PJ Pan
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Farewell to the cat's pyjamas
Back in 2006 during PJ Pan's formative days I had re-negotiated my full time role at a party planning business and I began learning about cottons, pattern cutting and clothing manufacture from our home in Surrey. It was then on one dark wet day, while I was plotting PJ Pan's future, that I spotted a nervous little kitten on our... -
Decisions, decisions...
It's that time of year again when we finalise plans for our winter 2015 nightwear collection and consider our fabric choices for the spring and summer of 2016. We are forever caught in a balancing act of retaining a handful of our staples and adding in selected new lines to compliment our extensive range of styles and fabrics. Stripes, checks... -
Traditional pyjamas for traditional schools?
When one conjures up the idea of a British boarding school the image of young teenagers sporting traditional flannel pyjamas, woollen dressing gowns and slippers springs to mind. The likes of Harry Potter and his chums Ron and Hermione would be seen in nothing else in their dormitory at Hogwarts. Preparatory school dormitories certainly resembled all this a few years ago... -
The long and tall of it
When we launched PJ Pan we were determined to make comfortable pyjamas that fitted properly and that's why we avoided the option of just making three variations along the lines of small, medium and large. We started with five women's sizes ranging from an 8 to an 18 and a year later began offering numerous styles in a longer leg... -
Nightshirts for rugby and pyjamas for dinner parties
It appears that an ever increasing number of people are buying pyjamas for day wear or evening wear as opposed to the traditional view of using it as sleepwear. We saw hundreds of customers at the recent Spirit of Christmas fair at Olympia and met several people who had no plans to let their newly purchased nightwear meet the duvet... -
The distant ring of sleigh bells
It's the last week of October and we haven't really started to think about Christmas too much, but all that is about to change. Next Tuesday at 10am we will hear an announcement given over a loud PA system; “The Spirit of Christmas 2014 is now open”. For us, every year, the UK's biggest and best Christmas shopping fair marks... -
Luxury... What does it mean?
If you visit Tesco's website and type the word 'luxury' in the search box you'll be presented with an array of produce ranging from Eton Mess ice cream to scented pantyliners. Whatever the merits of the pantyliners and ice cream they both seem to be in a different sphere of luxuriousness to items such as a diamond encrusted Van Cleef... -
Pyjamas in the headlines.....for all the wrong reasons
Pyjamas have been embroiled in scandal during recent weeks. Withdrawn from the shelves or involved in explicit photographs, they're never far from front page news. -
Bedtime rituals ecourage better sleep
Nobody wishes to spend the night tossing and turning, periodically checking the clock whilst desperately hoping to fall back to sleep. The frustration of sleeplessness can be almost unbearable but is there anything we can do to encourage better sleep? Naturally a comfortable bed is essential for a good night. It sounds obvious but too many people suffer back stressing...
