Wearing sweatpants once meant you 'lost control', WFH changed that

"Sweatpants are a sign of defeat, " fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld once famously said. "You lost control of your life, so you bought some sweatpants." Photo: dpa

"Sweatpants are a sign of defeat," fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld once famously said. "You lost control of your life, so you bought some sweatpants."

But what are market researchers saying after the fashion sea-change during the pandemic?