When it comes to the “out-of-office” dress code, there are two main camps. There are those who make an effort, heeding Diana Vreeland’s advice that “you gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody.” And there are those who don’t, who follow the example set by John Cheever, who admitted that “a great many of my stories were written in boxer shorts”. In his early career, the American author would put on the only suit he could afford, head to a windowless basement room, hang up the suit, and then write until nightfall.
不坐辦公室的人該如何穿衣？人們在這個問題上分成了兩大陣營。有些人堅持一絲不苟，將時尚偶像黛安娜•弗裏蘭(Diana Vreeland)的建議奉爲紅寶書：「人要講究格調。格調將伴隨你順利前行。格調照著你清晨起牀。這是一種生活方式。衣著不講究，你什麼都不是。」但有些人不這樣想，他們信奉美國小說家約翰•契弗(John Cheever)的理念——契弗坦言：「我很多小說都是穿著短褲寫出來的。」可在職業生涯的早期，這位美國作家還是會穿上他唯一的一套西裝，來到沒有窗戶的地下室，脫下西裝掛起來，再一直寫作到傍晚。