what is n/ed’s fascination with style?

He was looking at the blond’s man outstreched crossed ankles. He said, “You oughn’t wear silk socks with tweeds.”

Madvig raised a leg straight out to look at the ankle. “No? I like the feel of silk.”

“Then lay off the tweeds. Taylor Henry buried?”

This exchange stuck out to me the first time I read it. At first I thought it was meant to provide some type of comic relief. Or maybe to show how nonchalant the two seemed to be about Taylor Henery’s death.

However, fashion plays an important part throughout the story. Clothes are used to describe every character at some point. Fashion played an even important role in the movie, with Ed pointing out Madvig’s fashion mishaps more than once. An metaphor for Madvig’s character flaws perhaps?

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