41 Spring Outfits to Wear When You Just Can't Do the Sweatpants Thing Anymore

Throughout our time in lockdown, we've fallen in love with sweatpants, and then out of love with them, and then, perhaps, back in love with them again. It's been a vicious cycle, sort of like the relationship you have with that one partner in your life you just keep coming back to even though you swear you're never getting back together. (Sorry, I just can't stop watching Normal People, so the romantic references ensue . . .) Whatever the case, there will be a point in time when you reach for a different sort of outfit. If this hasn't happened for you yet, I promise you the loungewear fatigue will kick in soon.

I've responded to it by sourcing inspiration from screen style and trying to re-create at-home looks that are comfortable, functional, and stylish all at once. They just make me feel better about my day and instill a sense of confidence that helps me work harder. But I wanted to provide you with the women I follow on Instagram whose wardrobes are shifting, like mine, toward spring and summer-friendly pieces they've waited long enough to debut.

The outfits ahead are easy, not over-the-top. Some involve basics as simple as go-to baggy jeans and a t-shirt, or those silk high-waist palazzo pants you usually wear to the office with a blazer. No matter your personal style, you'll find something here to move onto when you do go ahead and break up with your sweatpants . . . for now. Who's to say where you'll both go from here?