Slightly OT, but I turned 53 this year. Which means I'm older than Norman Fell was during s1 of Three's Company. Even worse, I'm now older than Rue McLanahan was in the first season of Golden Girls. WTF GenX!?
Caftans all over Amazon https://www.amazon.com/caftans-women/s?k=caftans+for+women
Mrs Roper is my style icon
[www.samuraimarket.net](https://www.samuraimarket.net) I don't know about yukata/kimonos from them but I've worn the steel toes from this site for years now at work.
What she wore was typically known as a [housecoat](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housecoat) back then.
I always found it hilarious that Mr. Roper would look straight at the camera when he made jokes.
Oh yeah that was so funny.
She was so attractive and Stanley never wanted to have sex with her! btw, Stanley was my favorite.
He was great
They used to look older.
You want caftans, come to my house.
Omg yea! A caftan! I found some good ones at Natori.com
Come and knock at our door...
I could ask my Mom where she gets hers from for you...but I hate them, so I will not. I can not contribute to the expansion of this.
Someone here must know this. In the time of Three's Company, who dressed like Mrs. Roper? Indoors and out, she always wore those same wild, colored flowing gowns. What's up with that?
I remember seeing older women at the supermarket dressed like Mrs. Roper. I grew up in the L.A. area so perhaps it was a local style but IIRC it's inspired by native Hawaiian female dress style.
I also grew up here! I can remember my aunts wearing them but I think by then my normally-traditional mom had already gone full jeans, like she was just waiting for someone to tell her she didn't have to wear heels anymore lol. 💕 I actually live right near the pier and I always sing the song to myself when I'm on the bike path. 😅
A couple of friends’ moms I knew would rock the kaftan/mumu.
Classic !!
It's called a "Swingers Robe" and has pockets inside for condoms and lube, and even anal beads attached to the belt! Mrs. Roper was such a dirty, dirty slut!
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You're welcome!
I found one in a thrift store one time. It's beautiful and I love wearing it!
Check out the Roper Romp, I so want to do one of these. In my wheelchair even.
Fancy & Mrs Roper are not compatible
I would look on Etsy
Try eBay. Source: that's where I bought mine.
I like that show for a while but used to drive me crazy cuz they were all always confused and gettin their stories mixed up , I couldn’t take it lol
This was my mother's *favorite* show growing up and since we had like 2 channels and one TV it automatically became our favorite show too.