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Wearing pajamas to the mall is cute?
Filed under: Teens, Places To Go
A few days ago, I was in the mall with Ellie. We sat on a bench, eating ice cream and watching shoppers go by. Schools were out for the day and there were lots of teenagers socializing in the mall. Watching these teens, I was struck by two things. First, the girls we saw looked as if they were about to be photographed for their modeling portfolio. They clearly had spent a lot of time getting their hair just right and applying makeup. Their faces were ready for a night on the town. The second thing I noticed was that, in stark contrast to their heavily made up heads, many were wearing pajama bottoms and t-shirts. When did kids start going out in public dressed for bed?
I am sure their choice of clothing is meant to make some sort of statement, but I am just too old to understand it. Are they trying to convey a sort of coolness associated with being too far above it all to care about fashion? Are they just so busy that they can't find a moment to throw on some jeans? But if that is it, should they not also be sporting bed-head instead of the carefully arranged and sprayed hairdos I was seeing? Maybe they are just really tired and wearing pajamas during the day saves them precious moments in the evening when they get ready for bed?
I looked at Ellie to guage her reaction to these girls and their attire. She had a little smile on her face and when I asked her what she was thinking, she told me she thought those girls looked really cute. Ah, cute. They are going for cute. I get it. Now, Ellie wants to wear her pajamas next time we go to the mall so she can be cute, too. Thanks, girls.
I am sure their choice of clothing is meant to make some sort of statement, but I am just too old to understand it. Are they trying to convey a sort of coolness associated with being too far above it all to care about fashion? Are they just so busy that they can't find a moment to throw on some jeans? But if that is it, should they not also be sporting bed-head instead of the carefully arranged and sprayed hairdos I was seeing? Maybe they are just really tired and wearing pajamas during the day saves them precious moments in the evening when they get ready for bed?
I looked at Ellie to guage her reaction to these girls and their attire. She had a little smile on her face and when I asked her what she was thinking, she told me she thought those girls looked really cute. Ah, cute. They are going for cute. I get it. Now, Ellie wants to wear her pajamas next time we go to the mall so she can be cute, too. Thanks, girls.
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3-20-2007 @ 4:27PM
Heather said...I remember wearing pajama pants to high school back in the late 80s/early 90s. It was "cool" to look like you just didn't give a dang what you looked like. Of course, our hair and make-up had to be done. (To be fair, none of us were as good at make-up and hair as today's model-like youth!)
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3-20-2007 @ 4:46PM
Ann Adams said...The girls are quite interested in the pajama fad. So far both the middle school and I have held out. I have one starting high school next year and I don't know yet what their rules are.
Should be interesting although she's the least fashion conscious of the three.
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3-20-2007 @ 4:53PM
Eva said...I haven't heard of this. Teenagers are weird.
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3-20-2007 @ 9:15PM
danish said...When I was a teen in the late 80s the trend was to wear 2 pairs of men's boxer shorts layered, as shorts. With the waistband turned down. what were we thinking?
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3-20-2007 @ 5:36PM
Ethel said...Boy this has been around a while. First (early 80s) it was the cutesy thing for Halloween (gag me). Then with grundge it was all the time for some. I still see it in the more granola college towns. I personally think its better then sweats, but then I thought a young mom wearing silky pjs to her babies well baby check ups carrying a designer purse and wearing makeup was a little much.
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3-20-2007 @ 8:44PM
SKL said...This is better than wearing black lipstick, shaving patterns on their heads, having dozens of earrings all over their face, or having their butts hanging out.
I never did get teens, even when I was one.
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3-21-2007 @ 10:32AM
Groovymarlin said...Ahh, so it's not just a local thing. Well, most pajamas (at least the long pant variety) are pretty modest, and as long as the girls are wearing appropriate undergarments, I'd probably rather see them in pajamas than some hoochie-mama getup! That being said, I hate to hear about girls being so made up. Glad my mom made me wait on that for a while. There's a girl down the street from us, I'd guess she's about 13 or 14, who walks up and down the street in her PJs all the time - long PJs, slippers, and bathrobe. My husband and I just laugh.
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3-21-2007 @ 10:42AM
Ann Adams said...I'd forgotten that the girls' school has a pajama day once a year. I had to buy new p.j.'s for the occasion.
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3-21-2007 @ 10:54AM
Ann Adams said...This is a test. My password disappeared and I'm putting it back in.
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3-21-2007 @ 5:16PM
Tay said...Heck no...I would never wear pajama pants to the mall...maybbe awhile back I would wear them to school but not to the mall. That is just too tacky for my taste. There are too many people in the mall and you never know who you might see or meet there.
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3-21-2007 @ 5:45PM
kiki said...teens dont wear pj pants too look like they dont care about fashion or anything its just that some days (the really exhausting ones. Teens dont feel like wearing jeans and would rather be comfy in pj pants. Pj pants are kind of like sweat pants..to teens, but of course they dont want to look like complete bums so they fix their hair.
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3-22-2007 @ 4:22AM
golgiapparatus said...Or they're really comfortable. I wouldn't know.
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