I've never had any knowledge of clothes, and I felt it was time to learn about them. This was the best book on the subject based on my limited research on Amazon, so I ordered it. The cheap price was a surprise, it's a big book full of color photos on glossy paper, and it's under 20 euros.

Having now waded my way through the book I've gained at least some semblance of understanding of the various types of clothing available. It's also fascinating how I immediately started noticing things I was never aware of before on TV shows and movies. For example, on an unnamed show's latest episode, there were two men both wearing good suits. Before, that would have been all that I would have noticed. Now, I noticed how the show's stylist used their shirt and tie selections to portray the different positions the men had. One was the underling and had very conservative colors, while the superior one had bright, almost eccentric colors, to show that he was not bound by the standards of others.

I also just watched the movie 'For The Love Of The Game' again, and couldn't help noticing how Kevin Costner's character, a multi-millionaire baseball star, wears button-down shirts with ties for the entire movie. Now, opinion is divided on this issue, but my newly acquired style sense thought it looked tacky.