Mickey and Minnie Mouse today became the first cartoon characters to join the Standard’s Comic Relief campaign by wearing pyjamas to work.
The stars were joined by about 30 pyjama-clad Disney employees who called on Londoners to wear their nightwear to work on Red Nose Day to raise money for the Standard’s Dispossessed Fund.
Londoners are being urged to get sponsored to wear their pyjamas all day on March 15 to raise money for London’s poor.
Mickey Mouse wore a green and blue dressing gown with a matching hat and green-and-red check pyjamas while Minnie wore blue and pink polka-dot pyjamas with her trademark bow on her head. The characters had to have their costumes sent over from America because it is the first time they have ever worn pyjamas in Britain.
Anna Hill, Disney’s chief marketing officer for the UK, said: “Mickey and Minnie are not normally seen in their pyjamas, it’s a very rare occurrence so they had to have them specially made.”
For more information on how to get involved in the Standard’s Comic Relief campaign, visit rednoseday.com/pjs