The Deluxe Doctoral Gown

The look, feel and quality you would expect from a fully custom gown, but for hundreds of dollars less!

We believe this to be the finest off-the-rack doctoral gown available at any price.

• Deluxed Doctoral / PhD Gown IN STOCK (most sizes most of the time) for quick delivery with your choice of black velvet or PhD blue velvet $320.00
• Finest quality fabric and workmanship
• Very full cut, it falls in graceful folds and is most becoming to all types of figures, both male and female
• Made of Pilgrim Cloth — light weight and practically wrinkle free
• Features 4" Wide, crush resistant, deep pile Ph.D. black or blue velvet front panels which extend over the shoulders and behind the neck and drape down the front of the gown
• Chevrons also made from same deep pile Ph.D black or blue velvet
• Gown is fully tailored with gathered sleeves and finished with a cord and button below the back yoke.

Deluxed Doctoral robe with black velvet or Ph.D blue velvet
IN STOCK (most sizes, most of the time for quick delivery) $320.00

The deluxe doctoral gown is normally IN STOCK in 4 versions:

• Black velvet, no piping @ $320.00 (shown above)
• PhD blue velvet, no piping @ $320.00 (shown above - top)
• Black velvet with gold piping @ $405.00
• PhD blue velvet with gold piping $405.00 (shown below)

Deluxe PhD Gown with Gold Piping
IN STOCK (most sizes, most of the time for quick delivery) $405.00

Doctoral Gowns available with gold piping in your choice of black velvet or blue velvet

Custom made looks at off the rack price makes this one of our most popular gowns

In addition to the 4 IN STOCK versions of the deluxe gown, we can also special make your gown with other color fabrics, velvets or piping.

For example shown below is an Ed.D. gown with black velvet and light blue piping, and a second Ed.D. gown with light blue velvet and gold piping.

Custom gowns generally take about 6 - 8 weeks to make. If you wish to order a customized gown but require it sooner than 6 weeks, we can usually send you a generic doctoral loaner gown (at no charge) while your custom gown is being made, so save you the expense of having to rent. Then when you receive your special made gown, just send the loaner one back to us.

Deluxe Ed.D. Gown black velvet with Light blue Piping

Deluxe Ed.D. Gown Light blue velvet with Gold Piping

Deluxe Gold Crepe gown with black velvet

Available deluxe/custom doctoral gown options include

• Piping added to gown
• Fabric color other than black
• 100% Super 100's Tropical Wool
• Velvet color other than black or Ph.D. black
• 4th Chevron

  Please allow approximately +/- 8 weeks (depending on season) for delivery of customized (non-stock) deluxe gowns. If you would like us to customize your gown, but are in a rush, we may be able to send you a loaner gown for you to wear while your deluxe gown is being customized.

Academic Graduation Hoods for doctors and PhD holders

In addition to your doctoral gown, most peole will need to purchase a doctoral hood. Deluxe doctoral and PhD hoods are available with or without piping. If your doctoral gown has piping, then you will probably wish to order matching piping for your hood.

The velvet of the hood represents your degree. Non Ph.D. doctorates should use the "degree color" of their doctorate. For example

• Ed.D. uses Light Blue velvet
• Law uses Purple velvet
• Medicine uses Hunter Green velvet
• Music uses Pink velvet

• In the case of Ph.D. degrees, Royal blue is used regardless of specialty or field of study.

  So a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) would use Light Blue for the hood
  but a Ph.D. in education would use the darker Royal Blue velvet.

 

For most universities in the USA, the satin lining of your hood normally represents your school's colors. For many international universities, the satin colors may represent the school's colors or may indicate your degree or specialty.

 

Deluxe PhD hood (royal blue velvet) with Gold Piping
$145.00

 

Pricing for Deluxe Doctoral hoods
	with piping				without piping
1	$	160.00			$	145.00

 

(Custom doctoral gown and hood shown above. For more information about our custom doctoral gowns, please contact our office)

 

 

Don't forget your tam!

