The last clothing fad I actually liked was the vogue for safari
gear in the mid-1980s.
[...]
I can make it work because I’m a muscular guy with a strong physical presence; people look at the way I dress and carry myself and then aren’t very surprised to learn that I’ve lived on three continents, visited over
fifteen countries, been fluent in three languages besides English, and
that I’m a serious martial artist who can fight hand-to-hand in any of
three styles or with sword or pistol.
[...]
There’s a subtler message in there as well. I’m an intellectual,
a thinker, a geek. I could dress to emphasize that, but why bother?
It’s going to be obvious whenever I open my mouth.