FASHION MILLY VAUGHAN
Samsoe & Samsoe, £65 (sale) Maze
Velvet, tee, £65
The loungewear conundrum
Feelgood Trousers, £110, Grace & Mabel
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve answered the door in?
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n this issue of Bristol Life I’m going to dive into the sloppy subject of loungewear. The very word ‘lounge’, with its drawn-out grapheme, makes me cringe on numerous levels. But love it or loathe it, there is a burgeoning market in that murky area of what to wear post-work, pre-bed; when we neither want to swan around our homes after an exhausting eight-hour day looking
like Alex Levy from The Morning Show, nor like a grumpy adolescent in a vintage varsity tracksuit. A friend once told me in the aftermath of a break-up that maybe in my next relationship I shouldn’t immediately change into my plaid pajamas the instant I got home from work. Ouch. But in hindsight maybe she had a point. My threadbare tartan pajamas meant my boyfriend was effectively having dinner with Rupert Bear, and was akin to
“My threadbare tartan pajamas meant my boyfriend was effectively having dinner with Rupert Bear”
leaving the bathroom door open. And most of us would probably admit that we’ve been caught out answering the door to a delivery man wearing something a little inappropriate for outside human interaction, or not being ‘doorready’ as a friend calls it. What we need is an alternative dress code of ‘smart-sloppy’, which transitions us from the office to the bedroom, without slacking on style; clothes to wear when we want to be supremely comfortable, but decent, so you can look the Ocado delivery person in the eyes and save his blushes. Here are some of my favourite finds to slouch in – and without a plaid print or see through t-shirt in sight. ■
Victoria plimsolls, £38, Maze
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