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Shanghai Bans Wearing Pajamas in Public

City wants to curb trend before hosting World Expo

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2010 2:04 PM CST
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(Newser) – Shanghai wants to look its best when it hosts the 2010 World Expo in a few months, so it's spreading the word to residents: Pajamas are for inside the house. Concerned about the popular habit of wearing boldly colored PJs on city streets, officials have launched a public campaign to discourage the practice. Boing Boing notes that the trend has been immortalized on Flickr and in National Geographic.

The fashion statement began "as a matter of practicality because people lived in cramped conditions with no clear line between public space and private place," a Chinese sociologist tells the South China Morning Post.

Shanghai officials want their residents to keep their pajamas to themselves.
Shanghai officials want their residents to keep their pajamas to themselves.   (Shutter Stock)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 19 comments
JGirl
Feb 7, 2010 4:56 AM CST
yer just jealous
inky
Feb 6, 2010 12:02 PM CST
@inkedheart. You're in San Diego too? No wonder ... several people have mixed us up in recent threads. It's all starting to make sense now.
riffran
Feb 6, 2010 9:33 AM CST
Pj's don't do well in the court room either..ask M.J...but youll need a oujia board first

 
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