Ultimate fleeceback hoody, £75, David Gandy Wellwear

And yet there’s nothing quite like the structure and rigour of a sharp suit, or the crisp rightness of a freshly ironed shirt with collars stays firmly in place. It changes your stance, pulls your shoulders back and makes your spine more upright; there’s purpose with a suit. Not for nothing does the peerless titan of journalism (and style), writer Gay Talese, dress in the full roster of suit, shirt, tie and shoes to leave his Manhattan home…and head straight downstairs to his writer’s study below to work. He’s not leaving the house, but still puts on a suit to mentally shift him into work mode. 

Perhaps, as the working-at-home roll out looks set to become the norm for winter, we could all take a cue from Mr Talese. Because no matter how easy, and how familiar, the hoodie for me is just too synonymous with these sorrowful times.