She held her nightdress down as she climbed out of the bed.

NEWYORKER: The Dog

Then, at 10, I realised with appalling clarity that I was still in my nightdress, hair in all directions looking like nothing on earth.

BBC: Patricia Hughes

She spent her 21st birthday on board the rescue ship Carpathia, from where she wrote a letter to her mother, who had remained in Cornwall, saying she had been "thrown" into a lifeboat wearing just her nightdress and boots.

BBC: Cornwall