I LIKE THE IDEA OF RULES FOR DRESSING,

which, taken to an extreme, suggests a uniform. A few years ago I actually did design a uniform for myself as an art project. I thought this would resolve my anxiety about having to decide what to wear every day.

Lots of artists arrive at a particular “look” and it becomes a kind of extension of their work. For example: Frida Kahlo, Joseph Beuys, Georgia O’Keeffe. A uniform seems like a good option for an artist, because a) it signals that your brain is too busy solving tricky artistic problems to bother with fashion and b) It saves money. In reality I would get way too bored with it.