Leggings, skinny jeans and tunics and even asymmetrical haircuts have all returned from the graveyard of my youth known as the 1980s and now it looks like the skinny tie is offically back too. Ties have been narrowing for the past few years but this year they seem to have hit a new slimness. At first the skinny tie was mainly popular with retro-loving hipsters but the trend seems to be gaining solidity with designers such as Paul Smith and even Hermes embracing the trend. The skinny tie was also mentioned as a trend to adopt in a recent article in Forbes which means that that the skinny tie is now safe for the business world once again.