Saturday, October 6, 2012

Product review: The Footstep Clothing PJ Pajamas

The Footstep Clothing Pajamas are of nice quality and I would be happy not only to wear them but give them as gifts. I am attaching a collage of 8 photos under customer photos numbered 1 through 8 that I will be referring to in this review. The PJ grey pants are made out of heavy duty sweat pant material. The PJ blue top is made of heavy weight cotton. In addition to grey pants I am also including an evaluation of blue/white flannel pants. The blue/white PJ pants are made from a lightweight flannel and available in other Footstep offerings.

What I always want to know when I buy closing on-line are exact measurements, quality of the material as well as color-fastness of the material and the goal of this review was to provide this additional information.

I hand washed PJ pants and top in warm water and took pictures of the water after soaking each piece for 10 minute to test color fastness of each piece. After washing PJs in warm water I dried them on medium heat in the dryer. I measured the PJ before and after laundering them to aid in proper sizing after the initial shrinking. Size note: I like my PJ loose and ordered 2X size, all measurements below are for that size but the relative shrinkage can be generalized for the fabric of any size.



Grey sweat pants measurements:
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Waist before laundry: 38 inches
Waist after laundry: 38 inches
Hips before laundry: 48 inches
Hips after laundry: 48 inches
Length before laundry (from waist to the bottom, measured on the side): 45.5 inches
Length after laundry(from waist to the bottom, measured on the side): 45.5 inches
Summary: No shrinking, color fast (see notes below)



Blue/white flanel pants measurements:
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Waist before laundry: 34 inches
Waist after laundry: 34 inches
Hips before laundry: 48 inches
Hips after laundry: 47 inches
Length before laundry (from waist to the bottom, measured on the side): 45 inches
Length after laundry(from waist to the bottom, measured on the side): 42.5 inches
Summary: Some shrinking, not color fast (see notes below)
  
   

Blue top measurements:
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Breast before laundry: 51 inches
Breast after laundry: 50 inches
Length before laundry (from waist to the bottom, measured in the back): 31 inches
Length after laundry(from waist to the bottom, measured in the back): 25 inches
Crew neck opening before laundry (at shoulder seam): 6 inches
Crew neck opening before laundry (at shoulder seam): 5.5 inches
Sleeve before laundry: 28 inches
Sleeve after laundry: 25 inches
Summary: Slight shrinking, not color fast (see notes below)

Grey sweat pants notes:
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Construction: high quality heavy duty double-stich construction (as seen in image #G3 and #G2, which shows waist band and the pant leg)
Pockets: yes, 2 pockets (image #G3, left shows nice finish on the pocket)
Waist band: elastic plus cord for tightening if needed (Image #G3, #G1)
Color fast: Picture #G4 shows no discoloration of water, the pants did not bleed any color at all
Material: heavy duty, good stretch

Blue/white flannel pants notes:
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Pockets: no
Waist band: elastic plus cord for tightening if needed (photo #1P)
Color fast: Picture #2P shows slight discoloration of water, I expect the color bleed will stop after 2-3 launderings
Material: light weight, no stretch

Top other notes:
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Construction: high quality heavy duty double-stich construction (as seen in image #2)
Print: there is a design both on the front and the back of the top. Both are printed (not embroidered). The front has an image of a snowflake with "Love your family" phrase written in script font. The back has LYF logo, and in in small font "love your family by footstep clothing". Photo #3 shows close-up of the front, photo #2 shows close-up of the back.
Color fast: Picture #4 shows significant discoloration of water, I expect the color bleed will stop after 4-5 launderings
Material: heavy duty, some stretch

Grey sweat pants label:
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60% cotton, 40% polyester
Machine wash in cold water
Do not Bleach
Tumble Dry Low setting
Made in Guatemala

Blue/white flannel pants label:
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100% cotton
Machine wash in cold water
Low Iron
Do not Bleach
Tumble Dry Low setting
Made in China

Blue Top label:
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100% cotton
Machine wash in warm water
Non-chlorine bleach
Tumble Dry medium setting
Do not iron
Do not dry clean
Made in Honduras

Amazon carries a large variety of designs for Footstep Clothing. I was looking for universal design of neutral colors without much lettering. The blue top with a snowflake and grey bottom fit my requirement best. The blue plaid was very pretty and matched the blue shade of the top.

Overall, I am pleased with Footstep PJs. They did undergo some shrinkage after the initial wash, so I hope my measurements will help you to select the right size.

I received an evaluation pair of Footsteps Clothing pajamas to provide an honest and unbiased review. In this review I noted both positives and negatives of my experience and if you have any questions I have not covered in my review I am always happy to respond to comments.

You can find "Winter Snowflake Navy Shirt Pant Set" on Amazon via this link



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