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This pricey wardrobe for people who work from home is getting trolled online - and it's hilarious

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An article doling out fashion advice for women who work from home is being trolled online — by people who are actually working from home.

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Christine Lennon, a freelance writer busy juggling her career and her carpool duties as a mom. A former fashion editor, Lennon writes that she finds it difficult to work from home but still dress for success as she takes business meetings, and sweatpants just aren’t cutting it.

Lennon is just one of millions of people who working from home or a non-traditional office space. In fact, a 2017 study by Global Workplace Analytics and FlexJobs, since 2005, the number of telecommuters has increased 115 per cent – meaning approximately 4.3 million people in the United States are working from home at least part time.

The article follows Lennon’s quest to look professional from the waist-up during Skype meetings, and comfortable enough to schlep her children to their activities. The writer talked to several female telecommuters who wax poetic of the virtues of “dressing nicely,” opting for cashmere sweaters instead of sweatpants.

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Featured in the article are wardrobe suggestions that include $4,160 USD earrings to punch up an outfit during a video conference and a $188 USD bodysuit to pair with a “fab coat.”

The article has caused a stir online, with telecommuters having a field day.

“Well that’s just common sense!” one Twitter user replied. “If I’m not wearing a freshly-pressed three-piece suit, pocket watch, bow tie, pocket square, Arrow shirt, leather wingtips, Eau de Cologne, and my shiniest monocle, then how can I even claim to be working?”

“Remember ladies, if you work from home, you will be judged under the same sexist and arbitrary beauty standards as if you were at work,” another commented.

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People are even sharing photos of themselves working comfortably from home, thank you very much.

 

While the Wall Street Journal‘s tweet has already racked up hundreds of comments, they have yet to respond.

It’s refreshing to see that the one topic the internet can actually agree on is the right to wear sweatpants (or no pants) from a home office setting. This feels like progress.

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