Convict Couture

Well, well, here I achieve a P.B. with stripes in the form of jailbird P.J’s. But I didn’t do it on purpose, which makes it even funnier. I never wear anything girlish or prissy to bed – my usual pyjamas consist of a pair of cotton knit boxer shorts paired with either a singlet, or a long-sleeved tee (depending on the season). I have lots of them, and none were ever bought as a set.

One evening, when my sister Serena was staying the night, I sauntered out of the bathroom ready for bed … she beheld me in all my striped glory and immediately fell into giggles. ‘You look like you’re wearing prison pyjamas!’ she gasped with laughter.

Indeed I do. However, this particular pairing was entirely inadvertent, resulting from my grabbing whatever was at the top of the pile in my pyjama drawer – but don’t you think they are the height of convict couture?

Striped prison uniforms were commonly used in the nineteenth century before they were abolished in the early twentieth century. I read on Wikipedia that they are coming back into fashion however, one reason being that jumpsuit-clad workers and doctors in scrubs were being mistaken for jail breakers.

I’ll remember to keep this outfit strictly indoors only.