Sorry Hipsters, the Skinny Tie is Over

J.Crew, often a leading indicator for mass-market trends, has just announced a shift that will affect your closet.
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Buried on page 86 of the October J. Crew catalog is a sentence to chill the blood of any man who has shopped for clothing in the past five years:

“We widened our ties by ¼” to keep up with today’s changing proportions.”