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.
