Another book I pulled off a friend's bookshelf. It's a collection of articles by famous style experts on various topics. The articles are short, and probably suitable for magazine publication, but were interesting in the depth and breadth of them - how to buy pearls was one, how to pluck eyebrows, or how to buy a hat. Certainly not essential for me, but I found it an interesting enough to read pretty much the whole (slim) volume.

(And it convinced me I need a more grown-up bag than a backpack for work.)