The latest trend in men's business dress is best summed up in a word coined by celebrated Ford Motor designer J Mays: retrofuturism. It involves taking classic design and updating it with modern technology. You see it on the 2003 Ford Thunderbird, revitalized with 21st century engineering and creature comforts while remaining true to its 1955 styling. And you see it in men's suits, shirts, and ties that marry innovative fabrics and inspiration drawn from past eras of elegance. The traditional single-breasted, gray suit, for instance, may now have lapels that are peaked rather than notched, and a more fitted jacket than the "sack" suit of yesterday.
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