Pajamas for Outside the House: Comfy or Crazy?

Most of us have gone through a phase where we wore pajamas to class, or even to the deli to grab a quick coffee. But now, designers are trying to turn pajamas into a legitimate outfit. Maybe the Pajama Jeans people were on to something.

In August, designer Rachel Roy (below) wore pajamas with a necklace and Manolo heels on the red carpet for the "One Day" premiere. Yes, a prominent fashion designer wore pajamas to an A-list event.



French fashion house Celine has a striped-set collection (available in December), and Tommy Hilfiger's silky pajamas sold out almost immediately when they hit stores this fall, The New York Post reports.

Alexa Chung designed a silk palm-printed navy set for Madewell, which believe it or not cost $400 for top and bottoms (they're $200 sold separately). On the Madewell website, they are currently sold out.

So what the heck is going on here? Our theory is that the only people rich enough to afford these "designer" pajamas don't have real jobs, so they can afford to wear pajamas all day. Would you wear pajamas outside the house? And if you did, would you be willing to spend $400 on a pair?