Elegance For The Eighties

January, 1979

David PlattAfter A Somewhat subdued post-Vietnam period, male attire has progressed to richly creative and liberated designs. With liberation comes redefinition, and Playboy asked five emerging design talents to create for us their interpretations of the term elegance as they see it for the Eighties. Their predictions? A trend to relaxed dressing, with an emphasis on fine natural fabrics coupled with a looser silhouette. In other words, nothing very uptight. Our prediction? Tomorrow's styles sho...