Going out shopping in your pyjamas

[NicolaDeLaHaye]

AIBU to think it's lazy and slovenly?

Indeed! MN S&B threads are full of requests for advice for outfits for weddings, interviews, funerals, parties, whatever... simplify life!

I have yet to see a person (or family) wearing PJs in public who look fresh and clean. Invariably they look unkempt with unwashed hair.

When I visit my DD in her offices of one of the Big Four, I have yet to see anyone wearing PJs with unwashed hair.

Agree with this. It’s lazy, inappropriate, disrespectful and sloppy.

I’d like to believe that I and everyone else is this logical , but humans haven’t evolved this way, we make a lot of unconscious decisions based on what we see and we’re highly socially conditioned. We can try to override the unconscious biological hardwiring and social conditioning but it won’t be easy.

Funny thread - a bride asking for advice on bridesmaids dresses. She's posted an image of a dress which most think looks like a nightie! That would be fine for some on here!

Yes. I've just slipped into my wetsuit prior to going to bed. Tomorrow I shall be wearing my favourite chicken costume to drive my Aunt to her MRI scan. I'm sure her consultant won't even bat an eyelid and won't harbour any misgivings, whatsoever, about my abilities to discuss her treatments coherently.

clothing is symbolic and always has been.

If you don’t comprehend that, we can’t help you. Perhaps try reading up on the history of clothing and fashion.

clothing is symbolic and always has been.

If you don’t comprehend that, we can’t help you. Perhaps try reading up on the history of clothing and fashion.

clothing is symbolic and always has been.

If you don’t comprehend that, we can’t help you. Perhaps try reading up on the history of clothing and fashion.

If anyone’s seen the sitcom “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia” there is an odd family who go around in their pjs, nighties & dressing gowns !
to be fair I’m going to try not to judge someone out shopping in their pjs, we don’t know their life . I personally wouldn’t . Imagine bumping into your colleague or someone !

I think cinema in pyjamas sounds like fun! I might try it. Maybe take the whole family in PJs, actually.

What about ruched bum crack leggings ( scrunch pants)? I’m sure plenty of people re-use them the next day - and just think where that scrunch has been rammed.

But I guess those wearers are “dressed.” Yet for me they really do show how much society has “regressed.”

Personally I wouldn’t go out in pjs, although I do feel with people now wearing things like tshirt and baggies to bed the line has got quite blurred. I don’t really believe people go out in a camisole style negligee.

What I really cannot imagine, however, is waking and thinking “I know: before leaving the house I shall encase my buttocks in stretch fabric so they hang in profile either side of a vigorous pucker up my crack.” Now that really is debauched and I cannot see how “ being dressed” in that circumstance is demonstrating any more self respect than a long sleeve t shirt and baggies.

Just out of interest, where do kids come into this? I.e. is it acceptable for kids to wear pyjamas in public? I would say that it's acceptable in more circumstances than it is for adults. For example when they're sick and you need to dash to the shop for Calpol, or when they're going for a swimming lesson so you put their onesie on over their swimming costume.

Or a onesie on a one year old? 6 month old?

Oh absolutely - all in one "sleep suits" are fair game for all situations until about 12 months old in my opinion!

I sleep in a nightshirt which is clearly not appropriate for outdoors, but right now I am in navy jogging trousers, a white t-shirt and knitted socks with Birkenstock clogs. Most evenings I am in similar give or take a layer. Absolutely not my usual “outside clothes” but I think fine for popping to 24h Tesco if desperate.

I do this fairly regularly!

I don’t consider myself scummy but maybe I am 😂

it not a fully shop, would be for milk/bread and usually the corner shop down the road but I have been known to go to Aldi for a ‘big milk’ 😆

I try to choose ‘loungewear’ or black pj bottoms and put on a coat/hoody. So it’s disguised somewhat. But if I’d had a shower and got my pjs on, they aren’t coming off when I realise the teens have finished the milk again!

I buy some nice pieces of fabric’. Dressing nicely makes me feel good.

I shower, moisturise all over and
get dressed before coming downstairs.

What is nice is that from time to time,
spontaneously, my husband will say ‘you look nice’ and from time to time I will say the same to him.

A nice start to the day!

I think it very much depends on if you like clothes or not. I really love clothes, follow style blogs, I love shopping, thinking about what to buy, how to put an outfit together, what colours to wear, etc.
Obviously for some people it is just "pieces of fabric". We're all different.
However, I do think getting dressed, however basic, is a standard part of self care, although others clearly do not.
I would be upset if I went to my aunt's care home, for example, and they hadn't bothered to dress her (as would she).

Indeed. There is a reason why carers help residents get up, washed and dressed (if they are able, if course) and not spend all day in their nightwear. And that is to maintain their dignity and self respect.

Yes, they're all up and dressed properly, even just to sit in the lounge or the visitors' room. How easy would it be to leave them in their pyjamas and night dresses?
They don't. It's about dignity.

Had they slept in the navy trousers and white tshirt?

@ouch321, what do you make of @Weepixie‘s logic?

Exactly, great idea.

If I had to get up super early for something - like dropping a child off for a school trip with a 5 am drop off - I’d probably sleep in a tracksuit 😂