Matching Nightwear for Him and Her – A Guide

Short answer: Matching nightwear for couples does not have to mean identical sets. Choose the same colour and material in two different cuts, and you get a coherent look that still suits each body. Bamboo nightwear in muted colours is an obvious choice, because the women's and men's models come in the same tones.

The same colour beats the same model

A set cut for a woman's shoulder rarely sits well on a man's shoulder, and the other way round. So choose the same colour in two different cuts rather than hunting for a unisex set. See bamboo nightwear for women and bamboo nightwear for men.

The material has to match too

Two sets in the same colour but different materials behave differently when the temperature shifts during the night. So choose the same quality for both, and you lie in the same climate under the same duvet, without one of you pushing the duvet off all night.

The colours that exist in both

Black, navy and marled grey exist in almost every series on both the women's and the men's side. Those three are therefore the easiest to match. More seasonal colours often exist in only one of them, and then the match only lasts a single season.

The cut should be different

A matching pair looks best when both pieces fit. A pyjama for women and a bamboo pyjama for men in the same colour give a coherent look, where a unisex set most often ends up fitting at least one of you badly.

For Christmas and for photographs

Matching nightwear is mostly worn at Christmas and for photographs, and there the colour matters more than the pattern. A dark green or deep red set in two cuts gives the same mood as one with reindeer and can be worn the rest of the year.

For everyday afterwards

A matching pair only gets worn if both sets work on their own. So choose by how each of you sleeps, not by what looks best together. If one sleeps warm and the other cold, the two sets have to differ in thickness.

What does not have to match

Lengths, sleeves and thickness may well differ. It is the colour that carries the match, and the rest can be adapted to each body. A set with shorts for one and long legs for the other still looks coherent if the colour is the same.

Washing and colour over time

Wash the two sets together at 30 degrees without fabric softener. Washed separately they fade at different rates, and after a season the colours no longer match. That is the most common reason a matching pair stops looking like one. See also better sleep with bamboo.