I adore proper pajamas for the casually elegant and light-spirited energy they bring. Here are my top five reasons to wear proper pajamas:

#1 Pajamas Bring Bedtime Nostalgia

Pajamas are part of a long forgotten bedtime ritual that helps us formally transition from day into evening. Putting on pajamas — whether post-dinner, after an evening shower, or sometime later —shifts our energy from effort to ease.

#2 Pajamas Elevate Sleep

What you wear to bed matters. Throwing on old, worn-out duds may feel comfortable but it actually perpetuates a sense of exhaustion and defeatism — the feeling that there aren’t enough hours in a day and you’re just trying to survive it all. Wearing proper pajamas to bed sends you to slumber in an elevated state, signaling to your body that you recognize nighttime for the restorative gift that it is. You will wake feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

#3 Pajamas Make for Elegant Mornings

Just as proper pajamas send you off to sleep in a sweet state of ease, waking in them welcomes the morning with elegant vigor. Pajamas make the early morning a lovely extension of time where there is still a veil keeping you separate from the demands of the world, even if just for a bit.

#4 Pajamas Transform Lethargic to Light-Spirited

Whether you’re wearing pajamas in the evening or the morning, unlike a worn t-shirt and shorts or old leggings or sweats, proper pajamas are a playful type of clothing that automatically invoke a light-spirited state. Old duds cover you in a lethargic vibration. Well-fitting pajamas will imbue you with a more jovial disposition.

#5 Pajamas Stir Holiday Magic

Whenever there’s a holiday around the corner I use it as an excuse to buy festive pajamas. Be it Valentine’s Day, Halloween, or Christmas — you’ll find me in jovial holiday pjs. Holiday pajamas stir magic and make for a fun and stylish expression of the spirit of the season.