Gen Zers put comfort first by bringing lazy look into workplace

Published Oct 14, 2024  •  Last updated 0 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

In case wearing pyjamas to class wasn’t enough, Gen Zers are now taking their lounge act into the workplace. Photo by iStock /GETTY IMAGES

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In case wearing pyjamas to class wasn’t enough, Gen Zers are now taking their lounge act into the workplace.

The age group — defined as the generation born in the late 1990s and early 2000s — is hard at work trying to feel as relaxed as possible in their new-look office attire, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Corporate girls wear pyjamas to work,” a TikTok creator named Rachel captioned one of her recent videos, in which she showed off her office outfit, silk pyjama pants.

Rose Colcord, who is the founder of Cou Cou Intimates, said the only place she wouldn’t wear the loungewear would be at “an important first-impression business meeting.”

Her brand launched pyjama pants for $118 last fall and almost sold out in the first 48 hours of an exclusive subscriber sale.

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Luxury fashion designers are getting on board with the lazy look, too, including Louis Vuitton and Dries Van Noten.

Younger generations wearing pyjama pants in the workplace and classroom is most likely a result of the “comfy chic fad” spearheaded by celebrities this summer, the New York Post reported.

“They literally go with everything,” Luciana Leyva, a student and content creator, told The Journal, per the Post, adding that she wore them to school paired with Birkenstocks.

“A bunch of people were like, ‘Oh my gosh, I love your pants.’”

Anna Zapotosky, a mom and radio host, told The Journal that she thought it was “pyjama day” at her daughter’s Connecticut high school when she recently pulled up to the building and saw students in sleepwear.

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She quickly realized, “that’s just what they wear here now.”

“I was kind of horrified,” said Zapotosky, who posted a viral Instagram Reel on the topic. “To me, it just seems so lazy.”

TikTok is a place where creators are showing off their comfy looks.

“The comfort is next level!” said one TikToker.

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“Unpopular opinion: it’s totally acceptable to wear pyjama pants as regular pants,” said another.

Vancouver-based content creator and high schooler Phoebe Chaytor told The Journal that the pants of today are “very aesthetic,” not the “plaid Christmas PJs” some naysayers might be imagining.

Georgia’s Witfield County school district, for one, is A-OK with the lazy attire after voting PJs into its rulebook.

“A number of our students, especially high school kids, want to sleep as late as possible,” committee member Chris Parker told The Journal. “So, it’s easier to just have on pyjama pants and a T-shirt and come to school.”

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