21 Scenes of Social Distancing — Hilarious, Touching and Striking Shots of Texans Helping to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve

A New Normal Means New Rules, New Outfits — and a Little Looniness

By Shelby Hodge // Apr 22, 2020

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The ever-fashionable Duyen Nguyen dressed up for toilet cleaning in a spoof on social isolation — an Instagram hit.

KPRC Channel 2 news anchor Dominique Sachse chills at home in jeans and casual top.

Businessman Tom Glanville works on his wine collection while social isolating.

Courtney Hill Fertitta of Courtney Hill Interiors checks in on a design project in Brenham, Texas.

Ceron, baby Emme, and Todd Fiscus on Easter Sunday in the time of social distancing.

Daytime pajama party for Amanda Boffone and her young daughter during the coronavirus social-distancing decree.

Sofie and Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl dressing casually at home during COVID-19 social isolation.

Mike Marek and Lexi Sakowitz Marek don their ranch threads during social isolation in Junction, Texas.

Architect Filo Castore and his daughter with the bluebonnets.

The colorful Marla Hurley, modernmarla.com, dresses up and writes a book on surviving the virus quarantine.

Valerie Dieterich and daughter Madison at home on Easter Sunday when there were no in-church services.

Libby Cagle cooking at home during the COVID-19 quarantine.

International influencer Natalie Lefevre social-distancing at home in the Seychelles.

Interior designer Bill Stubbs covers up for stepping out during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shawn Stephens has donned a fab caftan daily in the #caftanchallenge as quarantine entertainment.

Steve Wyatt enjoying dinner on his terrace during social isolation.

Casual dressing for native Houstonian Allison Sarofim while quarantining in the family home of Hawaii.

Native Houstonian Kristen Nix dressing up while working on her interior design projects at home.

Style blogger, author, and bon vivant Derek Blasberg delivering food in New York.

Len Kowitz, Shelby Hodge's brother-in-law, relaxing in his garden during the pandemic situation.

Anyone who hasn’t been in pajamas past noon, please raise your hand. Anyone who has now delineated between daytime pajamas and nighttime pajamas, raise your hand. Anyone who has forgotten to brush their teeth on a daily basis … just keep your mouth closed, please.

Everyone whose cocktail hour creeps earlier and earlier each day, raise your hand. The lady who poured a glass of wine into a sippy cup at 2:30 pm so as not to be discovered by her family will remain anonymous, but you get my drift.

In the times of social distancing — closed restaurants, bars, and everything fun — we are all going a bit loony. Yes, I am wearing pajamas 24 hours a day on occasion. Sometimes I forget to brush my teeth until 3 pm. My hair is always in a ponytail. Most of my clothes no longer fit. I’m thinking about taking up smoking (something I’ve never been successful at), but I hear it’s a further problem when contracting that nasty COVID-19. I have no lush eyelashes. My nails, naturally as thin as onion skins, are now an embarrassment.

I’m thinking of taking up baking professionally after whipping up amazing oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate chip cookies, blueberry pound cake, blueberry lemon cake, and blueberry kuchen during these weeks of isolation. Alas, there is no way to compete with Common Bond.

Of course, I have nothing at all to complain about. So, I’m not complaining, I’m just saying that we’re all growing weary of “no place to go.” And, many of us are truly suffering from shrinking, if not totally disappearing, income.

Blah!

SHOP

Swipe

Grove Hill

Eighteen Forty Two

MacKenzie-Childs

Verdadero Tequila

Pecos Jane

Zilker Belts

Zilker Brewing

Hutson Clothing Co.

Zadok Jewelers

So, after stomaching all the coronavirus 24/7 “breaking news” a person can handle without ending up in a psyche ward (or, in my case, Betty Ford), I turn to Instagram and Facebook for a few visual moments of levity. One of my favorites is Billy Fong, PaperCity Dallas culture and style editor, who runs a daily fashion photo on Instagram of his quarantine ensembles and challenges fashionable Dallasites to submit photos on Instagram of their own social-isolation outfits.

With that in mind, we’ve compiled photos of prominent Texans handling the pandemic’s new normal: