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What would it take for the 'Nehru/Mao/Blofeld' jacket to replace the suit and tie as the dominant formal men's wear suit in the modern world? I'm thinking less 'Red China takes over the world' and more of a general fashion/aesthetic shift in the West and throughout the globe. Probably sometime in the 60's, the suit and tie goes out of fashion as a symbol of 'bourgeois stuffiness' and prominent persons beginning with celebrities but then moving on to business men and politicians begin to pick up the trend so that by 2017, neckties are about as common as bow ties. Gradually, from the 60s on, more and more Western versions are developed and the suit loses the 'oriental' connotations it has IOTL. What do you think?

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