This is a very good question and dates back to when people lived in condition very different from today. There was a time when people did not have central heat and air and houses were very drafty. Double pane windows did not exist. This led to people sleeping in bed clothing. Men and women both wore night gowns. Later pajamas came into fashion and most men opted to go that route while women wear gowns to day for warmth as well as enticement of the opposite sex.
I would say that, yes, nightgowns are considered apparel. Apparel is just anything that you wear.
Nightgowns are more comfortable than pajamas actually, so everybody used to wear them to bed before we decided that men ought to only wear pants.
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The word nightgowns refers to loose garments that are worn to bed.
I was born in 1940. My mother wore nightgowns and as a child, I wore pyjamas.
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One can easily buy and find nightgowns online everywhere. For example like eBay and Amazon are amazing sites to buy simple goods and items such as nightgowns.
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Hudson's Bay, Suttle's & Seawinds, and April Cornell are great Canadian stores that sell quality cotton nightgowns. Also, popular chain stores such as Sears and Marshall's can be found in Canada that sell cotton nightgowns.
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Shadowline nightgowns can be bought from their own website, or from etsy website online. One can also purchase any nightgown from the department stores.