This nightgown has a vintage look with soft stripes and pintucked folds on back and front. The blue XL is roomy, even after a shrinkage of about 10%. The cuffs are loose, buttoned with no pinching elastic. The cut of the gown is like a sleepshirt and not straight across. However, the fabric is NOT flannel. I have two sets of flannel sheets from LLBean so I know what Bean's flannel is like. This is a dobby fabric, attractive but not flannel. Five stars for style, zero stars for not being flannel, two stars overall.