If attire evolution proceeds linearly, jackets and ties will probably be totally out of fashion in ten to twenty years. Hats seem to have already been in general cultural decline before JFK took office, as with jackets before BHO.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.asp

What's the point of a tie?

Ties and suits are quite literally costumes, costumes for theater.

I read somewhere that ties cover up the buttons on a shirt. So while uncomfortable, silly-looking, and a tool for strangulation, they serve a purpose. Jackets, on the other hand, are completely absurd. With the lapels turned outside by the cut, they provide zero warmth in cold weather since they do not cover the chest area. They also are hot in warm weather. Impractical and silly-looking, the worst of all worlds.

Still less silly than sweatpants and slippers.

Glad to know you only wear a potato sack. Do you spend the absolute minimum on clothes, or do you replace your t-shirt when it gets a permanent mustard stain on it?

And can be very expensive costumes.

They became down-right uncool when he didn't wear one to his inauguration.

A good jacket can make a person look good but modern necties...i dunno, they just look silly on an everyday basis. I'd much like to see the return of flowing Cravats. In the film Nixon you can see Anthony Hopkin's lead charachter wear one for Nixon's wedding.

I upmodded you for correcting me. :) I guess it was a sign of the times, then, sort of like Obama's BB.