A few years ago my brother and I were at the DMV to transact some business and a young woman at the counter was dressed in a black slip. After a minute my brother said, “Somebody stole that poor girl’s dress.”
And supposedly, in some Northern European country, black-haired girls attend high school classes in pajama pants with no underwear.
Maybe year or two ago in a convenience store, I saw a grown man - 30s, at least, wearing pajama pants and a brown leather bomber jacket. So, its not just teens. Its immature people of all ages.
I remember a routine from Jerry Seinfeld about how wearing sweatpants in public showed that you’d given up on dressing properly. Wearing pajama pants in public is probably the same thing.
Before the advent of yoga pants, I would wear pajama pants on road trips. They were much more comfortable to wear when driving long distance than jeans or dress pants. I’m still not particularly worried about what the folks at the gas station or rest stops think of my attire.
Post pandemic - now that everyone pretty much wore PJs or boxers (if that!) at home all day, every day - it wouldn’t surprise me if standards have changed.
That girl at the DMV would say, the standards have slipped!
I’m truly sorry. I’ll show myself out, thanks.
PJs and fuzzy slippers with slouchy socks are gonna be streetwear.
I get this info from the Lil’wrekker. She’s my go to fashion guru.
Me and her just ordered UGGs brand fuzzy slippers at what I call an exorbitant price. $60+.
They are meant to be worn on the street.
Man oh man they’re cute and comfy.
I already dress kinda jammies/ don’t care slouchy, most days.
'Cause I really don’t care.
Oops, @VOW don’t like my fashion sense.
I’m not sure if I can live with the shame.
Nazareth College was a private institution in the Kalamazoo area, now defunct, but it had tunnels connecting dormitory halls to the outer learning buildings. And mostly everyone was in their pjs and robes for morning classes.
If Beck does it, that automatically makes it ok. My problem is that the weight of keys and wallet in the pocket might pull them down enough for someone to see my underwear.
We can’t have that.
Clearly you must then stop wearing underwear. Quick solve.
It might get a mite chilly in the winter time.
Yep. I’m the trend setter on the Dope.
You’re welcome.
Me neither. Tons of teenage girls through mid-age women a decade older than me wandering in their pajamas, but no boys older than elementary age.
Maybe it’s a DC area thing, but I’ve seen it plenty. I think I’ve seen it where our son attends college (Ithaca), but we haven’t actually been able to spend time there since the Pandemic started.
Whatever floats your boat, Beck, Dear.
I think it was the BATHROBE that was the cherry on top for me.
~VOW
I saw pajama pants worn a lot at college. I will say I noticed it more with women than men, but that might be because I notice women more in general. I did see enough men do it, even guys who were “cool,” that I didn’t have any problem doing it myself.
Now, this was only on campus, and usually earlier in the morning. It was just easier sometimes to just get up and go to class, and not worry about getting dressed. The library was also right next door, which is where I went to study and stuff. In my mind, I wasn’t really going “out.” It was more like walking around outside in my neighborhood.
I originaly would even wear my houseshoes out, but that ended after I slipped and fell on my butt. They had little traction, and made my large feet even bigger. It made it easier to fall when going down stairs, which is exactly what happened to me. The stairs at the library were a bit more a bit smaller than the standard you see in most buildings. They were also right out in the open, not in some stairwell, so everyone saw me fall. But I just stood back up and went on my way.
Fortunately, there was an easy fix. I just got some slip on sandals, and started using those. In fact, by the next year, they became my house shoes, as it was never really cold enough to need anything warmer.
Nowadays, I tend to mostly wear more comfortable clothing, and thus I have no problem sleeping in them. The only exception is if I’m wearing more formal clothes. But then I will take them off as soon as I get home.
So, when I wake up, I’m always wearing something decently presentable, allowing me to go out quickly if I need to. It’s not really my habits in that regard which have changed since college, just my clothes.
Summer of Seventy-four. John and I were outside Jean’s house. She came out in flannel PJs . . .
No, that was it. I remained a gentleman, with regrets.
I didn’t want to say anything, but you should know that I have seen London and I have seen France.
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I wear chef’s pants a lot (which are structurally a lot like pyjama pants) and have never experienced an issue or seen it in other people who wear them.