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Soft tailoring, dormancy check

First recorded 2026-05-07  ·  3 occurrences on file

Last appeared 2026-08-03 — 88 published reports since, with no further occurrence on file.

Recorded Occurrences

2026-05-07

Confidence: mediumVolatility: seasonalSectors: editorial, retail, designer_origin

Recurring mentions of relaxed suiting, oversized blazers, and structured silhouettes with softened proportions.

Index note: Signal overlaps with officewear and minimal luxury language.

2026-07-06

Confidence: highVolatility: stableSectors: designer_origin, editorial, retail

Relaxed suiting and softened blazer proportions were referenced across designer collection copy, editorial coverage, and retail category naming.

Index note: High confidence reflects presence across three distinct source sectors, including designer-origin material.

2026-08-03

Confidence: lowVolatility: decliningSectors: editorial

Search returned menswear trend-guide content still describing relaxed/soft tailoring (dropped shoulders, minimal canvasing, drapey fabrics), but sourced to general '2026 menswear trends' round-ups rather than coverage dated to this window. Like sheer layering, it has not appeared as an active top_signal since July 6.

Index note: Same read as the sheer-layering check: continued presence in generic guide content, absent fresh dated corroboration, is treated as saturation rather than confirmed ongoing momentum. Confidence downgraded from the July 6 report's 'high' to 'low' on that basis.

Editorial Close-Out

This was a high-confidence, three-sector signal in May/June; its drop to generic guide-copy only, with no designer-origin or retail-category coverage found this window, is worth a human editor's judgment call on whether it has genuinely run its course or simply wasn't covered this particular week. EDITORIAL CLOSE-OUT (2026-08-24): Per docs/agent-logs/confidence-dormancy-review-run15.md, this signal was quiet in the 2026-08-10 and 2026-08-17 windows as well -- three consecutive collection windows with no fresh, dated corroboration in any source sector since this dormancy check. Per the same 3-window no-corroboration threshold used to close out off-duty-varsity (see 2026-07-20.json), this signal is declared closed/retired from active tracking. Future reports should not re-flag it absent new dated evidence.