What do you wear everyday if you work at home?

[whippet]

I am a freelance consultant. I work 4 days a week from my office at home. I'm only occasionally out at meetings etc.

I realise I have got into a sloppy habit of jeans/ T-shirt every day, as

a) it's comfortable, and
b) there's nobody around to see/ criticise etc.

But then at 3.15 I have the school run.

Ho hum.

All the mums are there in their Fat Face tunics and leggings, or smart work clothes, or skirts and colourful cardies...

This is the sort of stuff I would wear if I was going out/meeting with friends or something, but not for sitting at my desk all day!

Do I need a 'capsule working at home' wardrobe??

What would be in it?

Same here - work from home and my priority is warm and comfortable.

I must confess though, I do sometimes change into something a bit smarter to do the nursery run (not a whole new outfit, just some clean jeans or something), just because my warm and comfortable tracky bottoms and jumper that I've been wearing all day don't always match! But what is the point in sitting in a shirt and skirt or anything equally smart when you're at home all day?

At least now it is getting colder you can cover it up with a coat. I think I will just get a really nice, long coat this winter so I can wear what I like underneath and no-one on the nursery run will know...

I work from home, but am out with customers/conferences fairly frequently.

At home, I wear tunics/dresses and leggings mostly as they are comfy and respectable

Yes - I think it's the skirt thing I struggle with most! I'd find skirts very uncomfortable to sit in all day - waistbands and all that. But then when I get to school it's all skirts and tights and boots etc..

I work from home and have to do the school run too, I like leggings/woollen dresses and thick tights as they are warm and comfy.
Sat here in cords and a polo neck though today.

whippet - and you can't cross your legs or sit in anything other than a ladylike way in a skirt (well, I can't anyway, and I am partial to getting my feet up when I'm working on something meaty )

CMOT and Lizzy - loving your genius ideas of dresses and leggings/tights - warm, comfy AND stylish! That would mean no more rushing to get changed before I go out, only to change back again when I get home 10 mins later - woohoo

Now I just need to go look at that thread about maternity tights....

BTW, I mean cross my legs with my feet underneath, as in like the yoga pose, not a ladylike sharon-stone-esque cross over the knee pose

Lizzy - do you wear a layer under your woollen dresses

I wear long sleeved t shirts (M&S have some nice lightweight tees this year), or vest tops under my dresses. I've bought some high denier coloured tights this year, and they look good paired with a black dress.

Currently sat here in jogging bottoms and t-shirt. Must change before school run, looking like a total slob!

Whippet, no I don't but am warm blooded I think, I hate being too hot.

I find dresses/leggings far comfier than jeans if you're hunched over a desk, don't dig into my flab waist that way.

OK girls (assuming you all are ?)

I need some links to 'working-at-home,with seemless transition into school-run' dresses....

Are talking something like this

(M&S Per Una alert!)

I meant are we talking...

I like it! (Don't get the whole point and laugh per una thing personally... )

Looks really warm and comfy and like it wouldn't crease after a long day at a desk.

Another freelance consultant / working at home bod here too. I like the idea of leggings and dress/tunics but what footwear do you wear for venturing out of the house? Boots? Flats - too cold now without socks?

TMT - Actually I quite liked it too (and agree - not all the Per Una stuff is floral & floaty!)

Re shoes - I guess low heeled boots or shoes with thick opague tights would be my style.

ooh - I'm liking the idea of going shopping for an 'at home' wardobe now....

If anyone else finds any nice dresses, please link. I am hopelessly out of touch with the 'outside' world .

P.S. Am about 5ft 6 in with shoulder length blonde hair. Size 12 ish. Please feel free to style me!

whippet (and everyone else) - you've inspired me to do the same. I spend 3-4 days a week working at home and have never been able to justify spending money on fab outfits to wear in the house all day, but as a result I feel like a total slob, and I do miss having a reason to care what I drag out the wardrobe once in a while....

So I will be making a trip to the shops for tights, leggings and wool/wrap dresses as soon as that rogue invoice gets paid...

And I'm thinking some Ugg-boot style slippers to go over the tights while I'm sat at the computer. (I will try not to forget that they are not real shoes and end up wearing them to do the nursery run - that would really defeat the object now, wouldn't it!?)

TMT - Oh yes! Let's have a 'makeover' for working at home-ers...

I've been feeling exactly the same for ages, and I think it's been slightly depressing me - always feeling dowdy and like a slob, and feeling silly getting changed to go out for 15 mins!

I guess my only concern is that I don't want to create lots more laundry... I mean if you wear a T-shirt, jeans and a cardi, then that's only a T-shirt and underwear to wash at the end of the day, but with a dress, well, doesn't that need washing after a day's wear?
And won't they lose shape quickly if you keep washing them?

I still can't quite get my head around wearing 'nice' (more 'expensive') clothes to sit at home in!

this with jeans or leggings?

snuggly and warm

Hmm - not sure about the 2nd one (Monsoon) - people might think I'm pregnant!

whippet - yes, it's ok to slob about if you only work from home once in a while, but if you do it all the time, it does get depressing when you find that there are no days in the week where you have a reason to put something nice on.

So today I am giving it a go with the best I can find in my current wardrobe:

Thick black tights
Grey jersey dress with cowl (sp?) neck (fits nicely over my growing bump )
Long camel-coloured wooly cardigan
And snuggly boots for my trip out for an eye test - woohoo a reason to dress up (not!)

Tested it on the nursery run and so far feeling much more feminine and in control. Even got a bit of make up on (steady on there girl!)

naomi - the first is actually a bit like what I'm wearing today! Except mine is tighter with a belt slung under my bump. Like it!

Second one is a bit too sack-like for me (as I am short!) but I can see that it would look nice on someone tall and slender.

Actually I got a nice one from Asda (don't point and laugh please! I was shopping for DD's clothes but it caught my eye!) and it was only £16 but it is nice: teal with a v-neck and a skinny wool belt with nice metal ends. Quite baggy so hoping it will grow with me

I work from home most days although sometimes go out to meet clients. If at home then it tends to be the absolute minimum, depending on the weather - often just knickers and a t-shirt. My "seamless transition into school run mode" usually involves no more than pulling on a skirt or jeans. BTW, usually offend the school-gate fashion mafia by turning up barefoot - all my friends are used to it but of course we have a whole new bunch of mums at this time of year .

I have got quite into the Flylady thing (see good housekeeping) and one of her things is that you must get up and get completely dressed straight away. And she's right - it makes a massive difference to general productivity being completely ready to go, whatever happens, without thinking about it again, from 7am. I'm a convert - no more tracky bottoms for me.

well Im pretty casual - but I dont do tracky bottoms. I actually have v. little choice at the mo as v. pg - so I wear either my H&M maternity trousers, or my Dotty P maternity trousers with an empire style top. Which isnt too disimilar from what i'd wear when not pg actually, although I'd normally wear jeans.