During the early sheltering-in-place days, a sweats-centric wardrobe was a welcome change for many who’d had to look presentable at work for years.
But people’s relationships with their pants have become fraught as the weeks of coronavirus quarantines drag on, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Is it possible to be comfortable for too long? Should we press on with leisure-wear wardrobes daily because this is the only time we’ll ever get to be so cozy? Will our regular pants even fit after all that banana bread?
Fashion magazines haven’t settled on what the coronavirus impact on people’s wardrobes will be long term. GQ published two essays last month. One declared “We Are Living In the Age of Sweatpants and Never Going Back.” The other predicted a resurgence of men dressing up.
Heather Palm, 46, a teacher in Virginia, had been wearing sweatpants several weeks when, she says, it hit her: We might be living this way awhile. She also started to notice a direct correlation between her pants and her productivity. “These sweatpants couldn’t continue being an every day, every night, round-the-clock situation.”
On the other hand, Anna Louise Ayers, 24, an accounting-firm auditor, suspects at some point she’ll again be waking up two hours earlier for time to shower, pick an outfit and commute.
Eight weeks into staying at home, Ayers says she isn’t ready to relinquish the comfort. “I know the second I can’t do it, I’m going to miss being able to.” Read the full story.
