Confirmation photos posted with ‘going to work look’ on Chinese SNS Xiaohongshu. He receives support from Chinese youth by wearing fur pajama pants, slippers, and sleeping socks. [사진출처=샤오홍슈]
The culture of China’s younger generation wearing ‘gross clothes’ to work is spreading. It is analyzed that pajamas and other clothes that make people look like they just got out of bed reflect the vanity of the younger generation in China.
On the 24th (local time), foreign media such as the New York Times (NYT) from the United States and the Guardian of the United Kingdom noticed the phenomenon of young Chinese checking images of them going to work in pajamas on their social networking services (SNS). On Xiaohongshu, China’s famous SNS, there is a lot of enthusiastic response to photos taken of people wearing pajama pants, fur slippers, and sleeping socks along with the description of ‘look work’.
NYT explained, “The work attire of young Chinese office workers is surprisingly casual,” adding, “Most of them look like they just got out of bed.”
Luo (30), who works as an interior designer in Wuhan, Hubei Province, told the NYT, “I wear what I want to wear,” adding, “I don’t think it’s worth spending money on clothes for work when I’m just sitting down.” He expressed his conviction.
The look of Kendos S’s work had sparked a ‘disgusting outfit’ among Chinese youth. [사진출처=더우인]
According to the Guardian, the trend of ‘disgusting clothes’ among Chinese youth was caused by a woman using the ID ‘Kendou S’ on Douyin, another Chinese SNS, wearing pajama pants, a brown sweater skirt and a dress full of holes It started all with a video of a ‘commute look’ wearing gloves and slippers.
Kendos S said, “When my manager saw my outfit, he said, ‘It’s terrible,’ and, ‘I’m worried about the image of the company, and I need to come to my senses.'” He recounted the company’s response. lately. However, his outfit quickly became a hot topic among Chinese youth and later influenced many young office workers.
The NYT analyzed that the reason young Chinese people wear hideous clothes to work is because of an underlying sense of loss and hopelessness. This means that, through deliberate ‘self-depreciation’, they express their dissatisfaction not only with low wages but also with an uncertain future where they are not compensated for their hard work in the present.
In China, the young generation who do nothing because they are tired of low growth and unemployment are called ‘tangping (body flat)’. In a public poll last month, netizens cited reasons such as ‘I’m too tired to pay attention to my clothes’ and ‘I don’t have enough money to buy new clothes’ as reasons for going to work dressed like this .
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