Skinny Trip

November, 1979

It had to happen. When jacket lapels stretched to the shoulder, when the shirt collar became so long that it curled back on itself and when the necktie took on the proportions of a bib (with a knot the size of a hangman's), someone was bound to rebel. That someone was Italian designer Giorgio Armani--he being the first to make a complete about-face and drastically shrink lapels, narrow ties and reduce collar sizes. While the extremes he went to met with resistance (not unlike going from ankle-le...