Don’t Wear Pajamas to Class!
This is a public service announcement for your own fashion good: If you have any self respect at all, please stop wearing your pajamas to class.
I’m assuming right now that most girls who read College Fashion aren’t the type to just roll out of bed and walk to class without so much as glancing in a mirror. Nonetheless, we all have our lazy days, we all stay up late studying, and we all have hangovers on Friday mornings at some point. Still, these are NOT good excuses to look like an idiot all day.
I don’t really care if you wake up with 5 minutes to get ready and throw on the ugliest jeans you own with a hoodie, or even a cute pair of sweats (which I’m usually against) if it means you aren’t wearing your PJ’s to class. Any semblance of normal clothing is better than wearing pajamas in a classroom.
Illinois State University agrees with me. Starting this semester, students majoring in Marketing or Education will be required to adhere to a “business casual” dress code in class at all times.
According to the University’s studies of classes with required dress codes, “professionalism exhibited in the class led to a better learning environment, students being better prepared for class, and students being more respectful of one another.”
If you want to look cuter in general or just want to pass your classes at Illinois State, please remember the following advice: Pajamas = cute for sleeping and lounging around the dorm. OFF LIMITS for going to class!
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 /
Filed Under: Fashion Tips / Tags: Clothing, College Life, Fashion Don'ts, School
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I completely agree about not wearing pajamas to class, and this goes for any student. We all realize you’re trying to say you could care less about looking great because “its just school”, but pajamas? There’s a difference between not caring about what you wear to school and not caring what you look like ever, and PJs crosses the line. Sorry!
Rant over…
Well, you beat me to the topic this week. I’m also fed up with pjs in class. Wearing pj’s or gym clothes is disrespectful to the teacher, to your classmates, and to yourself. Someone who really cares that little for class, shouldn’t be in class wasting everyone else’s time.
Also, your university library is not a place to sleep, so don’t wear your pyjamas and bring your blanket and go to sleep somewhere!
Chelsea Rae - Awesome, I’m so glad somebody agrees with me here! There are times when I feel like so many girls don’t understand the ugliness of this “trend.” And you are completely right about these people trying to send the message that they “could care less”, but really - is that a good thing?
Meg - Seriously, it’s sooo disrespectful to the teacher! These people go out of their way to prepare all this stuff for you, they have to dress up every day, and then they have to teach to a room of half-asleep pajama-wearing 20 year olds? Come on. It’s so rude.
Celeritas - Haha, I know right! It always freaks me out when I see people asleep a the library in their pj’s… it’s like, don’t you have somewhere to go? Just being at the library isn’t gonna make you smarter, you have to actually be doing something.
Just wondering - where is everyone else from, and is this a common “trend” on your college campuses? I’m from Northern California, and not only is NorCal one of the most chill states in the U.S. (aside from, say, Hawaii), I also attend UC Berkeley, which is even more relaxed in its fashion atmosphere. As such, even professors don’t necessarily “dress up” for class (lots of them just wear t-shirts and jeans/shorts to lectures), and I’ve definitely seen people wearing PJs to class for a long time, all the time. I mean, we have homeless people wandering around campus in grungy jeans, old jackets, and rain boots in summer and many, many college geeks with no fashion sense, who don’t even care what they’re wearing, so that sometimes even the people wearing PJs look more put-together than them.
Personally, I wouldn’t wear PJs to class (except maybe super-comfy sweats/jazz pants on test days), but I guess as someone from NorCal, it’s not that big of a deal to me.
i totally agree. at my school is was mainly the sorority chicks who did it, too, and they are the ones with the most expensive clothes! wtf? Vic Sic’s is making some crazy cute dormwear right now, so get off your butt 2 minutes earlier and throw on some Pink sweats at least!
ps. Pajama pants do not hide cellulite, and YES WE CAN SEE IT!
Jennifer - I’m from New England and it’s a big trend at my school. Granted I go to a big university where not everyone is fashion-conscious, and the atmosphere is relaxed. Still, I don’t think pjs should ever be appropriate for class. I’m with you though on the super-comfy yoga pants on a test day! If I got 2 hrs sleep and need to take a final, fashion is not the first thing on my mind.
Erin - Haha you are so right! At my school the sorority girls always do it! And seriously, VS sweats are really cute. I guess it must be TOO MUCH of an effort to even bother. Even though they can’t make an effort to get dressed, these chicks always seem to have a full face of makeup on…
I go to the University of Arizona and wearing pj’s to class isn’t a big deal and nobody seems to care. There are some days were I feel I am better dressed then the professors, trust me some of them are WORST than the students.
Haha monica I know how you feel about badly dressed professors - one of mine wears the SAME dark green courderoy mom jeans EVERY class. She’s so cute but so in need of help fashion-wise. I wanna pull a Cher in clueless on her haha
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