Welcome to the era of Generation CoZy, where comfort reigns supreme and individuality is the name of the game. Who needs formal attire when your job involves looking at a blue screen all day and meeting colleagues over a virtual session, they rightly ask.
This shift in wardrobe represents more than a fashion choice. It’s a lifestyle, a movement towards a more spartan, laid-back existence. It’s a progression of China’s ‘lying flat’ movement, a rebellion against the rat race of traditional work culture. And where better to showcase these daring ensembles than on Xiaohongshu, China’s Instagram?
A thread dedicated to ‘gross outfits at work’ has become the talk of the town. But amid the chaos of business meetings in bunny slippers, and conference calls from the comfort of a cosy duvet nest, one thing’s for sure: even the most serious of corporate bigwigs would raise a sleepy-eyed salute to this merger of two Covid-era legacies: WFH and WFO.
