Suit of the Week
For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional.
Alrighty — the gods are not smiling on us today, as this is the third suit we've tried to write up. (We realized we promised no more purple suits like this one
, and we got halfway through the write-up on this one before we realized it was sold out. (We had a whole thing about how plotting to overthrow the universe is a Good in this career environment — shows initiative! — and how everyone should start working on their diabolical laughs.)) But. OK. For reals, we are liking this black suit from Piazza Sempione. It's your classic stretch wool black suit — the kind of thing you can buy now and pull out as the “good” suit for years to come. It's even on sale at Saks. The jacket (Piazza Sempione Stretch Wool Jacket) was $995, now $597, and the skirt (Piazza Sempione Stretch Wool Pleated Skirt) was $595, now $357.
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LOVE this! Feminine silhouette, but not a pencil skirt. Looks beautiful, classic, and totally durable.
um, the ribbed sleeves on that jacket are just scary.
Oh, the disappointment. Such a worth-having suit until the rib knit sleeves, which will never hold up, the sleeves will be snagged and sagging when the rest of it is still great. Why is it always something?
Delta Sierra–agreed. I am not a fashionable person–I just want to look professional. I am constantly disappointed by the weird frills and oddities so often found on what would otherwise be great work apparel.
I am so jealous when I go to the men’s dept with the hubby–simple, basic shirts, ties, and suits of all colors–just mix and match. I suppose some women would say that’s no fun, but really, why can’t women have some similar professional “uniform”? Argh.
Anon – women can absolutely have a similar professional “uniform,” it just takes a little more work to put it together than it does for men.
About 75% of the time, I wear a pencil skirt, button down shirt, and flats to work – add a cardigan for super cold days (my workplace is business casual so I never wear suits). Sometimes I’ll swap out the skirt for pants, or the button down for a sweater. Fridays are casual but I still have a “Friday uniform” of casual pants (not jeans) or cords and a nice sweater or nice top/cardigan. I’m probably the “no fun” one of my department, fashion-wise, but I think I always look professional, and it works for me.
Dear Anon and Anonymous – yes to ‘uniforms’. I’ve never seen shopping for clothes be as annoying and unsatisfactory as this past year. I don’t think the designers or manufacturers have the faintest idea what they’re doing. Fabrics are awful, cuts are slapdash and all those frills and oddities (great phrase, Anon) just seem like an attempt to disguise it all. I can add my own frills and oddities with scarves, necklaces or brooches. Also, I am a bracelet aficionado – never underestimate the subtle impact of a really good bracelet as you hand someone a document.
Forget this post. I want to see the one C originally wrote for the purple Christian Dior cape/vest-whatever…. That cape plus C’s diabolical laugh is RFLMAO, fo’ shizzle! http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCTprd_id=845524446228019&site_refer=AFF001&site_refer=AFF001&siteID=j3wYAlndgaI-DZQ4blnHYEgE7kmZtz7oTQ
Same here! First thought was Batwoman.
IMO that collar flatters almost nobody, except perhaps those few who are delicately built and have perfect facial features. So, not for me (and I am a size 2/4).
I want to like this, but that collar is awful. I don’t like jackets with necks that high and collars that close.
The crazy thing is that is SOLD OUT. $4K to spend on this monstrosity; I want to see who these people ARE ;-D (sorry for the all caps…)
Love the inverted pleat skirt. I used to have lots of them by Celine and Hermes back in the 80’s. I wish that I still had them!
I guess it’s the cape/vest combo that I just can’t get past… Teehee. I guess an “S” on the chest is what’s missing.
Am I the only one who feels that inverted pleats in the front just add bulk to the torso/lap when one is sitting and then don’t lay flat when you stand up? I have had my seamstress effectively take out the inverted pleat and give me a flat front skirt on the occasions when I adore the fabric. Just an observation.
I love the look of opaque tights with almost anything—except suits. Particularly the black-on-black-on black. To me the tights dress down a skirt suit to the point where I would just wear a pantsuit instead. For me the skirt suit is the last bastion of pantyhose (assuming they are needed for warmth/coverage/conservative environment).