Take HommeGirls, Thakoon Panichgul’s media brand-meets-reimagined menswear label. Pajamacore cotton sets predate 2020 and its particular, comfort-minded effects on fashion. Muller’s team included button-ups and boxers in its launch lineup because, she says, “We felt it was a perfect WFH uniform that could also look put together to go grab some takeout.”

“We’re a new, small brand, so we have to really love a piece to move forward with it in production,” cofounder Jackie Skye Muller tells us. The sets are so amenable to our still-strange times, they’re the hero products for made-in-quarantine brands-like Recreational Habits, which opened its (virtual) doors in 2020. At Anine Bing, where boxers are a fairly new addition, “the idea is that you can wear at home to lounge, or you can pair it with our Mika Shirt to transition to the real world,” the designer says. “Boxer shorts are an extension of the leisure trend we have been seeing during the pandemic,” Anine Bing, designer at her eponymous label, explains.

The button-up and boxer short renaissance is also a by-product of current events. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play

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