During the closing weeks of 1918 an urgent feeling was shared by all those who labored in creative fields to shake things up a bit. A need was felt to create a visual distance between all that was generated before and during the war and all that came afterward; it was felt in all artistic endeavors and those souls who designed men’s pajamas were not immune:
“The pajama is ascending to glorified heights. Long the black sheep of polite private life, this garment has been elevated to the four hundred…Men are drugging their senses with batik designs in sleeping apparel and inhaling the stimulation of contrasting shades in underclothes.”
“What the well-dressed man will wear when going to bed is one of the burning topics of the immediate future…By and large, the thirst for color permeates the accessory field from linen to lingerie. The picture might be said to be complete. Man has achieved his zenith.”
Read about a pajama fashion innovation that never quite caught on…
