I am curious about people's behaviour.

Maybe they are under a lot of mental stress, and appearance is the least of their concerns.

The ladies I see in their slippers and pyjamas are walking their dogs locally. They look clean and comfortable, but I do wonder if they are not wearing what we might consider outdoor clothing because they feel unmotivated or even depressed. I only say this because the only time I might stay in my nightwear (at home) would be due to illness or depression.

Gwyneth

I must admit I‘ve never seen a man out in his pyjamas.

saw one just before Christmas putting petrol in his car dressed in a pair of boxers and what looked like his mothers/girlfriends shorty dressing gown and fluffy pink mules.

Ive not seen anyone in pyjamas, but on a train recently saw a girl with huge rollers in her hair, each to their own.
People visiting then sit looking at their phones irritates me,they are visiting US!

I have been known to spend the day in my pjs if I'm not going out. They're comfortable and cool if the weather is hot. Mind you I don't go shopping in them and I don't wear them in bed so they not sweaty from the previous night. I wash my sheets every week. I don't see why we have to be up washed and dressed first thing if we're having a day off.

I love people watching. Some people seem to be amazingly laid back, others have wild (to me) fashion ideas but look great, some are in the middle of arguments (usually couples) and others look as if they have the weight of the world on their shoulders.

There are shoes made to look like furry slippers.

Teachers have enough to worry about than to give furry slippers a second thought!

Yesterday I saw a man in my local shopping centre who was wearing a peaked cap, very colourful shirt, patterned sports jacket, knee length patterned pleated skirt, long striped socks and scarlet trainers. Hard not to stare but each to their own!

Does it matter what school teachers think?
Since when were they so important?
As long as the child is clean, tidy, fed and has comfortable homelife, that's all that matters.
It's a shame these judgemental people vanish into the ether when real abuse of children goes on.

Other day I saw a young mum walking her toddler to school, wearing what looked like her pyjamas and furry flip flop type of slippers with a longish coat over the top, wonder what school teachers would think if they saw her..

I hope the people who let her into their homes find new hairdressers.
How disrespectful to then go and gossip to other clients.
I find that behaviour pretty dire.

Unless you're somehow incapacitated or unexpectedly running late I think it's slovenly and disrespectful to not be washed and dressed when your hairdresser is coming.

Presumably the hairdresser in question could see that the pyjamas were last night's attire and not today's loungewear, or she wouldn't have mentioned it.

I can just about remember them, too.

Yes, MissA there’s something quite joyous about making such a big deal of a night out and taking enjoyment in your own appearance.
I remember those days!

Ah, I see.
Well, she looked wonderful- she could have gone out as she was.

MissAdventure

I saw an absolutely stunning young woman on the bus in her rollers a while back.
She had a Hilda Ogden scarf around them, and glossy red lips, and long sweeping false eyelashes.

It’s to show that you are going out somewhere really special later that evening.

It’s a sort of WAG thing.

It started in the North East about 10 years ago.

(This is the definitive answer btw )

MerylStreep

Nortsat
Why yuk Most people are clean, their beds are clean and I assume their Pyjamas are clean.
You might be a bit sniffy about the look, but it hardly warrens a yuk

What on earth makes you think everyone is so clean? The ones in pyjamas are most likely the one who change their sheets monthly and haven't showered recently. If they were decent people they would be up and dressed. I can't begin to imagine what the folk of the 1950s would think of anyone going out in their nightwear! Everyone dressed so properly and tidily then, men wore suits and ladies dresses or jackets & skirts with stockings. They made the effort to look presentable even if they had no money.

I don’t think I have ever seen anyone out in their PJs except for kids under 5. I think people would assume they were ill or had Covid if they did.

They're probably not pj's but lounge wear.

MissAdventure

Such distaste for nightwear.
Some people must go to bed in an evening gown and kitten heels.

Don't be ridiculous. Silk negligee and mink trimmed ballet shoes.

In the early sixties lots of girls used to keep their rollers in all day on a Saturday and take them out and style their hair before they went out in the evening. If they went shopping in the daytime they would put a headscarf over them. I could never bring myself to do it though.

I go to Aqua Aerobics a couple of times a week, and I have a shower before I leave the house. I also put on mascara, and my eyebrows (I have to pencil them on these days) and I straighten my hair.

Well I went shopping this morning and to be honest I never noticed what anyone was wearing as long as they kept their distance.

I would never go out in pjs, but in my home I'll wear what I want. I answer the door in my dressing gown, hang washing out in the summer, or water the greenhouse plants before it get too hot. I don't have a hairdresser at home but I can't see why having hair cut in pjs is a problem.

I do love to see babies and little children in hotel dining rooms still in their pjs. Very sensible IMO to wash and dress them once they have eaten.