Grey-haired regulars with sensible coats and footwear, and soft hats, clutch copies of the Sydney Morning Herald and leashes linked to dogs; working kelpies, indulged labradors.
The real problem in this cold wave afflicting eastern Canada and much of the United States is the refusal of people to wear appropriate clothing: hats, sweaters, long johns, scarves, mitts, sensible coats and shoes.
Her daughters, the Bush twins, had no fur on and were actually wearing quite sensible coats.
And she appears achingly vulnerable with her sensible wool coat and brown satchel.
You count on Mama (the luminous, compelling soprano Susan Narucki), who looks so trustworthy in her sensible brown coat, to sort things out.
A sensible tweed coat in soft, heathery tones was updated with a blue-and-white ribbed collar of the type found on baseball jackets, and felted Aran-stitch sweater dresses and skirt suits were moulded into an exaggerated hourglass shape at the hips – a wintry take on McCartney's ever-popular hourglass-shaped cocktail dresses.
It's sensible clothing: warm coat, beige chinos.
Nothing about her appearance -- the customary white lab coat, sensible shoes and cheery smile of a person preparing to palpate -- seemed unusual.
Mrs Tom Cruise was the star turn of the day, pitching up for Maxmara's show in a chocolate-coloured jumpsuit and sensible camel cashmere coat.
Name the trend, it's here: calf-length skirts, handkerchief hems, knee-length boots, Little Red Riding Hood capes, crazy coats, skirts'n'sweaters, polo-necks, blanket coats, sensible handbags.
