ROM THE ANCIENT Romans to Tang dynasty royals, silk has long been prized as the most precious of all textiles. And yet, for much of modern history, silk has been relegated to the fringes of a man’s wardrobe, turning up as a tie or a pocket square, on the lapel of a tuxedo or blended into a summer suit. For-era lounge lizards: more mafioso than Medici. But lately designers are making a case for reconsidering the material’s many pleasures—and not just for after dark.
