Navy Monk Robe with Grey Scapular | Benedictine-Style Habit

Front view of a navy monk habit with a full-length grey scapular, hood and charcoal rope cincture.

Navy Hooded Monk Robe with Grey Scapular, Benedictine Style Habit

$220.00 USD

A navy habit with a full-length grey scapular and hood, tied with a charcoal rope cincture. For community wear or private prayer. Cut to your size code or your own measurements.

Monk habit sizing

Find the row where your chest and your height both match. Between rows? Size by chest, or choose Made to Measure.

How to measure

Measure over what you will wear underneath, tape level, not pulled tight.

A - Robe length: nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. Ankle length is usual.
B - Chest: around the fullest part, under the arms.
C - Sleeve: centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, down to the wrist bone.
Height: floor to the top of the head, no shoes.

Full guide: How to measure for vestments

Size	Chest (B)	Height	Sleeve (C)	Robe length (A)
S-54	34-37 in	5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 8 in	32 in	54 in
S-56	34-37 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
S-58	34-37 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
M-56	38-41 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
M-58	38-41 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
M-60	38-41 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	60 in
L-56	42-45 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
L-58	42-45 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
L-60	42-45 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	60 in
XL-58	46-49 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	34 in	58 in
XL-60	46-49 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	60 in
XL-62	46-49 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	62 in
2XL-58	50-53 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	33 in	58 in
2XL-60	50-53 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	34 in	60 in
Made to Measure	your own	your own	cut to your figures	cut to your figures

Inches. Chest is your body measurement; the habit is cut with ease over it. Wool adds $70. Made to Measure is priced as the L sizes.

Cloth

Wool adds $70 to the cotton price at every size.

Fabric

Choose your size code above. Open the habit size guide for the chest, height and robe length each code covers.

Tailored to your own measurements, priced at the same step as the L sizes. Take them over what you will wear under the habit.

A Robe length - nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. B Sleeve length - centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, to the wrist.

Measurements are in

Height

Chest

Robe length

Sleeve length

Waist

Neck opening

Anything else we should know

We confirm every measurement by email, and alter or replace the habit if it does not fit.

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Additional information

This item qualifies for free worldwide shipping

Dispatch

5–7 days

Standard

10–15 days. Free on orders of $200 or more

Rush

7–9 days. Choose Rush shipping at checkout

Dispatch and transit are counted separately. Duties, where they apply, are payable on arrival.

Overview

What this habit is

A navy habit with a full-length grey scapular and hood, tied with a charcoal rope cincture. For community wear or private prayer. Cut to your size code or your own measurements.

Why it is chosen

Dispatch

Dispatched within 5–7 days, with tracked delivery worldwide.
Liturgically correct

Navy blue with a grey scapular — worn for daily wear in community, choir and prayer, retreat
Cloth and finish

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth structured drape. Tunic, full-length scapular and hood; wide bell sleeves; charcoal rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head.
Cut to your measurements

Cut to your size code or your own measurements

Details

About this habit

A navy habit with a grey hooded scapular and a charcoal rope cincture, in a structured cotton that holds its shape.

The cut

The habit is built in three pieces: a navy tunic, a grey scapular that runs the full length of the body front and back, and a grey hood set at the top of the scapular. The scapular hangs as a straight panel rather than a shaped one, clearly separate in colour from the tunic beneath it. The hood carries a moderate point and stands up rather than lying flat. The sleeves are wide and bell-shaped, gathered into no cuff at all. A charcoal rope cincture ties at the waist, its tasselled ends dropping to below the knee. No pocket is set into the tunic, and the hem falls plain to the floor; the habit is pulled on over the head, with nothing at the front to fasten.

Cloth and finish

This cotton holds a cleaner line than a soft-draping cloth: it is smooth and matte, with minimal wrinkling and a structured fall closer to flannel than to lightweight cotton. The tunic is navy blue and the scapular and hood are a contrasting grey, so the garment reads as two-tone rather than a single block of colour, with the charcoal cincture picking up the grey rather than the navy.

This habit is made in either cotton or wool, and the choice is yours on this page. Cotton is lighter and breathes in warm weather; wool is heavier and holds more body in the fall of the skirt. The photographs show the cotton. The price changes as soon as you choose the cloth, and again with the size code.

