Suitability

Carine Roitfeld,Carine Roitfeld Uniqlo collaboration, pinstriped suit, women trouser suit, grey pinstriped jacket and trousers, white converse, Brandy Melville knitwear

The Suit Silhouette

Carine Roitfeld, Carine Roitfeld Uniqlo collaboration, pinstriped suit, beret, RayBans, Converse high top trainers,

Here I  go everywhere in a suit or part thereof. Suit yourselves ( had to). There are so many suiting opportunities jogging around and no-one is exempt from their adaptability. Perhaps on a colder day than the one when this was shot, I will actually tuck something into the trousers, but as you can see, I’m so fly that I don’t even check stuff… Do you like this look? Because, big ‘Merci’ to Carine Roitfeld I bought this at Uniqlo. Mrs V is  not prescribing this exact suit, but a variation on the theme of. You will trip over suits with mix and match components everywhere, everywhere.

Mango, Mango 3 piece women's trouser suit, cropped trousers
Zara, Zara crushed velvet trouser suit, lounge suit, gold trouser suit, tie waist velvet smoking suit
Massimo Dutti, Massimo Dutti piped trouser suit, woman, fashion, clothes
Zara, Zara women, Zara women's trouser suit, tweed trouser suit

Left to right ; Mango  Massimo Dutti Zara Zara

Zara, Zara tweed skirt suit, Chanel style, women's fashion, skirt, jacket
Zara, Zara Tuxedo jacket, lace bra
Mango, Mango women's fashion, tweed jacket, jeans, knitwear, Mrs V, www.themodeledit.com
Trouser suit, Man Repeller

Left to right Zara Zara Zara and an example of how a graphic T will dissolve the ‘suit’ stigma. Aka what’s on the High Street and some ways of wearing it.

Carine Roitfeld Tuxedo jacket, double breasted Tuxedo jacket, LFW Brewer street Car Park
Isles de Cocos cashmere blend tracksuit, grey hoody, grey sweatpants, grey woollen track pants, grey woollen hoody
Adidas track pants, Adidas, Tuxedo jacket, Tuxedo, Athleisure, high heel ankle boots, black ankle boots

I don’t just point to what I think you should wear, I wear it too. Blends of cashmere and wool tracksuits are the Athleisure offering of the season, and I either wear it or it’s kissing cousins as a whole or as a component of that hybrid tailored/slouch trend.

Carine Roitfeld black wool biker jacket,Raving Beauties cashmere and beaded pink pashmina, Mrs V, Vanessa Voegele-Downing, www.themodeledit.com, converse high tops, pinstriped trousers

Short biker jacket and pinstriped suit trousers Carine Roitfeld for Uniqlo

Pink Cashmere and Silk Beaded Pashmina from the vaulted depths of The Model Edit wardrobe.

The drum that I’m banging here is that you alight on one suit, trouser or skirt and then the combinations that spin off from this purchase are nearly infinite. Entire suit, suit jacket with other bottoms, suit skirt or trousers with other jackets i.e. jean, leather, sweatpants etc. Also a tailored jacket looks edgy and current worn over a lighter more summery dress with boots, ankle, converse or thigh skimmers. Choice is yours, but what I will say is that one good suit will transcend time, date, place and that my friends is wardrobe gold.

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Carine roitfeld Leopard print faux fur coat,
Carine Roitfeld Uniqlo collaboration Leopard print faux fur coat

Look how fabulous a big winter coat can look over a finer fabric suit. This trend, that was never really not a trend, is going to hold your hand through the next months and then some. Prize open your piggy banks. You are worth it.

4 Comments
  • Ruthie Conway-burt
    November 21, 2016

    Love love love .
    You are super fly and immaculate .
    Xxxxxx

    • Vanessa
      November 22, 2016

      Praise gratefully received from someone so gorgeously stylish as you lovely Ruthie xxx

  • Emma Miller
    November 23, 2016

    Echoing Ruth, I too absolutely love this look on you. Super chic. Xx

    • Vanessa
      November 24, 2016

      You are very kind, and I hope just a little inspired. It truly is a case that there’s a suit out there for everyone. Find it and divide and combine it with every single item of clothing that you own xxx

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