Are pajamas passé?

Not according to the latest Lands’ End catalog, sporting a full-on pajama party!

(I own pajamas, but mainly wear them in the morning when cold, or if I’m wanting to be covered up in bed clothes to make others feel more comfortable.)

I sleep in night gowns. My son and his wife wear pajamas to the store.
My husband wears pajamas rather than turn up the heat.
My grandsons wear nothing to bed.

Traditional pajamas with the buttoned, collared shirt that are often in flannel fabric or cotton fabric, no.

What is sold as “pajamas” now is not the traditional type that I am guessing you’re referring to. The traditional type are the type that Bob Newhart wore and the Odd Couple wore.

People still wear them, as evidenced by those worn by many shoppers at Wal-Mart.

My assumption, when you say “real” pajamas, is that you are referring to this type:

https://www.brooksbrothers.com/Plaid-Cotton-Broadcloth-Pajamas/MN00371,default,pd.html?dwvar_MN00371_Color=RED&contentpos=27&cgid=0227

That was the type I was referring to when I mentioned the type that would have been worn by Bob Newhart or the Odd Couple. These are not popular except maybe, it seems, for older people. This traditional type is not the type worn by people in Walmart or most people.

@filmfann, I never heard of this. People shopping in their pajamas? What?

@Jeruba It happens. I’ve seen it. I’ve even seen my daughter do it, repeatedly.

When I worked for vendors who sell “pajamas” we used the terms sleepwear and loungewear. Sleepwear were garments that were obviously for sleep and not the street. Loungewear, you could wear around the house and still answer the door, but also wear to sleep. You probably could get away with wearing it to the grocery store too, although it’s pushing it a little if you do.

I have pajamas (sleepwear) and loungewear and also t-shirts that I use for sleep. I have a mix of everything. Right now, I’m in a gap long-sleeve t and Nautica pajama pants.

Every so often I think of getting rid of my mismatched sleep clothing and buying some really nice loungewear and sleepwear, but I never get rid of it all, because so many articles of clothing are so comfy and still function fine.

Recently, I bought 5 MSU (my school) garments to sleep in and walk around the house in. I could go outside of my house too, except the only problem is the pants shrank up so they are a weird length. I hate that. Almost all pajama pants are short on me.

I always wear pyjamas at night unless it is unusually warm, when I wear boxers.

My wife and daughter and the dogs wear pajamas to bed. The dogs are more traditional looking. My wife’s would be called “sleepwear”, as @JLeslie mentioned, and my daughter wears pajama bottoms with a tee shirt.

I just we’re beat up sweat shorts and tee shirts that get downgraded from my regular clothes over time.

@Jeruba: Come to campus with me one day. By midterms, about 40% of my students come to class in pajama bottoms and tee/sweat shirts. Most with sneakers, a couple in slippers too.

I do not. I sleep in a Tshirt and shorts. My older sister sleeps in PJs though.

One problem is sometimes the matching pajama shirt makes no sense. Too often tank tops and long pajama bottoms are paired together in the store. My arms are the part of my body that is often outside of the covers. Wearing a tank top my arms are freezing. So I might buy the bottom and use a different shirt.

@cookieman Lol. When I lived on campus so many kids (adults?) walked around in the oddest things. Many girls wore leggings with boxer shorts over them and sweatshirts. I remember when I first saw that I thought WTH?? But, in Michigan they would wear leggings under everything; under short skirts, long skirts, shorts, and even boxer shorts. It wasn’t unheard of to wear that boxer shirt get up to the cafeteria, but I don’t think I ever saw it in class.

Boxer short get-up.

@JLeslie: Freshman are the best because they all start school fresh-faced, nicely scrubbed, hair done, even some makeup. They wear “real” daytime clothes. Jeans, leggings, skirts, nice shirts and sweaters. They are all trying to be put together and professional.

This lasts between 6 to 8 weeks. Then they start skipping steps. Less put together. A little sloppier. By the end of the semester, there’s a good handful that look like they just rolled out of bed and haven’t seen a brush or toothbrush in over a week. It’s so bad.

Come sophomore year (assuming they haven’t dropped out), it’s about 40% pajama/tee/sweat shirts and the rest are jeans or leggings and hoodies. Maybe one or two students still manage to dress nicely.

My girlfriend, who wears pajamas to bed all the time, is in the habit of giving new jammies as Christmas presents to everyone in the family. She has given me flannel jammies twice in the last three years.

I never wear them to bed, but since Covid I wear the bottoms while working from home.

My previous girlfriend always wears oversize t-shirts to sleep in. She is tiny (size 2, five foot one) but will wear a man’s extra large t shirt as a nightshirt.

@cookieman I don’t remember what state you are in. I started college at community college in MD, but then I transferred to Michigan State, and back then the fall term started the third week in September. Only a few weeks of warm left and then you had to deal with crossing the frozen tundra to get to class. I started in some skirts and even heals, but I have to say most of the freshman right off the bat from in-state were already in very comfy clothing. They did “dress” a little to go out to the bars.

One guy I dated for a short time, before we started dating he didn’t recognize me at first when he saw me out dancing one time, and we talked now and then in class sitting right next to each other. Amazing what make-up, hairspray, and a tight dress can do.

Anyway, weather dictated a lot when it came to the clothing.

I wear pajamas. :) Only during the cooler part of the year (otherwise I will sleep in a T-shirt and underwear), but now, in December, I’ve been wearing my Ralph Lauren pajamas that I got for Christmas a couple years ago.

Being all retired and shit I dress comfortable. Really comfortably. I just go to bed in what ever I have on. Maybe after I get warm I take off my sweatshirt (regular shirt underneath) and my comfy slicks.

No. I use pajamas and gowns for lounging but don’t sleep in them.

Now I want new jammies a la Leave It To Beaver.

Generally I sleep in flannel jammie bottoms and light sweatshiets or long-sleeved tee’s.

Hell no. I put on comfortable PJ bottom and top when I want to get comfortable before bed and spend a few hours winding down with a book, a chat with a guest, or watching a show.
Similar to having good bedding, I love having comfortable clothing to settle into the final hours before bed. I do this when visiting family and close friends also.
I however do not sleep in them. That Is where having great bedding comes into play.