"I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably"
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The subtext is classic Hefner: permission dressed up as kindness. Pajamas are the uniform of the private sphere, the clothing you wear when you’ve opted out of public scrutiny. By celebrating them, Hefner sells a fantasy where adult life is permanently after-hours, where the rules soften, where pleasure is civilized by softness and fabric. It’s also a quiet power move. If you’re in pajamas, you’re on his turf. Comfort becomes a form of control: you relax, you stay, you participate in the atmosphere he curates.
Context does the rest. Hefner built Playboy by packaging sexual liberation as upscale leisure - not gritty transgression, but mood lighting, cocktails, and a jazz-record sheen. The pajama obsession is a shorthand for that whole project: desire made domesticated, hedonism made tasteful, the “bachelor” as both consumer and host. The line’s charm is that it sounds almost sweet, until you notice how neatly it turns an aesthetic into an alibi.
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