ÿþUK actor Amanda Holden donned a discount nike ballgown to take out the rubbish, sparking a nationwide fiesta of dressing up to do chores: in silver-and-peacock-feather fascinators to iron clothes  in the garden; in formal dinner jacket to mow the lawn. At the other end of the scale, homeworkers attended online team meetings in fancy dress. Whether you can stick to an agenda when your colleague is dressed as a penguin is one thing, but something else is clear: if dressing up for a party is exciting, dressing up when you ve nowhere to go is taking on a new resonance. 

Too true, agrees LGBTQ+ writer and editor Jamie Windust.  I feel like I m actually doing something with the day if I m throwing on an outfit, they say  and they don t mean a suit.  If I m staying in, I ll dress as if I m going out. Or if I m just going to the shops, nike air vapormax offers I ll dress as if I m going out proper. I ve always loved doing that with fashion so I don t see why we should stop, even if our trips have become more menial. Sadie Clayton agrees  wholeheartedly. The artist and fashion-course director at the London College of Contemporary Arts keeps cheap nike air vapormax flyknit 2 students engaged with her kaleidoscopic Afro, fire-engine red lips and trademark dots painted beneath her eyes.  For me, it s such a big part of who I am, she laughs.  Without that, there s no Sadie Clayton. She s taken up a new hobby: roller dancing.  A lot of the time, I ll put on a funky pair of leggings and some tunes  and feel like I m in the 1980s! What s especially thrilling is the spirit of defiance underlying all these costume choices

Others took the time at home to rummage through closets and seek out hidden treasures.  I nike blazer discount have one of my mum s vintage bags, reflects Danielle Franca Swift, Display Copy s executive producer.  It s about 30 years old and I just found myself gravitating towards pieces like that  that had sentimental value, that felt comforting. In normal times, I might not have gone for it. Seeking emotional attachment in my clothes, that s happening more and more. Quietly, the planet is thanking us.

Many commentators believe the pandemic could offer a blank canvas for a fresh start.  We will come out of this, like we come out of a war, said forecaster Li Edelkoort, in conversation with the New York Times  Vanessa Friedman.  The buildings are still there, but everything is in ruins. We will want two things: security and to dance. Happily, it feels like we re already practising."The cosy Scandinavian concept of hygge has become popular around the world in recent years, but during long winters there is another idea that helps with the wellbeing of Nordic people. Friluftsliv is a philosophy that was first popularised in Nordic culture in the 1800s, and appeared in a poem by Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen.

Wonder Woman s bracelets of submission, which deflect bullets and create a defensive forcefield when clashed together, are the ultimate power accessory, though somewhat unobtainable nike blazer low offers for mere mortals. However, in the new film, set in 1984, Wonder Woman is also seen sporting a cuff when off duty. The cuff in question is a yellow-gold medium Bone cuff.  We would have died if it had been anything but Elsa Peretti, laughs Fasel.  Just because of what it represents, and what she represents. She s a female jewellery designer. She s always been an empowered, independent woman. And the bracelet is as iconic as Wonder Woman herself. Those wanting to embrace their inner  superheroine may well be tempted to invest in their own.