Remember all the hullabaloo about a grocery store banning customers who shopped in pajamas? Well, your cries of outrage were heard, dear readers ...
Behold, the PajamaJeans:
The Pajama Jeans sports a bevy of details that make it look like a regular pair of dark wash pants - authentic denim color, high-contrast stitching, back pockets with stitched designs and brass rivets. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were wearing a pair of counterfeit designer jeans you bought from a powerselling Hong Kong dealer on eBay.
However, it really isn't. Unlike real jeans, it uses Dormisoft fabric (a proprietary blend of cotton and spandex) that's both stretchy and cushy, yet gives off a very jersey-like feel. Inside, it's completely brushed, making it as smooth as fleece. Basically, it's really just a pair of casual pants that should be so soft and comfortable, you wouldn't mind wearing them to bed. Like a more stylish pair of mom jeans, probably.
Par example, "Going to the store? Time to put on some people clothes."
Other people have made knitted jeans but they failed to adequately communicate the wonderfulness of the product and they didn't sell. While I think the name 'pajama jean' is stupid and just encouraging ridicule, it might make the jeans a success. Although I think 'yoga jean', workout jean, 'dance' jeans, etc would work while sounding less stupid. In fact, they could make different designs. People will probably buy one of each.
Anyway, I have pairs of knitted jeans from Lands End and from Sigrid Olsen. I found the Sigrid Olsen jeans in a resale shop and spent hours and hours scouring the web in hopes of finding more. Which is where I found the Lands End jeans, but unfortunately they were on clearance and being discontinued. I wrote to them to encourage them to keep them, but to no avail.
Also, in a resale shop, I've seen a pair of knitted corderoy jeans from Banana Republic, but unfortunately they didn't fit. And I spent hours searching the web for them as well. Lands End has knitted corderoy pants, but they are frumpy elastic waste pants. I may still get a pair if they are on clearance.
Bottom line, these knitted fabric jeans and cords are wonderful no matter what you call them. And you cannot tell they are made of knit fabric unless you touch them or see the underside.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2752217/pajama_jeans_represent_slippery_slope.html?cat=69
I was hoping that there was a mistake and that I might be able to buy the pants separately without the t-shirt "deal" so I decided to call pajamagram's 800 number. After reaching a less than accommodating order taker and explaining to him what I saw online vs. what the price was on the website, he confirmed that the price was $59.95 and said that the $39.95 price was just a "promotional" price. He tried to convince me how nice they were and that the price was a great deal.
First of all, there is absolutely no way I would pay $60 for a pair of pajama pants that I cannot see in person. There is too much risk in buying something that may end up being horribly made. I believe the pajamagram company is jacking up the price specifically to take advantage of Mothers Day buyers. I have decided to buy something I know she will like instead and wait for these pants to be knocked off, renamed, and sold for $29.95. I figure by October the late night infomercials will start rolling them out just in time for Christmas.
The pants cost me $29.95 because i saved a little money for attempting to leave their website, it was supposed to cost $7.95 for s/h and now they've managed to charge me $91.70 for something that should have been approximately $38. These pants had better be worth it. Oh, also, they keep putting up these options you have to purchase stuff before you finally order your jeans, you have a chance to order a stupid pillow for only $15 and when you click on no you next get a chance to buy some jewelry so when you finally click on that you impatiently click on no again and they've got you, you've ordered two pairs of pants when you wanted one and double the amount of s/h with no address to complain to. Fortunately, there are places the consumer can complain to online and perhaps the TV station where the ad was played. BEWARE.