STREET STYLE : Daytime ‘Jammie’ Sessions

Anyone who has ever wanted to roll out of bed and into school dressed in his “jammies” will understand the new pajama game at Beverly Hills High School.

Donning the bottoms as street wear, a trend most noticeable among freshmen, has attracted a small band of followers. While some peers say they look “ridiculous,” the jammie brigade considers that a tiny price to pay for being comfortable and different.

Now that boxer shorts and sweats as outer wear have bit the fashion dust, pajama bottoms seem a viable replacement.

At Beverly Hills High, the tops are worn too, although less frequently and rarely with the bottoms--wearing a matching set in public isn’t cool.

Some parents like the trend so much, they find the pajamas and finance the purchase. Many department and vintage clothing stores sell tops and bottoms separately. But the cow-patterned pair Brenda Rechnitzer and her son Andre discovered at Fred Segal, on Melrose Avenue, was sold only as a set. Although Andre objected to the $66 price, Brenda bought them anyway, suggesting that he share them with his father. Andre wears only the bottoms; his father said he wanted only the top.

While most students wear plaid and patterned flannels, Jennifer Shokrian occasionally slips into the dressier look of her green “wanna-be silk” pajama bottoms from Victoria’s Secret. And as her friend Laura Wiener explains for the pajama contingent: “It’s original. There’s not much of that around anymore.”