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Clothing designed to be seen by no one and judged by everyone anyway.
means Clothing made for sleeping in — pajamas, nightgowns, and the like — designed for comfort rather than display.
from A straightforward compound of 'sleep' and 'wear,' following the pattern of utilitarian clothing terms like 'underwear' and 'outerwear.' English loves stacking a function word onto '-wear' to name a whole category of clothing, and this one emerged as a plain, commercial label — the kind of word that shows up in catalogs and department stores once pajamas and nightgowns needed a tidy aisle to live in.
- pajama root
- Persian pai-jama literally means leg clothing
- nightgown era
- Nightshirts dominated Western sleepwear until the 1900s
- silk pajamas
- Became a status symbol in 1920s Hollywood glamour
- onesie boom
- Adult onesies surged as loungewear during pandemic lockdowns