Best of 2024: The Pajamas

Earlier this year, I watched a documentary about over consumption and its impact on the environment. Seeing the mounds of clothing washed up on the beaches in Ghana (millions of pieces per year, in fact) made me reconsider how I shop and how I make recommendations on this blog. Add in realizations about the emotional reasons for my own consumption and my own financial goals, and I am having a serious conversation with myself about what this fashion blog looks like in 2025.

To reduce my own consumption, I’ve been thinking about how I shopped in the 1990s and early 2000s before I was one click away from new purchases. And as I considered which items would make the Best of 2024 list, I narrowed it down to just the eight pieces that were well-worn, well-made and well-loved. I wanted the words “Best of” to really mean something and to reflect the pieces that I will still be wearing and loving months or (likely) years from now. And no Best of list would have been complete without these pajamas.

These J.Crew Dreamy Cotton pajamas were like a gift I gave myself every time I put them on.

I’ve posted about them four (or more) times this year, so I’m struggling to tell you anything I haven’t said before, so I’ll just repeat myself. The material is thick and durable. They’re soft and cozy. I am still wearing J.Crew pajamas I bought in 2021, and they’re just starting to show a little wear after significant use, so I assume these will also last 3+ years before they need to be replaced.

How do they compare to the Nordstrom Moonlight pjs that I wore for years? First, the material is thicker and maintains its opacity significantly longer. Second, they just feel more luxurious than the current iteration of the Nordstrom pjs.

If you need a gift for an in law or a friend — or frankly, yourself — this is it. I now own three pair, and they’re the only pajamas I want to wear.

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