I believe in dressing for the job you want. Since it’s usually not the one you have
Yesterday I did the designer suit thing. It wasn’t Jones but it was DKNY. On clearance, natch.
But still. Dressing for a seven-figure paycheck that doesn’t include two or more decimal places.
Today it’s dressing as a freelance writer. Because, who has time for pulling it together?
The problem with dressing down is having a computer that’s dressing for the trash heap. So if you need to find alternate options for hardware and/or Internet — and/or walking down to the tracks and throwing your PC on them — you’re screwed because people are gonna see/smell you.