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How fab or frumpy are you at home? What do you wear?

goldenpig

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Just curious...what do you guys wear at home? Are you still fab at home or do you just hang out in loungewear? I must confess my at home wardrobe is sadly lacking in comparison to my newly fab work/MOTG wardrobe. When I get home I pretty much immediately change into PJs or the equivalent--baggy sweatshirts, T shirts from our former dive vacations, PJ bottoms or an old pair of sweat pants with my school logo...I don't even wear a bra at home. I don't even wear jeans that much--the bootcuts are too long to wear without heels (I usually just wear socks--we take off our shoes inside) and I don't want to squeeze into skinnies at home (my apple belly needs to breathe!). Even my PJs are old and schlumpy. DH is even more casual than me--he usually strips down to T shirt and boxers. Comfort trumps fashion around here!

So what do you guys wear at home--anything goes or do you still look nice? Is there a way to upgrade my lounging at home clothes? I've never stepped foot into Lululemon and Athleta and the like...should I get some yoga pants and workout wear even though I never do yoga or work out? LOL!

Needless to say, there won't be a WIW attached to this post...;-)

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lyn*

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I wear loungewear - t-shirt and patterned pj bottoms. Cheap and easy and comfy.

nancylee

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I'm very often in yoga or workout gear..some of it more fashionable than others.

Anonymous

Busted. I'm wearing bagged out Gap skinnies and a short sleeved T-shirt at the moment. And socks. I gave my yoga pants away, remember? I was thinking about this last night. Loungewear used to mean mu-mus and now it's athletic wear. I'm not sure which is worse! We definitely need soft comfortable clothing after a day of sucking it in and looking fab out in the world! I do now own a matched set of aqua/grey leopard PJs. That's kind of fun. Didn't Angie write a post on this a while back? I don't remember what category it was in.

catgirl

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I do the same - immediately change into the coziest fleece I can find in my closet. It's cold and I'm tired. My husband changes into flannel PJ pants (with a Pink Floyd motif) so he can't complain, and my son and the pets could not care less.

AJ

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Well, I can understand your desire to come home from work and change into comfortable clothes.

Since I'm a SAHM, I have the opposite reaction. I want to look good at home. Since I only get "dressed up" for church and holiday parties, I try to make my casual style a bit more fun and feminine which makes me feel pretty.

I find leggings under long tunics to be comfortable. Also, long flowy skirts with knee high socks while I'm at home and tall boots when I need to go out.

missvee

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I change into casual jeans or cords until about 10pm and then jump into my PJ's. Any earlier than that and I feel too sloppy.

Queen Mum

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I keep my day clothes on until I'm ready to get into bed usually... or atleast until after dinner. I just pop an apron on to cook and clean. If I have a day just at home I dress down a bit, but 99% of the time that's still jeans and a decent knit top. The last time I lounged around in lounge pants and a running shirt was when I was spending the day with my injured foot up in my recliner. And after 2 days of that I couldn't stand it and had to "dress" again. I feel schlumpy in stuff like that and can't tolerate it for very long at all.

anne

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I am home a lot more than you (as I don't work outside the home) and sometimes my home outfits are my MOTG outfits, with a few modifications (eg I may take off necklaces, change the top half to a more homey one, change the shoes)
Leggings or jegging and tunics and dresses are fairly comfortable options, but I to have days and nights where all I want to wear are trackpants etc. And I was just thinking this morning that I'd like to have more than the one pair of winter PJ's I own.

I do have a few items that I specifically bought for home wear. 2 brightly coloured fleece jackets were probably a mistake, but this year I bought a plaid sweatershirt material jacket and a tunic in a similar fabric that I bought specifically for home wear, but have actually worn out as well. Will try to find a picture

AJ

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Right now I'm wearing dark boot cut jeans (the hem cuffed since I also don't wear shoes at home), dark brown long sleeve layering tee, black short sleeve draped cardigan, and bronze hoop earrings. When I had to go out, I added my heeled black boots, black belt over the cardigan, brown faux fur scarf, and purple trench coat.

renae

I was just thinking about this on my way home from work today. I usually change as soon as I get home into something comfy. It's not just that I want to be more comfortable (get outta those heels!), I also want to keep my good clothes good. I don't want to cook or clean in them. Even relaxing watching TV, I don't want my good clothes to get more wrinkled. Another issue I have is that my DH likes the house cooler than I do, so I always have the same jacket on at home. It very conveniently has a pocket for my cell phone. I have all kinds of excuses!

