Photographed by Zoe Ghertner, Vogue, December 2019

Comfortable house dresses aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. At first, it was our new stay-at-home lives in 2020 that ignited the appreciation of house dresses. After a weeklong sweats-and-pajamas spell, you may have thrown on a dress (even if never leaving the house) and experienced the transformative power of fashion. Clothes have symbolic meaning, and getting dressed up is one way to help your brain feel some semblance of normalcy. A thing as simple as a great dress could have lessened a sense of melancholy and provided a feeling of mental preparedness for the day of working remotely from home.

And what dress could be more suited to life at home than the aptly named house dress; it’s a garment you didn’t know you needed until 2020, and even now, the love remains. These dresses are comfortable and easy enough for at-home wear, with non-constricting silhouettes, long hemlines, and comfortable fabrics.

Now, as we continue to reemerge, dresses that feel right for an upcoming soirée but also for sitting on a sofa at home reign supreme. Thanks to brands like Hill House Home and Dôen, the house dress is a closet champion that isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Here, shop the best house dresses to wear inside or out and about. Throw one on, and you’re instantly ready for the day ahead, even if that just means relocating to a different room in the house.