How to look cool on a bike

It's been absolutely, shrivellingly freezing on the way to work recently. There's been some ice around and my morning commute is becoming every sketchier, culminating in a fall last friday. Nothing too serious to me or my bike, the only thing that really got bruised was my ego as I somehow managed to slip when the bike was stationary at some traffic lights - surrounded by cars and pedestrians.
The shame.
As the drivers laughed, the elderly man walking the dog asked if I needed help and I floundered on the floor trying to detach myself from the bike I realised something: I'd still rather be cycling in to work and if I'd been in one of the cars watching a cyclist do his best bambi on ice impression, I'd only be gutted that I wasn't cycling.
I only wish that I'd read Bikesnobs recent blog post before friday. I could've done with the advice on how to look as if you intended to be on the floor...