Our stay-at-home affairs have blurred the lines between nightwear and daywear and may be shifting the scope of what’s stylish to sleep in. Now, as in years past, a cross-pollination of fabrications in sleepwear and sportswear has made each category less distinct. From the Fairchild Archive, WWD takes a look back at sleepwear trends from couture to mass.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Sal Traina/WWD Model Pat Cleveland poses in pajamas designed by Ronald Kolodzie for spring 1976.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Guy Marineau/WWD A model wears a fleece bathrobe with satin trim designed by Lou Lou de la Falaise for Yves Saint Laurent’s couture lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Model Billie Blair in corduroy fleece pajamas designed by Stan Herman for Youthcraft/Charmfit’s fall 1974 collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Guy Marineau/WWD A model poses in a clown suit with pierrot collar designed by Lou Lou de la Falaise for Yves Saint Laurent’s couture lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: John Bright/WWD Model Mounia poses in a bandeau top and shorts from Yves Saint Laurent’s spring 1979 lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Tony Palmieri/WWD A model poses in a sunburst pleated lace-trimmed lingerie dress for holiday 1977.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Guy Marineau/WWD Model Kirat Bhinder poses in a fleece bed jacket with satin trim worn with over-the-knee pants designed by Lou Lou de la Falaise for Yves Saint Laurent’s couture lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Dustin Pittman/WWD Models in looks from Givenchy for Boutique Industries’ fall 1979 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive A plaid fleece pajama set for holiday 1983 from Ralph Lauren.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Amy Meadow/WWD Bill Blass for Royal Robes spring 1984 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: John Bright/WWD Model Aria poses in lace-trimmed cotton pajamas from YSL’s spring 1979 lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: David Turner/WWD A model poses in lingerie looks for fall 1992 at Calvin Klein’s design headquarters in Manhattan.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: George Chinsee/WWD A look from Hanky Panky’s spring 1985 loungewear and lingerie collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Sonia Moskowitz/WWD A model walks in a nightgown and robe designed by Carole Hochman for Chevette.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Darleen Rubin/WWD Models pose in loungewear by Mel Mortman designed by Oscar de la Renta.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: John Bright/WWD Cream venice lace-trimmed pajamas designed by Giorgio Sant’ Angelo for fall 1978.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: John Bright/WWD Then-model Rene Russo walks the runway in a lace-trimmed cutaway pajama top and shorts for fall 1978 designed by Stan Herman.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Dustin Pittman/WWD Models pose in shaped lounge robes designed by Adri and Bill Blass for the Royal Robes fall 1979 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Dustin Pittman/WWD A model poses in a sheer nightdress from Givenchy for Boutique Industries’ fall 1979 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive A model in a silk caftan designed by Vicky Tiel for Marion Greenberg’s fall 1982 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: George Chinsee/WWD Model Ariane Koizumi poses in Willi Smith for Jennifer Dale loungewear advance at the designers “Site” studio and showroom, New York.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: George Chinsee/WWD A model in a lace yoked sleep shirt from Hanky Panky for spring 1985.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Marissa Roth/WWD A style from Lore’s spring 1985 lingerie and loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Tony Palmieri/WWD Model Terri May walks the Fernando Sánchez spring 1985 loungewear collection show.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive Model Connie Cook in a piece from the Boutique Industries spring 1985 licensed designer loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Tony Palmieri/WWD Model Lisa Ryall poses in a robe and pajamas from Calvin Klein’s debut sleepwear and robes collection produced by Kayser Roth.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: Tony Palmieri/WWD Omo by Norma Kamali’s fall 1986 loungewear collection.
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Pajama Fashion: Sleepwear Trends Over the Years
Image Credit: John Bright/WWD A lace yoked satin nightshirt designed by Carole Hochman.