Average Jane Disapproves

With full awareness that it’s going to make me sound OLD and out of touch, I must weigh in on the latest trend of wearing pajama bottoms out in public:  it looks really stupid.  I’m sure the people who are out and about dressed in brightly patterned flannel think, "I’m comfortable and fashionable."

I have some news for you:  you look like you’ve escaped from a long-term, in-patient care facility.  Or maybe as though you were on your way to a slumber party and your car broke down and – oops! how embarrassing! – you ended up on the street in your PJs.

Take it from someone who lived through the Zubaz fad, weird pants are always a fashion no-no.  Ask anyone with a pair of M.C. Hammer pants in his closet.  I thought we’d made good progress in the past few years on the "sweats should only be worn to, from and at the gym" issue, and now there’s a whole new category of ugly, baggy, unflattering pants creeping into the public eye.

People, the next time you’re considering leaving the house in your pajamas, take a good look at yourself in the mirror.  Your outfit is missing something…some accessory.  When you realize that the most appropriate accessory would be a teddy bear or a well-worn blanket, head back to your closet and put on some jeans.  For everyone’s sake.

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5 responses to “Average Jane Disapproves”

  1. Pharmgirl Avatar
    Pharmgirl

    Fortunately, none of my giant MC Hammer pants from college reside in my closet anymore. I mostly see teens in the PJ pants, and they often top off the look with SLIPPERS! What’s even worse is when you see the 20-somethings + try to pull this off too. How GD lazy do you have to be?

  2. Huts Avatar

    My sister-in-law, who lives with us wore her pajama pants to her work meeting. Granted, it is just Arby’s but get a clue.

  3. Fi Avatar

    It’s really a look that says “I just can’t be bothered”, isn’t it. I wear it to the letterbox to get the newspaper.

  4. Joolie Avatar

    Once when I was extremely hungover and in dire need of eggs and Gatorade, I went to the grocery store in my PJs. I figured I looked and felt so bad it couldn’t possibly matter, but I didn’t anticipate running into my boss in the soda aisle. I haven’t done it since.

  5. kitttkath Avatar
    kitttkath

    Maybe it has something to do with the fat craze.*
    Skinny peeps look better in fat clothes than their overweight counterparts. In some instances, if not all the time.
    *Not beholding to any slur on any statures.
    I see the pants the public clothes themselves with today and think “I wouldn’t be caught dead in them now, but 40 years ago, I might have”.
    First post to your blog Aj!

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