TL;DR
- The goal: a lounge outfit that feels like a hug and still counts as getting dressed.
- My formula: a knit on top, something soft on the bottom.
- Two matching knit sets, plus one all-black sweatsuit that looks put together.
- Run new pieces through the purchase filter before you buy.
Save your favorites to a collection in Adjust My Crown, free on the App Store and Google Play.
The goal of every home lounge outfit is to feel like I’m wearing this giant hug. But my mood can get a little iffy, so I need to get dressed (I don’t want to, but I need to. Does that resonate with anyone else?). Some days that’s an uphill battle, too. Head-to-toe sweats can sort of get me down.
Here are nine lounge wear outfit ideas, all Amazon finds, all for staying in. Most follow one rule. One breaks it, and I stand by that.
The Sweatpants Outfit Formula: Knit on Top, Lounge on the Bottom
My favorite cold lazy day outfit follows one outfit formula: a knit on top and something lounge-y on the bottom, usually a sweater and sweatpants of some kind. The sweater keeps me just slightly dressed, and that little lift is my kind of dopamine dressing.
Start with the navy chunky knit cardigan over a white fleece-lined tank (currently wearing, mildly obsessed), with foldover waist sweatpants.
The stripe trim does the dressing up so the sweats don’t have to.
At $42.99, 15 wears puts the cardigan’s Cost Per Wear under $3. That’s what you can check with the “item” section in the Adjust My Crown app if you’re a type A personality and like that info.
Add some whimsy with these slippers, and rewear them for Valentine’s Day (they’d also be so cute with that giant hug I linked above).
A floral embroidered knit sweater with foldover flare sweatpants gives you that Brandy Melville-inspired foldover shape, with flowers on top (you can buy yourself flowers).
For a sweeter version, put the cropped cardigan with a soft ruffle collar over the same fleece-lined tank, with cropped lace hem drawstring pants. That tank shows up in three of these outfits, which is exactly what a fleece-lined tank is for.
Save these outfits to a collection in Adjust My Crown called Lazy Cold Days, and on the next cold, lazy morning you can pick from outfits that already worked.
You don’t have to panic wonder why you have nothing to wear.
The Lazy Day Outfit With the Most Color
Put black fleece-lined leggings under the floral wrap cardigan, belted, with fringe and plenty of color. It’s bandana adjacent, but it won’t feel as dated in a year as a bandana print could.
A Lounge Set Outfit for Days With Zero Decisions
A fully knit striped set is the easiest home lounge outfit there is: two pieces, one decision. Add the embroidered pointed mules and your feet look like they have somewhere to be, even if it’s just the kitchen.
Want another matching set? This waffle knit set is a little more casual.
It’s a waffle knit, which I love because I’m a sucker for texture. And I think both pieces could be broken up and reworn really well.
Add the green velvet loafers piped in turquoise and the velvet brings even more texture. And everything can easily be thrown on with other outfits.
My Full-Sweatsuit Exception: A Black Barrel Leg Pants Outfit
Yes, I said full sweats get me down.
This one gets a pass because it combines a little current (barrel) with a little sweet (a bow).
Black fleece-lined barrel leg pants and an oversized bow sweatshirt, also in black, came from two different listings and still read as a set.
It looks like your life is as put together as your fit. The bow handles the dopamine.
Pajama Adjacent: A Winter Lounge Outfit That Reads Academia
Navy fleece-lined barrel pants with a rugby sweater reads less like a sweatsuit and more like dressed, but still pajama adjacent. The rugby earns its place past lounge season, too, since it layers over dresses in fall, winter, and spring. The whole look works with these fur-lined backless loafers for a slouchy academia vibe.
Here’s another thing to throw on with those navy barrel pants if it’s really cold in the house: a floral snap front fleece, with a fleece-lined tank under it, of course. These platform boots will keep you warm when the house gets drafty.
After 8, when I’m done for the day, it’s full pajamas on a good day.
That’s JOMO, the joy of missing out. FOMO can have the night.
Anyway, go try a knit you own and some pajama adjacent pants.
See if getting dressed doesn’t change your day a little. Whatever you do though, save the outfit by doing the “log today’s look” option. That will change your life even if upping your home lounge game doesn’t (but I think it will).
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