Chinese Fashion: Pajamas in Public

Some Chinese people like to wear their pajamas in public. 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.

There was a crackdown in Shanghai on people wearing them in public last year because the 2010 World Expo was in town and Shanghai wanted to "look its best." I guess they didn't think people looked their best walking around in their pajamas?

Well, I've seen a few dudes still walking around in them - on crowded streets and in the crowded supermarket.

Quite subtle, right? I also dig this guy's hardcore slippers. That's my driver in the car behind pajama-boy. I think even he was a little surprised!

This person is at least wearing practical shoes.