Together with the gown and hood, you will most likely need a hat.

The most common types of academic hats are either velvet tams or mortarboards.

Although not generally required, most faculty members who have doctoral degrees choose to purchase tams to differentiate themselves from students and non-doctors who normally wear mortarboards. If you do not wish to purchase a tam, then we will be happy to send you a mortarboard and tassel at no charge, upon request.

Tams are available in choice of 4 sided; 6 sided; or 8 sided models, with choice of silky tassel or bullion tassel.

Given a choice between purchasing a better quality gown or using the money for a tam, we normally recommend the better gown, reason being that the gown is a lifetime investment (you will be using it for your entire career) and while you can't upgrade a used plain gown for a fancy deluxe gown, you can always upgrade your mortarboard to a tam at a later date. Still at some point, most faculty members to end up purchasing the tams since they do look so much nicer than the boards.

 

Velvet tam prices

The Faculty Quality Doctoral Gown

A superior quality, fully tailored gown, priced to own!

The faculty gown is our no-frills gown designed to be economical yet unlike student-souvenir gowns, these gowns hold up over time, similar to a rental gown.

The fabric is the same material as the deluxe gown, but the velvet is not as plush, and the sleeves are open style.

Faculty gowns are availble with black fabric and black velvet only. We cannot change the velvet or add piping to these gowns. They are usually available (in stock) in regular sizes and we can also special make these for you in plus sizes.

• Features traditional styling similar to rental gowns, but of superior quality
• Two wide front pleats, two smaller side pleats, and fluted across the back and shoulders.
• Fluting provides fullness to the body of the robe and the sleeves
• Made of Pilgrim Cloth (same fabric as our Deluxe Quality Gown) — light weight and practically wrinkle free
• Comes with traditional mortarboard and tassel upon request, or you can order a tam to go with your gown.
• Serged hems
• Gown is approximately 53" wide in the girth. Full figured (plus size) gowns + 10 inches

 

Prices shown above are for standard sized faculty doctor gowns. These gowns are usually available for immediate shipment.

For full figured gowns (plus sizes), please add $40.00 per plus sized gown. Plus sizing adds an additional 10 inches of material in the girth, and is custom made (+/- 6 week delivery)

Faculty gowns would use the Deluxe hoods shown above.

 

Don't forget your tam! Most faculty members who have doctoral degrees purchase tams to differentiate themselves from students and non-doctors. If you do not wish to purchase a tam, then we will be happy to send you a mortarboard and tassel at no charge, upon request.

Our Souvenir Quality doctoral gowns are designed in a traditional style, featuring velvet panels from the yoke to the hem. Each gown includes full sleeves adorned with three velvet stripes (chevrons) on each arm. These gowns are our most affordable option.

We suggest the souvenir gowns for doctoral graduates pursuing careers outside academia, as they do not require a gown meant for long-term use.

Souvenir doctoral gowns are black with velvet panels and are typically ready for immediate shipment

Full figured (plus size) souvenir gowns are also available, and usually ready for immediate shipment.

Few faculty members opt for Souvenir Quality gowns because they are designed for limited reuse. Instead, they often prefer to purchase deluxe or faculty gowns. However, many graduate students who are not pursuing academic careers prefer Souvenir Quality over rentals because we offer them at prices lower than rental rates, and these gowns are typically worn just once by the students.

We can include a mortarboard and tassel at no charge with purchase or you can purchase a tam to go with your gown.

Order tams here.

We recommend Full Figured (Plus sized) gowns for

• individuals up to 5' 2" who are over 180 pounds;
• individuals up to 5' 5" who are over 220 lbs;
• individuals up to 5' 8" who are over 240 lbs;
• individuals up to 5' 11" who are over 270 lbs;
• or any one over 320 lbs.
• Additionally, heights 6' 9" or taller are considered Full Figured.

If you fit in any of these categories, please be sure to indicate your weight together with your height, and to mention in your order that you require a plus (full figure) gown.