The double-breasted jacket is gone, and then it's back, and it will be gone again soon

Men's wear display at Topman, The Hudson's Bay, Vancouver, BC

Men's wear display at Topman, The Hudson's Bay, Vancouver, BC

For years double-breasted suit jackets were almost impossible to find, and them they made a reappearance.

Fashion comes in cycles. And just as one fashion disappears from view, another is right behind it ready to take over. 

Before the days of fast fashion these cycles were long, even decades in some cases. But now it can be a matter of only a couple of years before designers are mining the archives for the "latest" trend.

I tell my students that they'll be wearing pleated trousers soon and they just scoff. Well, time will tell.