anne

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http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ibuy-order - the second dress in this was bought for home wear (but actually worn out quite a bit)

And this jacket (no 3 ) http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ped-blazer

Jjsloane

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If I know I'm not going out again it's loungewear for sure. I have decent yoga pants and casual pants from Athleta and Gap and Nike. Tops are usually a decent fitted henley or long sleeve t in the winter and socks and slippers (although I threw out my slippers this weekend for the smell and need some new ones. TMI I know) If I'm going out (even just a quick trip to the market) I do try not to go out in lounge or gear so it's my BF jeans or cargo pants and sweater top. Like others the kids and DH don't seem to care what I'm wearing and I want to be comfy. I do have a few nice pjs, but they're not really for wearing around the family IYKWIM.

anne

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I am really attracted to leisure wear like this
http://www.ezibuy.com.au/women.....-74580.htm

I like the feel of waist ties - perhaps adds a dressing gown feel to the outfit
Though not sure if it would be warm enough. Sal on Already pretty posted recently on her desire at times to feel like she was wearing a blanket, and I can really relate to that, which is why I still keep an unattractive, pilling longline cardi for home wear.

qfbrenda

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I'm in the same boat as A.J. and Queen Mum. Since home is what I dress for, I dress "up" at home most of the time. I put on lounge wear if I'm really sick and/or right before bed. I want to look nice when hubby gets home.

Kari

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I think my frumpy factor increases in the winter when all I want is to be warm and cozy.

Most of the time, if I'm in a dress, I'll stay in it because dresses are for the most part comfortable enough to curl up on the couch in. Most jeans and skirts I have are more structured and stiffer and aren't so cozy.

Right now, I'm curled up on the couch with a blanket wearing the tops I wore to work today - a gray tee with a twisted neckline under a cinammony-spicy orange boyfriend cardigan with thick navy blue knit pants that I usually work out in. My watch is on but jewelry is off.

Mo

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Since I am not working right now and home 99% of the time, I also do a casual look one step up from loungewear so I don't feel like a slob. I will stay in my PJ's in the mornings for a good hour or two after rising, though. The BF immediately changes to loungepants and a tee shirt when he gets home from work. I follow soon thereafter or after we eat dinner. I do like to be dressed at least for a little time around him, even though he starts insisting we should be in cozy wear the minute he comes home. He's not home yet, though, and it's almost 10pm so you get an idea - I am in bootcut jeans and a cowlneck/turtleneck knit shirt with my fuzzy slippers on.

I should add it's like a little game with us. He says, "let's get floppy." I will change either my top or bottom to loungewear and proclaim myself 'floppier'. To which he replies "est!", "floppiest is best!" TMI?

citygirldc

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I wear a t shirt and yoga pants.

Queen Mum

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kari- that is true. On really cold winter afternoons I'm much more inclined to don a frumpy fleece from my husbands closet.

anne

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Kari and QM - me too. And because my house is quite cold, I can be wearing dresses outside but need to change to warmer clothes for inside.

Jonesy

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Especially in the wintertime, I am immediately into my snuggly layers of loungewear once I walk in the door from work. Right now I am wearing a t-shirt, a striped turtleneck, and a men's gray cardigan, paired with green flannel pants with reindeer on them, and thick socks and down booties :). It's all about comfort and warmth for me from now until around May sometime....I sometimes even wear scarves, hats, and/or fingerless gloves inside, depending on just how cold it gets.

Joy

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An interesting thread. I don't own loungewear and I don't own pj's. Right now I've just finished walking for an hour on the tread mill. I'm wearing Gap Always Skinny jeans, which are quite comfortable and warm, an AT navy and cream striped tee, wool socks and short brown boots and, if I feel chilled, I add a red cardigan. It's nothing great but looks pulled together and is quite comfortable.
In the morning I throw on a robe long enough to get a cup of coffee, then shower and get dressed for the day. It's almost always a MOTG type of outfit even if I don't leave the house.
I wouldn't want my nearest and dearest to picture me wearing ratty, ill fitting stuff when they think of me. If that's mostly what they see, that's going to be their image of you. The stuff I wear at home is not expensive and much is from second hand stores. So many fabrics have enough stretch in them that nothing is tight.

