She spent most of her time outside and had no care for fashion, always dressing in precisely the same way: dark leather button-up boots and a green walking suit, the long skirt of which was always caked with mud about the hem. She had a large woven basket … and she carried it wherever she went … used for carrying sticks and stones and birds‘ eggs and feathers and all manner of other natural objects that had piqued her interest.
This quote from the novel The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton (Atria Books).
There isn’t a lot of fashion in this book but there is mystery, intrigue, history, art, and a ghost! Just my cup of tea.
OverDressed for Life 
I wish we could be having your cup of tea, and mine together.