Italian menswear fights glum economy with classics

MILAN – The menswear fashion industry, teetering on the economic tightrope, has rigged an age-old safety net with its return to casual chic.
Italian menswear sales in 2009 were down almost 10 percent from the previous year, Italian fashion chamber president Mario Boselli told reporters before the current round of fall-winter preview showings.
Miuccia Prada summarized the [...]