For The Holidays: Formal Wear...

January, 1971

When toasting the New Year with a formal bash circa '71, you'll find there's been a welcome loosening of the sartorial ties that once bound the male to a rigid penguin look. Our host, above at left, is elegantly at ease wearing a silk-satin single-breasted one-button suit, $250, and a signature-print silk body shirt, $65, both by Bruno Piattelli for Barney's. Moving to the right: The next style setter has made a logical fashion progression by donning a geometrically patterned velvet dinner jacke...