People are using the hashtag #distancebutmakeitfashion to showcase their best at-home outfits on Sundays
- Not leaving the house has meant wearing more comfy clothing for a lot of people — but not everyone.
- Twitter users around the world are using #distancebutmakeitfashion to show off their best at-home looks on Sundays.
- Writer Rachel Syme launched the trend last month with a single tweet, but didn't expect it to take off.
- She told Insider: "It's a little something that can be a boost, that can help you reorientate your body, because one thing that's very common at this time is disassociation."
- However, she added: "The stress of living during this pandemic is unprecedented. Therefore, if you don't want to get dolled up on a Sunday, the world understands."
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Working from home has its share of perks, such as the freedom to eat what you want, and most importantly, wear what you please.
Nevertheless, getting dressed to the nines for Zoom meetings and deadlines means leggings, t-shirt dresses, and sweatpants — shoes optional — for most people.
However, not everyone is treating quarantine as a time to be cozy.
A tweet from writer Rachel Syme has now inspired a weekly online fashion show, where people are literally putting their Sunday best on (fittingly, on Sundays) and tagging their finest threads with #distancebutmakeitfashion.
On March 21, she said: "on sundays we wear outfits
"even if just for 5 minutes
"please take something amazing out from the back of your closet that you never wear and prepare to put it on and show it to the world on sunday."
In a thread, she added: "i wanna see sequins i wanna see pocket squares i wanna see gowns i won't rest until i see at least one capelet or perhaps a jaunty silk scarf."
Syme, who is a staff writer for The New Yorker, is a true fangirl of fashion, citing her grandmother's style as one of her influences.
Despite being a trendsetter through her whimsical way with words and keen creativity, Syme told Insider that the trending hashtag wasn't planned.
"It was a Friday or Saturday and I thought, 'I've been in the same pair of athleisure pants for three days. I need to find a way to force myself to get dressed,'" she said.
She kicked off the hashtag with a "take on a deranged 60s housewife on the edge of her sanity who has a great affinity for off-brand valium."
Her initial tweet has since been liked more than 4,000 times, and the #distancebutmakeitfashion hashtag has been populated with countless photos.
Syme said: "It's a little something that can be a boost, that can help you reorientate your body, because one thing that's very common at this time is disassociation."
"The whole thing is like a creative exercise, like a writing exercise or a painting prompt. It's all just us jumping up to do something creative for the day to jumpstart your energy."
Even though #distancebutmakeitfashion sees the styles of all kinds of people, Syme admitted the challenge isn't for everyone.
"Everybody has to do what's right for them. I think there are people I know right now with two kids and aging parents, and the best they can do is hope to keep it all together during the day, let alone put together an outfit," she told Insider.
"The stress of living during this pandemic is unprecedented. Therefore, if you don't want to get dolled up on a Sunday, the world understands."
Last weekend marked Easter Sunday, and fashionistas around the globe made their return or debut to the #distancebutmakeitfashion soiree.
"On Easter, for example, people were in bonnets and big Easter dresses. Then, you had some people wearing Doc Martens and goth, just witchy clothes. My favorite thing is the eclectic and eccentric way people interpret the challenge."
She added: "We have people doing full photoshoots at home. It's amazing! You get to see everyone's personal style."
"We haven't lost our style just because we're inside," she said. "If anything, I think this is a time when people are forced to have to rock their own style."
She added: "People are making do with what they have. What comes across for me when I see these posts and makes me happy is the confidence and joy in the way that people are taking part in this."
Syme's positive outlook on the future means she's confident she'll be wearing her stunning outfits outside again soon enough.
"There will be a future in which we'll be able to wear clothes like this again, and maybe we can be out on the street walking proudly admiring each other's outfits in real life," she said. "Doing this on Sundays gives me hope for that future day."
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