From Anne Hathaway to Halle Berry and Tracee Ellis Ross, The #PillowChallenge Is The Quarantine Content We All Need

Literal, one-piece dressing.

Pillow challenge

by Natalie Hammond |
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Depending on your #WFHFit philosophy, you’re either a) never without a drawstring waist or a hoodie, b) determined to get dressed as per usual every morning or c) embracing the audio-only option on all video calls so you can wear whatever the hell you want. If you ticked the last entry, you might have already tried the latest trend sweeping Instagram.

First came #HomeCouture, where you’re tasked with creating catwalk-worthy looks out of whatever you can find around the house, then came #oneminutesculpture, where you have to make an artful stack of aesthetically-pleasing paraphernalia in 60 seconds.

If you’ve mastered both, it’s now time for, drumroll please, the #pillowchallenge. This is the easiest of the three so, naturally, it’s snowballed across social media. All you have to do is belt a stuffed pillow around your waist to make a strapless, and thigh-baring, minidress. No, we're not kidding.

The most popular pillow of choice appears to be white, while mother-daughter shots (with a mini for mama and midi for baby) are also clocking up likes.

This insta-sweeping trend has finally reached some of our fave A-listers, including the incomparable Tracee Ellis Ross:

Then, there's Halle Berry's typically chic take on the phenomenon:

And one of the best we've seen came courtesy of Anne Hathaway...

One word of advice. If you do try this at home, remember not to turn around on video calls.

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