When I brought my car in for service early this morning I happened to notice a woman there who was wearing pajama bottoms in lieu of pants. This got me to wondering, is it now considered acceptable in mainstream society to walk around in public in one's pajamas?

I know that some young girls today wear clothing in public that might resemble sleepwear [generally when the weather is warm], but this was a grown woman [who I'm estimating was in her early 30's] who was accompanied by her husband, and it was cold outside, so her pajama bottoms really seemed out of place. What do you think?

Unfortunately, this slothful trend is pretty 'acceptable' nowadays, when it should be made illegal.

I've seen it so often, I've lost count.

What non-fashionistas.

i work in (lower end,not saks))retail and see it a lot. mostly teenage and college age girls. i think it depends where you are whether it's appropriate or not. where i work i think it's fine since most people are running in really quickly and then just going home.to me it's the equivalant of wearing sweats.

My son's school's dress code actually states "pajamas may not be worn as outergarments."

i see it all the time in 'errand' places in the evening like the grocery store or blockbuster. isn't it the same as when flip flops all of a sudden became acceptable everywhere instead of just the shower/pool?

Do you mean sweat pants or actual pajama pants? Also, how early in the morning was it?

They were definitely pajama pants, not sweat pants, but she was wearing a sweatshirt with them. As for the time, it was probably around 7:30 in the morning. I know it was early, but I still wouldn't walk into the service area of a busy car dealership in my pj's.

Illegal is perhaps taking things a little too far, don'tya think?

It's commonplace. I don't see the big deal. What's the point of changing if you're just leaving house for on an errand?

Why didn't you get dressed in the first place? I get dressed even if I'm not leaving the house.

People do different things.

Pharaoh in pajamas in the middle of the night

Viet Cong.

Public high schools that I student taught in had pajama day when the seniors showed up in pajamas.
In fact, when I was looking into which public high school to aply to to teach in one described how the students and teachers bonded by BOTH showing up in pajamas on pajama day. I told my mom this and she was horrified. I'm younger so I was less shocked by the pritzus that goes on in society. (Yes-we can argue that that the pjs cover the whole body but to me its prust to wear pjs to school.)

I would say this is only true if the girl is cute. Cute girls can wear whatever they want and get away with it. But, no one wants to see Mo'nique walking around in pajama pants.

no one wants to see Mo'nique walking around in shorts or a tank top either but that's never stopped her before.

I've seen it mostly with girls. I did have one guy in my college class show up in sponge bob pj's one day. Unless there is a new style they were definitely pj's.

Yeah I pretty much had college chicks in mind when I said that I'm ok with it.

Attractive college girls on campus would be one thing. FTR, this woman was not remotely attractive or close to college age, and walking into a car dealership full of men in her pajama pants did look out of place, IMHO. She's certainly entitled to wear whatever she pleases though, I was just curious if this was the new trend.

I had an old hick-ish fat middle-aged white lady in my office at my old job who'd come to work dressed in pretty much pjs. I don't know what else they could be, green pants and a soft white t-shirt with flower-dotted design. I think they were pajamas. I've seen other people from a similar demographic dressed in that kind of outfit at work.

In general, I think some sleepwear designs are really weird and must reveal something about the warped child that lives inside these grown men and women.