Dressing for the school run?

[WetLondoner]

Not specifically dressing up for the occasion, but rather, what do you wear or perceive others wearing that gives them a polished appearance?

I work from home the majority of the time, so I only get dolled up to go to meetings.

COMFORT is why I typically prefer to dress in leggings or yoga pants and sneakers. In addition, I enjoy rocking my windbreaker 😂

The teachers are always so stylish, and the majority have their nails painted and their hair styled nicely. One teaching assistant is older than I am, has two boys, and has a "french chic" look, hehe.

I just don’t want to come off as a scruff iyswim.

I do think it's important to care what you look like anywhere you go. That aside, what's a burger coat, paperbag trousers and hybrid working 😂😂
I'm obviously so out the loop of fashion. I'm mostly in walking boots or wellies, leggings or waterproof trousers and whatever coat or jacket suits the weather. Oh and covered in mud haha x
I'll pop to S&B for some grooming tips I think 😳

Be comfortable, clean and warm! Some days I'm in leggings, some days in a dress and heels.... in your case I'd just go in whatever I wear to wfh!

When i am doing the school run I am usually going straight to work after so reasonably smart but its quite a casual office. In winter im usually wearing a jumper dress or a tunic style top with tights or leggings and chelsea boots... summer usually a dress with a cardigan and pumps or sandals. Not ridiculously smart but usually wearing make up/jewellery/hair done.
however i have rocked up in some absolute states when I'm off work or the toddler has been poorly or something. Think the scruffiest scruffs you can imagine. Tbh i don't care and i don't notice what other parents are wearing

I think the thing that people find baffling is the specific getting changed for the school run. If you're already wearing clothes and then get changed just to look good picking your children up is odd.

Because if you saw what I wear at home you’d be glad I didn’t subject the public to it.

Is what you wear at home pyjamas or underwear? If so you have a point and yes should get dressed. If what you wear at home is actual clothing of any kind and does not have in it any racist or otherwise offensive slogan then you're fine and really are not subjecting the public to anything.

So why wear those scruffy things at home? It’s the getting changed for the school run then changed again for home working then changed again to leave the house that’s odd.

get up, have shower, put on clothes you will wear all day. Wear those all day, change for bed.

if your home working clothes are really not fit to be seen, why keep them? Dresses, smarter leggings, jeans and a jumper, these are fine for all day. Don’t get back in to the scruffs.

Sometimes I wear tracksuit bottoms & hoodies, leggings & hoodies, sometimes I actually shower do my hair & makeup usually nice jeans & top, sometimes baggy jeans & trainers, maybe a nice summer dress in summer. There is no set rule, I wear what I feel like that day.

Other mums could be wearing anything from farm clothes to office clothes, there are a number of first Responders who might be in uniform.

The big puffa’s are hugely on trend at our local prep / cream /beige leggings / long puffa gilets, a neverfull, sports socks - some blocky trainer etc

I’d say the majority of mums at ours have this style. I don’t see many handbags though.

Quite a good few have lovely dewy skin and fresh highlights and a good haircut. Think good bouncy hair is noticeable.

A lot of New Balance sneakers and Balenciaga with socks over leggings before the scandal.

I wear Barbour and wellies sometimes too, mine usually are a bit muddy from my dog walks.

Long coat

Crocs and socks
Stocks and socks

Gym wear
Yoga trousers and tracksuits

Shorts and a fleece with trainers

I am so unsexy at times

Just the long padded coat and leather gloves are most important

I always wear makeup every single day even if not leaving the house or if I am a patient at hospital still makeup on
Hair always always washed blow dried and straightened, usually in a pony tail

I don't notice other parents except the ones in revealing belly tops and short shorts or in pyjamas

Jesus.

Do you think dads worry about this??

Is what you wear at home pyjamas or underwear? If so you have a point and yes should get dressed. If what you wear at home is actual clothing of any kind and does not have in it any racist or otherwise offensive slogan then you're fine and really are not subjecting the public to anything.

is it only me who always takes their clothes off when they get home? I basically don’t wear outdoor clothes in the house at all.

