Cimorene

try britishising them, perhaps. they're extremely english, you know. but it's hard because the social structures of the period were so much more rigid, their dress so much dictated by it. the fact that holmes cared so little about that kind of thing probably means he'd be walking around with mismatching shoes and socks all the time.

hm. feeling around, my brain just gave me jeremy brett in a plain gray heather long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of dark slacks, maybe navy. and again in an oversized blue and white windowpane plaid shirt unbuttoned over a t-shirt (the latter a preppy look that i hate, but i fear he might do it). maybe he'd order freakishly over-practical clothes from catalogs. now i see him in tevas. fake-khakis made of ripstop nylon with extra pockets, not long enough in the leg. he'd get distracted and run out without an insulating layer in the middle of the night and watson would take off his own sweater and make him wear it.

i'm picturing them in... rural new mexico, where my grandfather lives. but i have no idea why.