Outer appearances are very important. The thought appears in ancient Babylonian writings, and Erasmus’s collection of adages (1523) refers to the fact that the statement “Clothes are the man” appeared in Homer and numerous ancient Latin sources. In sixteenth-century England it was usually put as “apparel” rather than “clothes”; Shakespeare’s Polonius pontificates, “The apparel oft proclaims the man” (Hamlet, 1.3). It was a cliché by the nineteenth century.
Where are you in the what to wear from home continuum?
- Wear pajamas all day
- Look professional from the waist up, but only on Zoom meeting days
- Have a complete set of elastic waist pants and coordinated t-shirts
- Gave away all of my professional clothes as a 2020 tax write-off
- Wish I still had day of the week underwear.
- Family stepped in with a need to do laundry intervention
- Pigpen is my new hero
Other than wearing a mask whenever I step out the front door, my daily clothing regiment has stayed pretty much the same as in pre-pandemic times. ….undergarments, long underwear, insulated pants, turtleneck, bulky sweater ….
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Sounds like somebody who lives in the Frozen North… Hope you shed a layer or two if/when the weather warms up.
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I got a good start on my virus wardrobe when I retired.
Great post.
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LOL, you and me both.
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Cute:) I always get dressed in regular clothes at some point in the day, but that time has gotten later and later…
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Whatever works for you. I still get up. Take a shower and get dressed but it’s usually jeans or shorts and a t-shirt.
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