Editor’s Take: Aggression & Restraint

For instance, an October New York Times story concluded that business casual was on the outs. But the reporter quoted two Fashion Institute of Technology administrators (dressing down is something of an insult to their industry), an executive from a prominent men’s suits vendor and a designer from Brooks Brothers, the multichannel marketer of upscale mens’ dress wear that’s been waiting nearly 20 years for business casual to go away. Dress down’s dead? That’s only what these people dream of.