Beats working in your PJs! Employees don VERY creative fancy dress outfits to boost morale during lockdown – from zoo animals to a full Power Ranger suit
- Workers from around the world took to social media to share snaps of outfits
- Included a head-to-toe Power Ranger suit and a homemade daffodil costume
- Many donned animal onesies while some glammed up in masquerade masks
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Employees who are working from home have taken to wearing fancy dress in their makeshift offices to boost morale amid the coronavirus crisis.
Dozens took to social media to share photos of their impressive outfits, which include a head-to-toe Power Ranger suit, animal onesies and a daffodil headpiece made out of Selfridges bags.
The hilarious snaps from around the globe show workers going the extra mile to inject some fun into their monotonous days spent in lockdown.
One social media user was pictured wearing a lion mane’s wig and dramatic face paint for Fancy Dress Friday.
Instagram user Blawreate created a homemade daffodil to perfectly frame his face – with petals made from Selfridges bags
A team member from UCL Archaeology in the South East shared this snap of one of its employees donning a full Power Rangers suit
Brid Enright, of London, shared this snap of her team enjoying a group chat, during which they celebrated one of their birthdays
Game, set, match! Fran Hales shared this photo of him ‘serving up some top spin’ during isolation (right) while Alex Anthony, from St Neots, also urged people to put on fancy dress and ‘get moving’ (left)
Instagram user Goody Scott shared this snap of her working from home dressed as a pirate
They captioned their snap on Instagram: ‘Day 7? In the Big Brother house and the housemates have gone feral.’
Fran Hales, from Bristol, stood poised in a 1980s tennis player outfit as though he was ready to make a serve.
He quipped: ‘Serving up some top spin isolation Fancy Dress Friday. Keeping healthy, entertained and most important of all, doing so in fancy dress!
‘I want to encourage the inner fancy dresser in you all, to dig out costumes (or make them) and share it with the world.’
One Zoom conference call showed a group struggling to contain their amusement as they wore hippy, Batman, viking and papier mache lobster outfits
Instagrammer Diddy Gilman shared this photo of himself dressed as ‘Sister Gilman’ during a weekly Skype meeting
This Instagrammer went all out with their lion costume (left) while Jamie Fry, from Newham, London, sported a zebra onesie fitted with a hood and used the Instagram post as an opportunity to update his followers on day 12 of lockdown (right)
Meanwhile, another – called Blawreate – created a homemade daffodil to perfectly frame his face – with petals made from Selfridges bags.
He grinned from inside his headdress while clutching two daffodils in his hands – as he announced: ‘I’m a daffodil baby’.
One Zoom conference call showed a group struggling to contain their amusement as they wore hippy, Batman, viking and papier mache lobster outfits.
Another social media user admitted the fancy dress day is a ‘weekly excuse to have a giggle’ amid the coronavirus outbreak – and donned a Frida Kahlo look.
Instagrammer Caity Daws, from Canberra, stepped up the glamour for her teleconference call
Another social media user admitted the fancy dress day is a ‘weekly excuse to have a giggle’ amid the coronavirus outbreak – and donned a Frida Kahlo look
A Twitter user called George showed off his Scottish attire – teaming a tartan sash with a matching kilt and beret.
Jamie Fry, from Newham, London, sported a zebra onesie fitted with a hood and used the Instagram post as an opportunity to update his followers on day 12 of lockdown.
Meanwhile another Instagram user cut a more sleek and sultry figure – wearing a masquerade mask and satin dress.
Samantha Wragg admitted she was ‘very limited’ for fancy dress and donned a JustEat sponsored football outfit to go as Welsh footballer Robbie Savage.
One Instagram user cut a more sleek and sultry figure – wearing a masquerade mask and satin dress
Nina Edwards shared a screengrab of her catch-up with colleagues, where the fancy dress theme was pretty loose
An Instagram user shared this photo of her ‘sweating for our superheroes’, explaining she’d been working out in her costume for the NHS (left) while Fran Hales, from Bristol, ditched his tennis attire and opted for a spooky suit to brighten up his solitude (right)
Netstar shared this snap from their team meeting on Friday, with a thank you to the NHS
Samantha Wragg admitted she was ‘very limited’ for fancy dress and donned a JustEat sponsored football outfit to go as Welsh footballer Robbie Savage (left) while Twitter user George showed off his Scottish attire (right)
Andrew Cuff shared this snap of his after work virtual drinks with colleagues – who all donned a variety of fancy dress
Instagram user patchworkeimer shared this photo of herself dressed as a virtual princess for children who couldn’t go to their nursery’s party
The trend follows Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing a total lockdown last Monday – permitting only ‘essential’ travel to the supermarkets, one form of exercise and social gatherings of no more than two people, last week.
In a letter to 30 million households, Mr Johnson is to tell Brits ‘we have sought to put in the right measures at the time’.
He has admitted ‘things will get worse before they get better’ and ‘will not hesitate to go further if that is what the scientific and medical advice tells us we must do’.
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