Warm, smart indoor clothing?

Semple said:
My comment was less about "branding and quality of thermal clothes" and more about the need to wear them in the first place.

Blimey if you're buying expensive cashmere jumpers and gilets, then you'll probably find it cheaper to heat your office space over winter and do away with just wearing a shirt.
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Yes unfortunately clothes of some sort are needed when on a video call.
 
Harnser said:
@fobose have you bought much from Uniqlo? Their merino jumpers are very cheap, how's the quality? I shrank my last merino jumper to child-size on an ill-chosen wash-cycle, but it was good.
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Only the gillets, I spotted them when I was in Thailand and paid a lot less (£15 I think). I've had them years and the quality seems good for those any way.

I have a lot of merino stuff, mainly for cycling to work (socks, base layers). Don't get me started on shrinking them :D
 
Unseul said:
Sports thermals? Basically long johns etc but trendy so you feel less of an old man.

Why not just longjohns etc though? You're at home. Who cares???
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Agreed Long Johns are a staple of mine throughout the winter months. I don't leave the house without them
 
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2. Capture the hot air in freezer compartment.
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Out of interest OP, what line of work are you in? I've never seen anyone dressed smartly/in work wear for a video conference when WFH.
 
Get some fleecy thermal bottoms, they're so comfy and nice in the cold. Wear underneath normal work trousers, or trackies if you're feeling indulgent.

Thick 'totes' style socks or over normal socks (so you won't have to wash them every day).

Then a white thermal top so it won't be too noticeable if it shows through your shirt or whatever. Nice single-colour jumper over a shirt looks smart to me too.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Surely if you're heating the rest of the house and leaving this room as an icebox surely it will just suck the heat from the rest of the house?
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Running the heating for the whole house, to heat one room? No thanks. I went the oil-filled radiator route in a different house last year, to heat this one room and it was okay, but I still was cold even with it on permanently. Take it as heating helps, but warm clothing (plus hot drinks, plus...) makes the real difference.

TBH it was the same problem in some offices - everyone else in shirtsleeves and I'd be slapping on a jumper under my jacket.

Tom_ed1987 said:
Out of interest OP, what line of work are you in? I've never seen anyone dressed smartly/in work wear for a video conference when WFH.
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I straddle a line between technical consulting and management consulting, dealing mainly with c-levels and boards. While some clients have relaxed now they're working from home, others seemingly can't let go.
 
Harnser said:
I straddle a line between technical consulting and management consulting, dealing mainly with c-levels and boards. While some clients have relaxed now they're working from home, others seemingly can't let go.
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I'm glad there wasn't even a question of it being raised here. I called a finance director who was in warm loungewear the other day and I was in a shirt making use of the flexible working by delaying my go in time as it was raining. Also been on calls at CXO level in my hoodie.
 
Just like choosing a good business card, selecting the right work from home garb takes some thought.

You can either dress to impress, or you can be like Christian Bale in The Big Short wear and what you want but extra good results. Now that isn't going to work everywhere, but once something takes on, everyone will follow, think of the first bloke in financial services who wore a pink shirt, gillet and chinos.

Been working from home for 5 years, this is my trend setting work from home garb that gives superior function, comfort and working endurance ability.

It starts with vests, yes vests, not t shirts or polos, vests are the superior comfort option for a base layer for freedom and ease of wear, a good cotton vest is so versatile. Then for extra versatile warmth options what better than a zip up hoody. You don't need anything in between, the sensuous feel of a hoody over a vest is quite something, let me tell you.

For heat, a zipped hoody gives so many options, unzipped, hooded, or even rolled up to the arms for a casual style, a zipped hoody is always much better than one without a zip.

Then add some stylish open hem fleeced tracksuit bottoms, open hem superior in that you can tuck into socks for warmth or have nice ventilation, closed hem only gives you one option and look worse.

Finally finish the look with slider sandals or slippers and padded tube socks, don't let any fashion rules dictate your office comfort.

I really think the key element is the vest with hoody combo, it's super relaxing with a superior range of movement to any t shirt or shirt.

Impress your colleagues not with how smart you dress but with how quickly you adopted this battle tested home office garb, the longer people work from home, then more people will end up opting for similar comfort get ups. The vest and hoody combo will be the new pink shirt and gillet.
 
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