As PJs were catching on as nightwear for men, they slowly became fashionable daywear for women. In the 'teens, French designers Paul Poiret and the Callot sisters were trying to persuade fashionable young women to wear "Turkish trousers" instead of petticoats. christmas pajama pants for boys But even with Ballet Russes popularizing Persian-influenced style, their strongly Orientalist fashions were a bit ahead of their time.
It wasn't until the 1920s that loose pajama pants for women became "unquestioned" as loungewear at home. And then "pajamas" — in a form we'd more readily recognize as a jumpsuit — hit the streets. One designer, according to a Milwaukee paper, had designed some "Very Important" pajamas, in "Extremely Russian Combinations Of Color," that were meant for dinner parties. family pajamas Parisian designers developed pajamas for the beach that slightly scandalized American observers — until a few years later, of course, when they were de rigueur.
That fad was short-lived; after the '30s, pajamas returned to the bedroom (for both genders, this time). By the '40s and '50s, the clothes we call "pajamas" had morphed into a wholesome, wigs slightly childish symbol — as all-American as a Norman Rockwell painting.
So, next time you relax and get ready for bed, you'll realize that what you're wearing isn't just a comfy pair of lightweight pants and trousers but an American take on a traditional Eastern garment that's been around for centuries.
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