Looks like dressy suits are back in style

Could dress suits really return full force to American men's fashion radar?
The Italian designers, undoubtedly the top tailors in the world, seem to think so, judging from their fall runway shows last month.
The New York Times Styles section proclaimed "Arrivederci, Jeans: The Suit Is Back." Writer Guy Trebay observed from the sidelines that "nearly everyone here is conspiring to bring back the suit" in one form or another.
Granted, those runway styles included a range of interpretations such as Dolce & amp; Gabbana's red two-button silhouette that came down as far from a traditional American work uniform as Versace's chalk-striped suit with nipped waists and tone-on-tone shirts. But Jil Sander, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Valentino were also among the suit mongers.
Will it make a difference? Despite new serious work attitudes, suit sales in the United States have continued on a downward spiral. They dropped by 11 percent since 2002, the NPD Group, a market research company, told the Times. Yet observers on the Italian scene were optimistic. Kal Ruttenstein, the fashion director of New York's Bloomingdale's stores, said suits and ties have sold well recently.
It's hard to know. Certainly, the American man wants to look serious, professional and modern. But Italian men have an extra motivation as they head for coffee bars after work where they preen and parade in their spiffy duds. Most American men are headed home to the 'burbs, where, well, no one cares.