Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

Oh yeah, Mark Twain. One of the advantages of working from home. Generally, I'm so keen to get to my desk when I get back from the yard (for keen, read wracked with guilt!) that I don't even change out of my riding clothes.

Caroline Coxon, power dressing:

Hair neatly combed:

Sock neatly darned:

I can assure you, however, that my soul is Very Tidy.

And - potential clients everywhere - my attire in no way affects the quality of my writing...

AND

I scrub up pretty well!

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.

Hmmmm, Thoreau is no hypocrite. Not judging by his appearance, at any rate. Sartorial elegance wasn't his thing.

A Joel Beckwith etching

It's not mine either. I favour the Recently Dragged Through A  Hedge Backwards Look.

Hat by Takaya Harayuishi

 And I rather fancy myself as A Bohemian Writer.

 Today, I'm off to meet new clients somewhere east of Colchester. That's not very far from Russia. There will be a lot of smartly-dressed people there. You know, women who wear SHOES and suchlike.

I'll have to look in my wardrobe...

...see if I can find some clothes.