You go to a Giorgio Armani show to see how he s going to rethink the suit. He s been doing it for four decades. Pre-Fall is presented informally in his Meatpacking District offices, not at his grand Milan Teatro, but there were developments to observe. Micro prints, long a part of his repertoire, made a comeback on jackets and pants. The Armani heritage is so rich, but he s not really one for looking back. Not even when his 40th anniversary came and went in 2014. Sure, there were parties, but he d never do a retrospective collection. Elsewhere, Armani was interested in exploring novel shapes, as in the pantsuit with an asymmetric wrapped skirt over the narrow trousers, or surprising materials, such as a leather jacket, the front of which was quilted with flowers. That little number was striking, but it s hard to deny the simple appeal of a collared shirt and black crewneck tucked into expertly cut high-waisted pants.
