# Is wearing pajamas to school the latest style? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570 "2024-02-14T20:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/1 "2024-02-14T20:58:59Z")
Just like the title says. Now that I’m retired, I’m out and about in the neighborhood when high school kids are walking to and from school. For about the fifth time in the last couple of months, I’ve seen high school girls on their way to class wearing plaid flannel jammie pants. One was wearing bedroom slippers, too. The first time I saw this, I just thought that the girl was late and had no time to change out of nightwear, but now that I’ve seen it several times, I suppose it’s the latest style. Is this your experience? ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/2 "2024-02-14T21:03:52Z")
It’s been going on for years now. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/3 "2024-02-14T21:04:53Z")
I’ve never seen slippers out in the wild, but flannel looking pj pants have been a thing for a long while now. I first saw it over 20 years ago, in a factory of all places. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/4 "2024-02-14T21:07:28Z")
Sebastian Maniscalco does a bit about folks wearing flannel PJs to the airport, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/5 "2024-02-14T21:09:43Z")
Not just school, public places in general! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/6 "2024-02-14T21:14:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > flannel looking pj pants have been a thing for a long while now. I’m way behind the times, then, as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/7 "2024-02-14T21:20:36Z")
Yeah, it’s a thing. The Lil’wrekker was surprised when she graduated college and went to work for a professor working on a higher degree, that she had to wear actual clothes every day. I have bought that girl _‘no telling how much’_ moneys worth of clothes . 🫡 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/8 "2024-02-14T21:21:10Z")
Yeah, my undergrads were doing this at least 10 years ago. I had to take a few aside and let them know that what they were wearing smelled (as did their unbrushed teeth) and that I was getting complaints from their classmates. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/9 "2024-02-14T21:35:38Z")
Seems to be the thing nowadays. The Firebug, who is now a junior in high school, has been wearing PJ pants and a t-shirt to school for years now. (Clean PJ pants and t-shirt though: he showers after getting out of bed, and he’s not the sort to put on slept-in PJs after showering. Kid has good hygiene.) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/10 "2024-02-14T21:43:14Z")
It seems the pajama pants and yoga style pants are made so much better now. I wear leggings that are meant for gym wear all the time. I’ve worn PJ pants to dialysis many times. Not flannel though. I find flannel unpleasant on my skin. I wear the knit ones I have some fuzzy ones. I don’t wear them any where outside the house. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/11 "2024-02-14T22:24:54Z")
Work in a high school, can confirm. I’d never wear slippers to school-what if you have to get somewhere fast? And curiously it’s usually the female students. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/12 "2024-02-14T22:28:26Z")
I think the same thing about slippers. High heels, boots. Most anything but sneakers are coming off if I gotta run. I wear Crocs all the time nowadays. I imagine they’re coming off too. Not that I could run very fast or very far in my state. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/13 "2024-02-14T22:34:08Z")
I was in high school 20 years ago and it was fairly common to see people wearing pajama bottoms and hoodies or t-shirts to school. I seem to recall it being more of a thing in winter months. Same when I was teaching about 10 years ago. I did notice that it was less common when I started working in TX than it was when I was working in PA, but it is still a thing around here on colder days. I remember some folks wearing slippers because I remember taking note of the cool looking ones that had half of a stuffed animal on the toe but I don’t remember how common it was. Pjs and sweats were very common in college. I went to college in a cold city so folks would wear boots or sneakers instead of slippers. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/14 "2024-02-15T00:49:33Z")
> [@sunacres](#): > > Sebastian Maniscalco does a bit about folks wearing flannel PJs to the airport, too. Of all the public places to wear flannel PJs, the airport makes the _most_ sense! You are going to be stuck sitting in a small seat for many hours without much ability to move around. Wearing loose, comfortable pajama bottoms seems perfectly logical. Especially if you are planning on sleeping anyway! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/15 "2024-02-15T02:48:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Not that I could run very fast or very far in my state The hell is wrong with Arkansas for running? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/16 "2024-02-15T02:59:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It seems the pajama pants and yoga style pants are made so much better now. I don’t know about _now_. Never leave home without your pajamas, embroidered shoes, and cheetahs: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Cheetahs_nawab_oudh1844.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Cheetahs_nawab_oudh1844.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/17 "2024-02-15T03:02:06Z")
Cheetahs in cloaks, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/18 "2024-02-15T03:03:53Z")
The state of Beck. Not Arkansas. You funny, Carni\* Nickname\* ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/19 "2024-02-15T03:15:43Z")
After someone mentioned wearing PJs outside in another thread, I’ve been noticing high schoolers and middle schoolers every day walking to and from school in PJ bottoms. Mostly all boys. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570/20 "2024-02-15T05:33:54Z")
I spent too many years of my life supervising kids in PJs who were waiting for their parents to come bring them actual clothing to wear. (From my point of view, the main reason dress code violations were “a distraction from the learning process,” which was the rationale for the dress code, was the disruption enforcement caused.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-pajamas-to-school-the-latest-style/997570.md?page=2)