...I think it's finally over.
Just a vent really. I don't even want advice or recs since I don't trust anywhere any more.
I have been searching for new pj's now for over 2 yrs, and can't for the life of me locate the fit, quality or value of what used to be in stores.
I only wear cotton for nightwear, so used to purchase from White Co, John Lewis, sometimes Fatface, etc. Back in the very long ago, I used to get them from Next, they were superb and very high quality.
The last time I managed to find a good quality pair was in 2021 from White Co.
Most now are all too long, too wide (so flap around, leg me up on the stairs and ride up when I am sleeping, aaargh!), with a whopping low crotch and reams of unnecessary fabric around the hips. Many, and I mean most, are so thin they're transparent. I am 5'5 and most of the legs are billowing, almost a foot wide and a yard too bloody long. How do petites even find any?? I ain't buying a £12 pair from Primark, even if it's cotton, only to spend another ton having them altered to fit. It's insane.
This is a problem across the board tbh, with most stuff having plunged in quality and fit over the past few years. That in itself is a novel I ain't gonna write here, but I am really getting fed up with it now. Even White Co's PJ's are thinner, baggier, wider and too long, with waists so high they make me look like a clown, yet they are still retailing at £70+ and even higher on Ebay 
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The only one's that I haven't yet tried are at Toast, and I really don't want to have to pay over £130 for nightwear. And even then, I don't trust it. Everyhting everywhere is elasticated, oversized and badly proportioned. It isn't just 'fashion' or trends anymore, it's scraping the proverbial barrel.
I suppose I give up. It isn't going to come back, like a lot of stuff isn't going to come back, no matter where we shop or how much we spend. I don't even think we have choices now, whatever the price-point, to a good extent. It seems to be solidly sinking across the board.
I am adding a pic of one of the older styles from White Co, the very last that offered a regular shaped leg, waist and length. Just why oh why can't I have a regular shaped pj with a shirt that isn't cropped, 10 feet wide or with sleeves down to my knees???? Just bollox bollox bollox 