The fuzzy robe and slippers I usually wore when I was working from home.
Unless I’m going outside the building, it’s sweat pants. Most of the people in the building dress that way. There is one 90+ woman who dresses like she’s going to visit the queen every day. High heels and all.
Oh, I must dress. Jeans, tee-shirt, fleece pull over and hiking shoes.
If I’m not ready to leave in a moments notice, the day has not started.
I work from home, so I don’t HAVE to. But I must.
I dress just like I use to when going into work.
One reason for this is that in a rare occurrence I was in sweat pants. Early in the morning, working from home. My wife was leaving for work but discovered a tree had fallen over our drive way.
It was still dark out.
My chainsaw would not start. So my Wife and I are out there cutting an 8" timber with a dull axe and a hatchet. And I was in sweat pants in the snow.
Ya just never know what may happen.
The axe has since been sharpened, and the chainsaw replaced.
Ya never know.
Jeans or other colored work pants, a t-shirt, maybe a henley if it’s chilly, and a flannel is my uniform. Doesn’t matter if I’m leaving the house or not. Slippers on the feet, though, real shoes don’t go on until opening the door.
Steel toes if going to work or clogs if not.
Based on what I do on weekends, and what I did when I was unemployed for a couple of months this past summer:
I’ll stay in my pajamas for most of the morning, before I finally shower, and then change into “real clothes” (usually jeans and a t-shirt, plus a sweatshirt in winter).
You didn’t ask, but even on days when I’m home alone and reasonably certain I’m not going to be going anywhere, I always shower and shave.
This question ceased to be hypothetical for me, like many others, in 2020. I mostly just wore underwear, and if I did have to go out briefly (in my usual weekend garb of jeans-and-a-flannel or shorts-and-a-short-sleeved-shirt), I often took the clothes off again right after and saved them for the next outing.
I get that, for many people, dressing anyway was a matter of mental health, but my mental health found it irrelevant.
Per the OP: if effectively imprisoned in my home alone or better yet with GF, I’d probably skip clothes altogether. Just keep the place warm enough and I’m done. Who needs clothes?
I recently dealt with another round of horrendous sciatica. It was a T shirt I typically sleep in and shorts or pajama pants for me.
Before I retired, I generally dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt. Since I’ve retired, I do the same. Wake up, take off PJs, put on jeans and flannel shirt, have breakfast, etc. Only difference is that I wear slippers instead of shoes.
For me, this is not hypothetical. I’m retired and have no reason to go out for days at a time. For me, the most typical clothing when I know I’m not going anywhere and no guests are expected is what is variously called a dressing gown, robe, housecoat, or sometimes rather pretentiously, a “smoking jacket”. Whatever you call them, I have several of them. I also have a few pairs of some old sweatpants somewhere but I haven’t worn them in a long time.
When I go out it’s usually jeans and a T-shirt, unless there’s reason to dress more formally, but in the house I find a free-flowing robe much more comfortable. And in case anyone wonders how I feel about answering the door wearing a robe/dressing gown, I don’t. I also never answer the phone if the number is unknown, for the same reason. It’s inevitably someone selling something. Visitors that I welcome are always expected, and phone calls from anyone I want to talk to are always known numbers.
Jeans, prosthetic shoes, metal band shirt or plain colored t shirt. Occasionally a flannel shirt. Lighter weight pants in DC summers.
Jeans, because they have pockets that the lounge pants don’t. And if I decide I want to work in the yard, I don’t have to change.
I wear a cami which is enough to work in the yard or answer the door. If I go out, I through a t-shirt over that.
I was wearing slippers, but I got a toenail fungus that got into the slipper. Now I go barefoot unless I go outside.
This is what I have worn every day since I started WFH.
I like clothes. I like having something between my skin and my chairs. Something soft and easy to wash. I like having pockets.
I work from home and wear various sweat/lounge pants, t-shirts and zip-up hoodies. I do make a point of putting on jeans when I leave the house, even to do stuff in the yard. I don’t really mind getting dressed (or even dressed up; I don’t complain about a tie) but I also don’t have much incentive to NOT stay as comfy as possible while sitting at my home desk.
I’m semi-retired and in my 70s. I could claim that I wear sweat pants all day at home, but I’m really wearing some plain, but nice, pajama bottoms. I top that with a t-shirt and sometimes a cheap hoodie when it’s cold. I greet people at the door, take out the garbage, and even do some light yard work in my PJs.
But I’m also one of those people who does not consider jeans to be the height of comfort. In fact, I’ve never found a pair of jeans as comfortable as my khaki slacks. Therefore, when I do have to put on real clothes, I put on khakis. Going to the store? Khakis. Entertaining people? Khakis. Going to the dump? Khakis. The only time I wear jeans is when I’m doing repairs outside…and this is only because cheap jeans are cheaper than khakis. (I’m notorious as a klutz.)
A thousand times yes!! A couple of years ago I bought some women’s fleece pants, never imagining they’d not have pockets. Now I specifically search for pockets before placing an order.
Nekkid would not appeal to me at all as daily “wear”. In fact, I don’t like to be without undergarments (including a bra) even if I’m spending the day in my robe. Comfort for one is torture for another, I suppose.
I’m basic. Still working in a professional office environment, but it’s pretty casual.
Out & about: usually khaki shorts and a polo shirt w/sandals, unless its snowing, then it’s jeans, polo shirt, an’ boots.
Work: Alternates between a dress shirt (Button down) w/rolled sleeves or a polo shirt, paired with jeans and boots. This is “Northern New Mexico business casual.”
Home or like today, Working from Home: Gym shorts and a t-shirt. Socks and a pullover if it’s chilly.
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It’s chilly today–we got 12" of snow.
Yeah, it’s like a switch was flipped. Very easy october. Then we got hit pretty hard in the Colorado mountains. First plow of the season yeasterday (I hate the first one, takes longer).
Anyway, I do as usuall and put my gaiters on. Even after I was done plowing I left them on back in the house. They help keep you warm. They’re just comfy.
It’s kinda strange in our house. It’s passive solar, so when the sun is out and reflecting off the snow it can be 90 degrees inside, and 20 degrees outside. Ya have to open windows. If we don’t get sun for a day or two, it gets a bit chilly. We depend on a propane stove for heat, does a good job.
Shorts (longish) & a t-shirt. Preferably barefoot.
At work… shorts & a t-shirt. Can’t usually get away with barefoot, though.
Parties? I have a number of extravagant 3-piece traditional suits which are completely inappropriate to the type of party I attend, which tend to be very counter-culture. So I inappropriately wear them.