the notions of work wear have transformed... "casualization", may be permanent shift

[Demovictory9]

In the Before Times, said Rebecca Rittenberg, a 28-year-old who works in advertising sales for Google in New York, one of her favorite parts about going to the office was “showing up in a funky, cool professional outfit.”

A smart pair of pants, colorful or patterned blouses, blazers, skirts, dresses, heeled boots and designer sneakers were all part of her wardrobe, which she used to express her personality and keep up with her stylish ad world colleagues.

Now, after eight months of working from home, and with Google saying workers won’t have to return in person until next summer at the earliest, a big swath of that apparel has been donated and replaced. Ms. Rittenberg’s new definition of “work clothes” includes cashmere cardigans and joggers, headbands, and other cozy garments that fall somewhere in the “healthy in-between” of pajamas and blazers.

“I looked at my stuff I used to wear to the office all the time and thought, ‘When am I ever going to touch this again?’” she said. “Our mind-sets have shifted a bit with this pandemic and the fact that we’ve all been working from home for so long. Once we are back in the office, which I do think will happen, it just seems like a pretty extreme jump to go back to wearing a blazer and pencil skirt and heels again.”

As many professional women have found themselves in an extended period of remote work, their notions of work wear have transformed, shaking up businesses that have sought to outfit them for the office. American office attire was already facing the effects of “casualization” — even Goldman Sachs loosened its dress code last year — but as the pandemic drags on, the shift is accelerating and may stick around for good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/business/work-from-home-women-office-attire.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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[Jirel]

1. LOL, no.

Sounds like an excuse to get a whole new wardrobe when she has to go back to the office. Love how it’s about wearing cashmere at home.

Anyone who has a halfway professional/customer related job who’s working from home now but expects to be back in the office or seeing clients at some point, had better expect to be dressing nicely and keep their work clothes.

[lark]

2. They also need to be careful of plague spread.

Those clothes from last spring may not fit now?

[Amishman]

3. I can only hope, ties should cease to exist

seriously, fuck wearing ties. They should not exist. I never want to wear a damn tie ever again.

[Aristus]

4. I love wearing a tie.

I've given up the little germ-spreaders for the duration. But I love mine. I own about a hundred, and they're nice ones.

I love dressing up. I love putting on a new suit for the first time, pairing it with a nice tie and a pocket silk. Nobody would ever mistake me for Brad Pitt. But when I wear a nice outfit, I feel more attractive.