Zoom Outfit

My bedroom is where I work, where I take Zoom calls, where I sleep, where I relax and watch YouTube, here is where I get changed and where I cry and laugh. Here is where my research takes place. What was once considered the most private space, the bedroom, has now become public as I offer a portion of my bedroom to be viewed by tutors and peers alike.

 

This garment is designed for virtual video meetings. The Mickey Mouse pyjama set was given to me one Christmas from my grandparents from Primark, to keep me warm during the cold winter months in my tenement flat.

 

This pyjama set embodies what the bedroom used to be, “a refuge and a space where a person can “truly” be themselves”. The bedroom used to be a place where you could remove your ‘mask’ and wear whatever you want without trying to present the best version of oneself. Now, an item of clothing I deem too embarrassing to wear outside of my private domestic space is not able to be worn within that private domestic space, even when necessary.