Makrame

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I have separate set of clothes for "house wear". I almost never wear "outside" clothes in the house and almost never wear "house clothes" outside. My "house clothes" in the fall-winter -spring are yoga pants (Marika brand - nice quality but less expensive than Lululemon - about $15-20 on Ideeli or at TJMax) + long-sleeved t-shirt (usually fairly good quality dressy t-shirt or a waffle-knit V-neck or henley) + a zip-up hoodie. Last winter DH convinced me to buy a "fitness fleece" hoodie from LLBean, and it is pretty cozy and soft.

In the summer I often wear long sleeveless dresses (I have a couple that have been relegated to house wear but still look OK).

Most of my house clothes were selected so that I would feel OK if a neighbor suddenly rings the doorbell or if my son's friends come to visit. The tops are long enough to wear with close-fitting pants, the hoodies are not ratty etc.

Suz

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Such a fun thread...

It is 10:30 pm here and I am in my PJs, which consist of a not very lovely Tshirt and blue and white cotton PJ pants. I spent half the morning in my workout gear—shorts, turquoise top, fleece.

But it was dressing that way virtually ALL THE TIME that finally brought me to YLF. One afternoon around 2 pm I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and said This. Can't. Go. On. But then I didn't know how to address it!

Part of my style quest is to find the most comfortable yet stylish work-at-home wear that I can, so I don't NEED to wear my PJs or yoga pants all day, every day for my work-at-home life. And so I can make just a few additions or subtractions and walk out the door feeling good.

Lately my at home "uniform" has been:

Slippers (because we rarely wear shoes in the house).

Jeans (usually skinnies or straight legs, because the boot cuts need to be cuffed and I don't like how that looks on me).

A knit top of some kind. Note: In summer, I much prefer woven tops for their crispness. And I also really like the look. But especially in winter, and especially at home, I crave the coziness of a knit. Sometimes I will wear the long-sleeved T at home and change into a button down if I am going out. Other times, it's knits all the way. I just reach for them more in the winter, and that's that!

A cardi or jacket which I may or may not wear inside depending on the temperature nd what I am doing.

Ditto for a scarf.

Pretty basic, but it's comfortable and cozy for me. In the past I would never have described jeans as "comfortable" but the ones I have now seem to give enough that they don't bother me.

I also find that jersey skirts and dresses really fill a need. I can wear these just as easily at home and out. And they are every bit as comfortable as yoga pants. But look a bit more put together.

Ana

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I wear knit black pants or ankle length leggings, a tank top, and I have a few cotton cardigans that I use for layering. Sometimes I wear fuzzy socks. I could do with some more stylish toppers, my cardis are getting all stretched out now.

chewyspaghetti

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My WIW's are what I am wearing at home, running errands, to appointments and shuttling kids. I do change into jammies/robe in the evening, and sometimes if I have a day when I am not leaving the house I will just wear loungewear, but I have to be feeling crummy or doing dirty chores for that to happen.

Diana

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I'm almost always in loungewear at home. The street clothes come off pretty much right after I walk in the door, unless I am going out again soon. Partly this is for comfort reasons, partly because I do not want to get cooking smells/stains on my nice clothes, and partly because many of my street clothes look weird and/or drag on the floor without shoes, which I never wear in the house.

Loungewear is various "house" dresses (which are really old comfy dresses that have been demoted for one reason or another), or tank+yoga pants/PJ pants. I go barefoot mostly -my apartment tends to be overheated so I don't usually worry about bundling up or wearing slippers.

Sveta

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When I come from work I want to change from my work clothes immediately: it is like a symbol of leaving the work behind I guess. I have a couple of tunics and dresses I wear with leggings at home because I find them very comfortable.

Marley

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Because I don't have a job right now (sob!) I don't dress "up" when I get up in the mornings, but I do dress in an attractive, but comfortable way - so that if I get called to come into work (I fill in at a used bookstore and oftentimes dont' know until the last minute whether or not I'm going to work) or to do some type of volunteer work at the animal shelter, I can easily dress up whatever I am wearing - with different shoes, added jewelry or scarf and leave my house within 5 minutes. I really hate wearing "loungewear" - it honestly makes me lazy - and I fight enough with myself to be productive during my days at home, without wearing clothes that encourage my laziness! Now, if I worked full-time and had to leave my house every morning for my job, it would be a different story - loungewear would be my "go-to" outfit in the evenings!

christy

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When I get home from the office after a day in heels and constricting clothing, I go straight for my loungewear in the evenings after I work out. But on the weekends, if I'm dressed casually, I'll often just stay in whatever I'm wearing until it's time for bed. So, depends on the day!

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