In 2008, J.Crew introduced the Ludlow suit. At the time, the dominant silhouette in men’s tailoring was slim and razor-sharp, a look popularized by designers like Hedi Slimane and Raf Simons ...

The Giorgio Armani suit of the '80s, shoulders padded and waist nipped, was a vessel for masculine decadence. For that decade's newly gym-obsessed corporate elite, the zoot suit–like silhouette ...