The annual spending on men's wear is up 70 percent since 1998. Here we go...

Check out the chart above, via here. There are other charts of interest in said post, but essentially, here's a quick takeaway: around 1998, the total market for menswear was about $270 billion. This year? It's going to approach $500 billion. In major economic markets around the globe in 2013 (like the US and Germany), men's clothing sales outperformed …