As soon as I get in I always take what I have on off and into my “house clothes” I’ve always been like this and I do the same with the kids.

At home I like wearing as little as possible so sports bra and shorts or sports bra leggings/pyjama bottoms.

I don’t really like wearing much at home and don’t enjoy the feeling of having clothes on.

if I have a zoom meeting I will put a top on and have a pair of knickers on.

it’s quite normal for me just to wear underwear all day too… 😂😂

Even my daughter first thing when we are in “take your clothes off” off she gets into her knitted sets or whatever.

If you are happy with the way you dress for the day, continue to wear that for the school run. Those woman are desssing for their day, which includes the school run.

So this probably explains more.

I’ve been brought up having separate “outside clothes” then “house clothes” and we don’t wear clothes that have been worn out and about around the house.

Hope that makes more sense why I “dress up to go on the school run” 😂

is it only me who always takes their clothes off when they get home? I basically don’t wear outdoor clothes in the house at all.
I doubt it's only you but I still find it weird. How can you be arsed changing? I get up, get dressed and get undressed at night. I would change for a proper fancy evening out but would have to be a genuinely fancy restaurant or something. I can't be doing with the faff of changing clothes any more than necessary.

What if you are visiting someone for the weekend? Do you get changed into your underwear there too or just wear normal clothes in other people's houses?

Oh ok - OP - the whole house clothes VS outdoors clothes is barking and not what most people do. Does seem incredibly odd and not how most people behave.

why waste time doing that?

I doubt it's only you but I still find it weird. How can you be arsed changing? I get up, get dressed and get undressed at night. I would change for a proper fancy evening out but would have to be a genuinely fancy restaurant or something. I can't be doing with the faff of changing clothes any more than necessary.

maybe it’s a sensory thing but I hate having clothes on at home especially jeans.

also I have dogs so don’t want my clothes covered in dog hair or getting ladders in my tights from playing with them and snuggling up.

my house is also very warm so I would be boiling if I wore a jumper etc inside all day.

I'm a teacher and I don't really have much parent interaction as I work in secondary, but I don't think we could care less.

It's pretty obvious when someone is dressed for work or to go out. If someone is dressed in 'house clothes' or lounge wear I wouldn't think anything of them besides that they're at home all day.

I'm the same as you OP. When I get home from work I always change. It's more for comfort than anything else.

Actually what is the thinking behind it - why don’t you wear house clothes outside or outside clothes inside? Can’t you just find one outfit that suits what you’ll be doing all day and wear it?

What if you are visiting someone for the weekend? Do you get changed into your underwear there too or just wear normal clothes in other people's houses?

I’ll get dressed to go out and then when I come home I will take it all off and put it in the wash basket.

then I wash my face and hands 😂

x post - someone is doing well for themselves if they can afford to keep their house hot enough that they can’t wear a jumper indoors… seriously though, just sort an outfit that suits your lifestyle, so not tight jeans or thin tights for days you are at home, and wear it all day, possibly throw an extra jumper on before leaving the house if your outfit isn’t warm enough for outside.

Shamefully... I judge hard people who look dolled up on the school run. Especially, there's a fair few mums who don't have jobs and I know for a fact they DO see the school run as an "event in their day". (Obvs not saying all SAHMs are like that but just the few I'm thinking of). I honestly think it's pretty tragic to be so invested that you get dressed up and put makeup on for the school run. It's compulsory to take your kids to school. It's not a choice I'm making and I don't really care about any of the people there!

People really don’t care.

I do however always comment on how nice people’s clothes are when I spot something I like, I think it’s nice to be told you look nice - but that doesn’t mean I think other people look awful

It’s just about comfort isn’t it. Why would you sit in jeans and a blouse all day when you could wear a sports bra and pyjama bottoms.

I’ll confess when I had the most horrendous bug and DH was working abroad, I stuck jeans on over my PJ top and did the school run with my coat over the top. I was so ill though. And so worried that a gust of wind would somehow ensure my coat blew off 🤣🤣🤣 which is silly as it wasn’t even a pyjama-y PJ top!