Japanese denim shirt, £180, Officine GeneraleIt also begat a million memes, in which the intrepid i-worker attempted to sail as close to the sartorial wind as possible without actually adopting the ultimate ‘business up top, party down below’ outfit that might have cost the serial outlier their job.
Then there was the ‘Zoom groom’; the quick pat down of hair or shave to look sprightly after days of slovenliness. Charging against this clamour for unbuttoned utility-wear were the acolytes of ‘front room formal’ - a twist on dressing up, more accurately described as ‘dressing in’.
This found many of us assembling entire wardrobes designed for housebound peacocking. There was no reason to don hard-soled shoes or three-piece suits (unless that.
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