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The blanket sleeper or footie pajama (also known by many other synonyms and trade names) is a type of especially warm sleeping garment worn primarily during the winter in the United States and Canada. The garment is worn especially by infants and young children. Typically, but not always, the blanket sleeper consists of a loose-fitting, one-piece garment of blanket-like material, enclosing the entire body except for the head and hands. It represents an intermediate step between regular pajamas, and bag-like coverings for infants such as buntings or infant sleeping bags (Terminology and Variations sections below). Like bag-like coverings, the blanket sleeper is designed to be sufficiently warm as to make regular blankets or other bed covers unnecessary, even in colder weather. Unlike such coverings, the blanket sleeper has bifurcated legs to allow unhindered walking (or crawling). While no single feature is universal (see Terminology), distinguishing a blanket sleeper from regular pajamas usually include: * One-piece construction with long sleeves and legs. * Attached bootees enclosing the wearer's feet. * Composition from relatively thick, heavy fabric. Although any sleeping garment with some or all of these characteristics could be called a ''blanket sleeper'', the term is most commonly applied to a range of styles that deviate relatively little from the same basic design. (The features of this design are described in the ''Features'' section, below.) == Features == Features of the typical blanket sleeper often include: * Usually made of a napped synthetic fabric, such as polyester or polar fleece; however sleepers made from heavier natural fabrics such as cotton are also available, they are not common in North America due to stringent regulations regarding flammability. * Loose fit. On smaller sizes, the hip area may be made especially loose to accommodate a diaper. The crotch is usually cut especially low. * Raglan sleeves. * Snug rib-knit collar and wrist cuffs. * Usually made in one or more solid, bright colors, or screen-printed with graphic designs. There may be a front panel with a single, elaborate printed design, either covering the chest, or forming the entire front portion of the torso and legs. The sleeves may be a different color from the rest of the garment. Stripes are sometimes seen, most commonly on the collar and cuffs. * Soles of the feet made from a (usually white) vinyl fabric lined with (synthetic) felt, for improved durability and slip-resistance. This can be solid vinyl with a rough textured surface, or a vinyl-dotted fabric such as Jiffy Grip. * Optional ''toe caps'', made from the same fabric as the soles of the feet, and covering the top front portion of the foot, for improved durability. * Elastic to make the leg portions snug around the ankles. * A zipper running vertically down the front of the garment, from the neck opening to the inside or front ankle of one of the legs (usually the left), designed to make it easy to put on and take off. On teen and adult sizes, the zipper usually instead runs from the neck to the crotch. * Optional ''snap tab'' where the zipper meets the neck opening. This is a small tab of fabric sewed to the garment on one side of the zipper (usually the right), and fastening to the other side with a snap fastener, designed to prevent discomfort from the zipper slider coming into contact with the wearer's chin. * Optional decorative applique on one side of the chest (usually the left). * Optional hood (mainly on women's sleepers in the 1960s and 1970s and costume sleepers) * Optional mittens/mitts (mainly on infant and costume sleepers) Although widely thought of as something worn only by the very young, blanket sleepers are also sometimes worn (in decreasing order of frequency) by school-age children, teens, and even adults. (See ''Sizes, gender differences, and availability'', below.) Although footed, one-piece garments in a variety of fabrics and styles are used in many countries as infant sleepwear, the specific range of styles with which the term ''blanket sleeper'' is usually associated, the term itself, and the phenomenon of children older than infancy wearing footed, one-piece sleeping garments, are all largely unique to North America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「blanket sleeper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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