Working from home was supposed to make getting dressed easier, and somehow it did the opposite. The office had rules, and rules are easy to follow. Home has none, which is how perfectly stylish women end up spending eight hours a day in a decade-old event tee, feeling vaguely out of sorts and blaming the inbox. The truth we have learned from thirty years of dressing Bondi locals — many of whom now commute from the bedroom to the kitchen table — is that work from home outfits are not about looking professional for nobody. They are about feeling like yourself on the days nobody is checking.
This is our guide to the WFH wardrobe that actually works: comfortable enough to sit in from nine until six, considered enough that a surprise video call or a school-run detour causes zero panic, and built from pieces that earn their keep on weekends too.
Retire the uniform of defeat
There is a difference between loungewear and giving up, and everyone knows exactly where the line is. The old jumper with the stretched neck is on the wrong side of it. The good news is that crossing back over requires almost no extra effort — the same two-piece ease, just in fabrics and cuts that were designed on purpose.
Our loungewear collection is built for precisely this brief, and the sweatpants edit covers the bottom half with joggers and track pants that hold their shape past the third wash. The test is simple: if the doorbell rings, do you hesitate? A good WFH outfit answers the door without thinking about it.
The waist-up rule, and why the tank is the hero
Video calls invented a new category of dressing: the waist-up outfit. It sounds like a joke until you realise it is genuinely useful — one good top transforms a camera frame, and a clean neckline does more on a screen than any blazer. This is where an elevated tank earns its place as the hardest-working piece in the WFH wardrobe.
The Chosen by Tuchuzy Jersey Scoop Tank in white is our benchmark: a thick, structured jersey that skims rather than clings, with a scoop that sits perfectly in frame. Worn alone in summer, layered under a cardigan or blazer in winter, it is the piece that makes tracksuit bottoms invisible below the desk. You will find it with its siblings — crew necks, one-shoulders, keyhole cuts — in the tops and tanks collection, which is where we would start building the waist-up rotation. Three good tanks and one great knit will cover a fortnight of calls.
The soft-tailoring middle ground
Somewhere between trackpants and trousers sits the WFH sweet spot: pants with an actual waistband and an actual drape that still feel like a concession to comfort. Linen is the natural fabric here — breathable through a long desk day, forgiving through a long lunch, and impossible to crease in a way that looks anything other than intentional.
The Chosen Deconstructed Linen Pant in white is the pair we reach for — relaxed through the leg, clean at the waist, polished enough to walk into a café meeting without a wardrobe change. The wider pants collection runs the full spectrum from tailored to barely-trying, and in the colder months the knitwear edit supplies the third pieces — the roll necks and fine knits that make a July morning at the kitchen table feel less like a punishment. Sydney winter is real, whatever the postcards say.
The 3pm walk, and dressing for your own commute
Every good WFH day has a hinge in it — the walk, the swim, the coffee run that saves the afternoon. In Bondi that means the stroll down to the beach or a lap of the coastal path, and the outfit has to survive the transition without a full costume change. This is where denim re-enters the conversation: pull on jeans, keep the tank, add sunglasses, and the desk outfit becomes a street outfit in under a minute.
The Chosen Low Rise Jean in white does this shift particularly well, and the full jeans collection covers every other silhouette if low-rise is not your language. A frame from the sunglasses edit finishes the transition — the fastest way to look composed on four hours of sleep ever invented.
The winter desk: layering for the coldest seat in the house
Nobody warns you that the home office is the coldest room in the house until you are living in it. Sydney winter is not dramatic, but a July morning at a kitchen table near a window will test any wardrobe built purely for looks. The answer is not the heater and a blanket — it is proper layering, the same principle skiers use, translated into pieces you would happily be seen in.
Start with the tank as a base layer, add a fine knit from the knitwear collection, and keep a sweatshirt within arm's reach for the 7am start — the sweatshirts edit exists for precisely this hour of the day. The trick is keeping every layer slim enough that removing one at midday does not require a wardrobe rethink. Three thin, good layers beat one heroic jumper every single time, and they mean the video-call frame stays sharp no matter which layer is on top when the meeting starts.
From desk to dinner without a reset
The final test of a work from home outfit is what happens at 6pm when someone suggests dinner. The wardrobe that passes is the one built from interchangeable good pieces rather than categories: the tank stays, the linen pant stays, and one swap — a heeled sandal, a leather jacket, a lip — moves the whole thing into evening. If the day ends somewhere nicer than it started, our tops collection has the going-out layer, and the rest is already on your body.
Everything above ships worldwide from our Bondi Beach floor, including to the United States — where we note with some envy that working from home currently involves summer. And if your home office happens to be in the Eastern Suburbs, visit us on your 3pm walk; we are very good at turning a coffee run into a wardrobe update.
Your questions answered
What should I wear when working from home?
Build a small rotation of elevated basics: structured tanks and tees for video calls, one pair of soft-tailored pants such as linen, quality loungewear for heads-down days, and a knit layer for winter. The goal is pieces that work on camera, at the café, and on the couch without changing.
How do I look professional on video calls from home?
Focus on the frame: a clean neckline, a considered top, and decent light matter more than anything below the waist. A thick jersey tank or fine knit reads far better on camera than a creased shirt.
Are jeans good for working from home?
Yes — particularly softer, relaxed fits like a low-rise or wide-leg. They mark the psychological line between work mode and couch mode, and they make the transition to errands or dinner effortless.
How many work from home outfits do I actually need?
Fewer than you think: three or four great tops, two bottoms, one knit and one jacket will mix into a fortnight of outfits. Spend on quality rather than quantity — these are the clothes you wear most hours of your life.
Does Tuchuzy ship internationally?
We do — worldwide from Bondi Beach, with express delivery to the United States, so the WFH wardrobe upgrade is available in any time zone.