If I wanted to get away with dressing the way he does (
see pic at upper right), I'd say as little as possible in as many words and for as long as possible too. It's clear that he values simply attracting attention to himself far beyond anything else in life. Maybe he gets more dates (or prunes) that way than the scientists, actual poets, advertising men and women, and farmers he evidently sees himself in competition with. Wotta sex life! Wotta suit! Wotta piece of trivia.