Carol, when I was a student at Maine College of Art, just about everything I owned became spotted with paint or ink, including my shoes. And now, even when I'm just teaching at MECA, I manage to find the wet spot of paint to brush up against. I say that my wardrobe is "MECA-fied."
I'm always intrigued by photos of the gentleman painters of the late 19th and early 20th century (Manet, Matisse, Derain...) happily painting away in three piece suits!! And I love pics of Isabelle Bishop at work in her studio with her knee-length white lab coat...