Bosnian Fashion Designer Aida Korman: Creative Stay at Home

By: Aida Korman, fashion designer

Let's stay home today, so we can go out tomorrow.

Quoting Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, in this period of isolation due to the coronavirus, it is necessary to focus on smart working and use the free time we have available in a constructive way.

Even if fashion is not a basic necessity, a little healthy and optimistic spirit needs to be brought into everyday life.

All those who practice social distancing spend much more time at home.

Although anxiety, uncertainty, and fear have taken over for many due to the spread of the coronavirus, there are many ways to stay calm and healthy: meditation and breathing exercises, practicing yoga. In fact, during this period, we can do all those things we couldn't do because we were too busy.

Finally, we can read books and watch movies, cook new dishes, talk to friends, pay more attention to our pets. It is important that whatever we do, we vibrate high and stay positive.

This is a time for reflection, a time when we can learn new skills and be creative and launch new challenges. For example, we can make masks from old clothes, and you don't have to be an expert to do that. It is enough to find a tutorial on YouTube. You can also make them from baking paper. 

Due to the latest government measures, the night look has become the main protagonist of the day. Thus, a challenge has been launched through social networks for the best quarantine look and #slipperchallenge, i.e., the choice of slippers.

In fact, a pair of pajamas to feel more comfortable is exactly what we need. Over pajamas, we can wear a blazer or choose a sweater with pajama bottoms for video meetings as a combination of half pajamas and half office wear.

There are also those who try to experiment with new and original looks during the isolation period, but it is undeniable that pajamas - all day, every day - remain the most popular clothing item.  

In the end, the pandemic is proving to be democratic, as it erases social differences.