Next campus trend?

PJs please if that is the problem than UC Berkeley had a guy for a few yrs walk around campus NUDE and Flip Flops.. if your all up in arms over pj's to class try sitting next a naked guy in class.

[LadyBug103]

At my school you can always pick out the freshmen girls right off the bat first semester because they come to class with skirts on , makeup, and everything. Upperclassmen never get dressed up, and if you did, people wondered what was going on. I would say that 90% of my classes people are dressed in sweatshirts, sweatpants, pj's, basically anything that they could get away with.

[thetalady]

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
Whoa, if this is a new trend, then I'm 4 years ahead of myself.

I was going to ask how old that article was! That's practically all I see the high school girls around here wear, slung so low on their hips that I am amazed that they can keep them on at all. Maybe it is just spreading to men more now.

Sigh...... Just makes me feel old some days

[sarahgrace]

PJs really wouldn't be a big deal at my NW liberal arts school. Mostly people stick with comfy jeans - but I've seen some pajamas around. I'm surprised that people are so shocked by this!

Is it just the fact that it's class? Because pajama pants topped with recruitment sweatshirts are pretty much a staple of Saturday "mornings" (really early afternoons!) at the SUB (Student Union Building).


Sarah

[ztabchbum]

I still get teased when I go back to school about wearing my pj's to class. As an English major most of my classes were in the morning so I either came in my pj's or my swim suit since I worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor while I was at school. I think Rush was the only time I really got dressed for class. It also helps that I went to school right outside of Daytona Beach, Florida!

[sigep533]

Originally posted by hoosier
FASHION TREND
(If this kid was a GLO pledge, his chapter would be in hazing trouble)

The student in the pajamas
By Mary-Kathryn Craft
The Sun News


Paul Robinson got a few strange looks at first, but now people are used to him strolling through campus sporting his bedtime best.

The Coastal Carolina University freshman, who admits he puts comfort before fashion, wears pajamas to class at least four days a week. Sometimes he'll change into a fresh pair before heading out the door in the morning, and other times he skips the hassle.

"It just depends on how much time I have," he said. "It seems a lot more people are going for comfort than a look. Everyone is just trying to be relaxed."

The casual clothing movement is reaching new heights as comfort seekers have begun bringing jammies out of the bedroom. The trend is popping up on college campuses and can even be spotted at gas stations, grocery stores and video stores.

Before starting classes at CCU in the fall, Robinson, 19, attended Catholic school in Long Island, N.Y., where uniforms complete with blazers and ties were a must. So when he got a chance at fashion freedom, Robinson chose comfy.

Americans crave comfort, seeking out something to spark relaxation daily, according to the survey "The State of Comfort in America 2003," released in November by Karen Neuburger, Ltd.

"For most Americans, comfort is one of the most critical elements of everyday life," the survey said.

Pj's made the report's top 10 list of things that give women comfort.

But style is also a factor in the recent pj's craze. These days you can create just about any look with soft, flowing flannel jammies. Women can now choose the once daytime capri and cargo pants in cozy flannel, velour or brushed cotton. Prints range from hearts and flowers to more personality revealing items like purses, frogs, pink flamingos, coffee cups and martini glasses. Men can go for ordinary or bright and wacky patterns. Places such as Old Navy and Target offer plentiful selections of red lips, penguins, cartoon characters or the more sedate pinstripes and plaid.

Robinson often opts for the loud. Sure, he's got the plaid pants, but he also sports dancing Twinkies, sleeping Scooby-Doos and bears playing violins.

"One kid around school calls me Scooby-Doo," he said with a laugh.

The 19-year-old art major said comfortable pajama bottoms, t-shirts and flip flops make the perfect outfit for his drawing classes, which meet for two hours three days a week.

"I've had girls say to me, 'I wish I had the courage to go class in pajamas and be comfortable,' and I say 'why don't you? It's this early, and no one's looking at anyone else'."

wore the jamas in highschool...i think the west coast is behind maybe.

[carnation]

There were 3 students in my freshman Spanish class last year who frequently showed up in pajamas. It was rather annoying--they lived in a dorm that was about 2 inches away from the classroom and hey, if I could drag myself out of bed and make myself look decent to teach them, they could have at least pulled on some jeans and a T-shirt. See, it's not that they were wearing pajamas--rather that they were obviously wearing the ones they'd slept in.

[DeltaSigStan]

We wore pajamas in high school often.

A lot of SDSU students wear pajamas to class, but it's more apparent during finals, when you have one in the morning, and you just wanna get the f*ck outta there and go back to sleep.

[TigerLilly]

Freshman and sophomore years I had Honors classes in my dorm, so all I had to do was walk downstairs to class. There was one guy who would show up every day in PJ pants, a bathrobe, and slippers. My thought on that was, nope, do not need to see your hairy, hairy chest while I'm trying to learn about ancient Greeks, thank you! I always had to be dressed because I had class right after it across campus. I would just feel weird, going to class in the PJs. For me PJs are for lounging around the house, not going out where other people will see me.

[astroAPhi]

Haha, I totally wear pajama pants to my really early morning classes. I also wear them during finals.

[texas*princess]

My freshman & soph. year, I ALWAYS had 8 am classes, so when time was short, I just ran to class in my PJs!

Now that I'm older and have afternoon/evening classes, I try to at least get dressed before going to class

[Lady Pi Phi]

New trend...not really.

I used to wear my pj's to my early morning classes all the time. I was far to lazy to get up and make myself look pretty for an 8:30 class. When I lived on campus would roll out bed 15 minutes before class, go to my class then come back and change.

He's not doing anything new.

[Taualumna]

Shows that kids are getting lazier and lazier. I remember being in philosophy class and the prof criticizing us for dressing improperly. He went on and on about how boys and girls in the "old days" dressed up for school, that the guys were always in ties and the girls in skirts and heels.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Shows that kids are getting lazier and lazier. I remember being in philosophy class and the prof criticizing us for dressing improperly. He went on and on about how boys and girls in the "old days" dressed up for school, that the guys were always in ties and the girls in skirts and heels.

Yeah, and those days weren't so great. The kids in the b-school here dress up, and I dress up if I have a presenation. Unless your college has a dress code, there is no reason you can't be comfortable. Back in the old days people didn't have to walk over the freeway to go to class (it wasn't there!) or deal with slush from the #30 bus that doesn't stop or have to stay up for hours waiting for the last printer in the computer lab.

I am sick and tired of this kids are getting lazier attitude. We're just following the examples YOUR generation set for us.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Shows that kids are getting lazier and lazier. I remember being in philosophy class and the prof criticizing us for dressing improperly. He went on and on about how boys and girls in the "old days" dressed up for school, that the guys were always in ties and the girls in skirts and heels.

Maybe this prof should also lecture some of his collegues. I've seen profs in tattered jeans and birkenstocks. I've had profs that look like they belong to the Hell's Angels. Not to mention the personal hygiene problems that some of them suffer from.