Trends - The Suit

Power-dressing has once again returned, with women embracing masculinity in a feminine way, shunning every hierarchical expectation out there by experimenting with the eternal trend, the Suit.
Whether it be a smart Nicoll jacket and trouser, an all black vintage YSL, or a quirky, colourful, Wang skirt and blazer combination; the suit will continue to rein the fashion world with almighty strength.

New century suits start a whole new era to this vintage trend, from edgy rockabilly shapes, colour blocking, oversized ‘boyfriend’ jackets and high-waisted trouser and skirt suits. Not only in black, but in block reds, blues, violets, white and cream too, for a high impact, stand-out effect.
The less formal suit jacket, the Blazer also makes geek-chic schoolgirl look a comeback.

Compared to the original ‘polished look’ of suit wearing, Suit designers are opening their doors and minds to backseat smartness, allowing everyone to engage in a suit. Whether it is to an office meeting, evening dinner, or a mud-filled weekend at Glastonbury festival, it suits every occasion, no pun intended.
Vintage Mulgar, Chanel and YSL are increasingly popular among younger suit wearers, digging out pieces from parent’s wardrobes or searching the rails in Camden market and Portobello road for a treasure find.

Designer Ben Grimes-Viort created her first collection for Spring/Summer 2009, and knew straight away that a suit piece would definitely be involved in her designs.
“Suits aren’t stuffy anymore. Tailoring now needs a fierce cut and attitude”.
With suits becoming all the more edgy and relaxed, suit wearing could become an everyday wearable item, a casual ensemble, for work or play.
For a casual, young suit style, Stella McCartney’s boyfriend jacket looks perfect over tight, teddy-boy trousers. Team with a vintage scruffy band T-Shirt, Rayband Wayfairers and a pair of Converse, our generation can wear suiting day or night, for a look that’s indie-chick-chic.



The key to the new age of suit wearing is to ‘not look to retro or stiff’ according to suit-lover, Sima Bibi, 24, a press officer.
Oversized, loose jackets are perfect if worn with a feminine frilly blouse in a light shade.
Even Tuxedo jackets worn with jeans or leggings would give a classy but casual look, hitting fashion hard by forgetting stereotypical dress-codes for daywear and nightwear by combining the two.
Designers are trying their hardest to make suits history for just office and corporate wear, and are creating two-pieces that heat up and decorate dance floors in sexy, London clubs; with wearers dancing in creative designs with ease and style until 4am.


Some current designers grasping this idea and ranging the modern suit consist of Topshop Unique, Sinha-Stanic, Chloe, Luella, Givenchy and Richard Nicoll.

However suits are worn and designed, this generation will continue to embrace and adore this key trend, and it will certainly rein the fashion floors. The year 2010 is expected to be an epic year for the suit.
Whether the living mannequins are mature or young, expect to be eye-graced often with its power, class, style and uniqueness by strong wearers; simply timeless.