Who wears it

The tunic-scapular-hood construction is generically Benedictine-style, but navy is not a colour any major order keeps; the colouring is our own rather than an order's, though blue of this depth is often linked with Marian devotion in lay tradition. It suits monks and oblates whose community permits this colourway, and lay people who keep a rule of prayer and want a navy habit for it.

Size and fit

There are fourteen size codes to choose between, each one a chest range set against a finished robe length: S takes a 34-37in chest, M 38-41in, L 42-45in, XL 46-49in and 2XL 50-53in, with a length of 54, 56, 58, 60 or 62in measured from the nape of the neck to the hem. Made to Measure, a fifteenth choice, is priced the same as the L sizes. There is no front fastening: the habit goes on over the head.

See more colour-blocked cuts among our religious habits, read the vestment glossary for scapular and cincture terms, and check the measuring guide before ordering.

At a glance

Liturgical use

Daily wear in community, Choir and prayer, Retreat, Marian devotion
Liturgical colour

Navy blue with a grey scapular
Worn by

Monk, Oblate, Lay use — Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening
Cloth

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth structured drape
Construction

Tunic, full-length scapular and hood; wide bell sleeves; charcoal rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head
Dispatch

Dispatched within 5–7 days
Personalisation

Cut to your size code or your own measurements
Made in

Pakistan

Care

Wash this cotton habit on a cool, gentle cycle and dry it away from direct sun so the navy and grey stay even against one another.

Press the scapular from the reverse side if it needs it, and keep the charcoal cincture separate from pale laundry when it is washed.

Product type

Monk Habit

Style

Benedictine in character - tunic, scapular and hood, colouring our own

Liturgical colour

Navy blue with a grey scapular

Material

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth structured drape

Length

54 to 62 in robe length by size code, or cut to your own

Fit

Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening

Construction

Tunic, full-length scapular and hood; wide bell sleeves; charcoal rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head

Worn by

Monk,
Oblate,
Lay use

Customisation

Cut to your size code or your own measurements

Dispatch time

5–7 days

Made in

Pakistan

Monastic dress varies between orders and communities. Where your own custom differs, follow it.

FAQs

Before you order

Does the navy colour have a particular meaning?

It is a colour choice of ours rather than the dress of any order. Blue of this depth is sometimes linked with Marian devotion in lay tradition, but no community's official habit is navy, so treat the colour as a preference rather than a claim.

Is the grey scapular a separate piece or built in?

It is built into the habit as a fixed panel running the full length of the front and back, not a separate piece you add afterward. The hood sits at the top of the same grey panel.

How do I choose my size code?

Each code pairs a chest range with a robe length. The letter is the chest: S is 34-37 in, M is 38-41 in, L is 42-45 in, XL is 46-49 in, 2XL is 50-53 in. The number is the finished robe length in inches, measured from the nape of the neck to the hem.

So a man with a 40 in chest at 5 ft 11 in takes M-58. Open the size guide on this page and read down to the row where your chest and height meet. If you are between two lengths, the longer one gives a fuller hem and the shorter one clears the floor more easily.

What if none of the size codes fits me?

Choose Made to Measure. The measurement fields appear as soon as you select it, and there is no separate made-to-measure charge: it is priced at the same step as the L sizes, in whichever cloth you choose.

It is the right choice if your chest and height fall in different rows, if you are outside the ranges given, if you want a particular hem length, or if you want the sleeves cut narrower or fuller than standard. We read every made-to-measure order and write to you if a figure looks unlikely.

How is the habit worn?

It goes on over the head and falls loose over whatever is worn underneath, so it needs no fastening at the front. The cincture ties at the waist and gathers the fullness; the hood sits back on the shoulders and is drawn up when wanted.

Where a habit has a scapular, that is the straight panel worn over the tunic, hanging front and back, and it goes on after the tunic and before the cincture.

How should the stole be cared for?

We recommend professional dry cleaning for embroidered vestments. Store the stole flat or loosely rolled rather than folded, so no crease forms across the embroidery, and keep it out of direct sunlight to protect the gold thread. The Journal's vestment care guide covers pressing, storage and stain removal in full.

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