A few days ago, I had a Zoom work meeting scheduled with a potential new collaborator. As I was sifting through my closet trying to find the perfect top to wear 15 minutes before my call, it dawned on me how COVID has completely changed how we make and form first impressions – we no longer need to wear pants.
It’s pretty brilliant. In fact, I am not entirely comfortable wearing no pants around home, but I am always usually in a pair of loose pajama pants. The job of showing who you are, what your intention is, and how much s*** you give – now lies entirely on your top.
What does your outfit say about you and your alignment in a Zoom meeting? Let’s break it down. I’ll reveal what I am at the end.
1. Lawful Good
You’re wearing non-pajama pants. Woah. What more can we say? You are a decent, law-abiding human being. Culottes are an extra plus. Check out the ones I got from the Redress secondhand pop-up!
2. Neutral Good
Nothing says neutral more than a white T-Shirt. The “good” comes from the reusable coffee mug. For mugs, The Frank Green mug is great for larger drinks (and a minimal look), Cafe Concetto tumbler for keeping coffee hot extra long (also the mug in 1), and Stojo for easy carrying around town.
White T-shirts are hard to maintain, for that reason I love the For Days’ model of allowing you to send back your old t-shirt or tank and get a new one at a discounted price – with the company taking care of recycling all the while. They only operate in the US at the moment – hoping they will set up stations around the world soon!
3. Chaotic Good
“Sorry, I was on mute!”
Wearing linen also conveys great integrity because you are aligning yourself with a fabric that doesn’t hoard water during growth (a linen shirt uses 6.4 litres of water compared to 2,700 litres for a cotton shirt), durable and can withstand high heat. Linen is humbly bad ass.
4. Lawful Neutral
Throwing on a blazer on top of whatever you have under is the perfect way to quickly look put together for a Zoom call. I love blazers for this reason and will never have too many of them. If I’m wearing the same top underneath for 5 calls in a roll you won’t notice because you’re distracted by my blazer roster.
5. True Neutral
Sweater or sweatshirt means you’re not being a mess, but you’re also not trying too hard to impress. True neutral, as we say.
Dying to get my hands on a Pangaia sweatshirt and sweatpants combo. Panagaia is a self-described “a materials science company on a mission to save our environment”. They make their garments out of recycled or organic cotton with botanical or environmentally-friendly dyes. The best part about the company is that they only release limited quantities of garments each drop, so there is usually no unsold stock waste. This is probably also the worst drop because they are always sold out of the shades and styles I like!
6. Chaotic Neutral
“Sorry, didn’t have time to blow dry my hair!”
7. Lawful Evil
She is dressed and ready to cut someone.
8. Neutral Evil
The person that is always looking at their own video screen to make sure they look good.
But hey, own it if you’re Neutral Evil. Make sure your hair looks great in this case!
9. Chaotic Evil
You literally could wear anything and no one would care because no one knows…
What am I? I am 60% Lawful Neutral, 20% Neutral Evil and 20% Chaotic Evil. Guilty as charged. What is your Zoom meeting outfit alignment?!