Pyjamas and robes you don’t have to go far, far away for.

A towel, according to Mr Douglas Adams, “is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.” As he puts it in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: “Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.” As vendors of some of the finest towels in the entire universe, we won’t argue with that. In contrast, however, Arthur Dent, the protagonist of the radio comedy and book series, is depicted as someone who is unprepared for even the most basic situations that present themselves in space, given that he is dressed as though he has just stumbled out of bed.

True enough, pyjamas and a dressing gown, even in a strong terry towelling, won’t get you far in some of the more salubrious corners of the cosmos, but if you scale back your ambitions, a good set of sleepwear can prove to be entirely appropriate attire. Assuming you’re in the market for some quality downtime – and, as the party season ramps up to its crescendo, you mercifully soon should be – it pays to be hibernation-ready.

So, box set loaded – we recommend the 1981 BBC television adaptation of Mr Adams’ most celebrated work, but (many) other audio-visual delights are also available – there is simply nothing more luxurious than slipping into a pair of silk pyjamas and doing the square root of nothing. And should you need to stretch your legs and thereby leave the sanctum that is your sofa, this is the moment to reach for your dressing gown. It might not meet the dress code over the furthest side of Alpha Centauri, but it will at least get you as far as the kitchen and back should you require sustenance, say, a hot cup of tea.

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