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Double Duty: Work, life, or party, the suit 2.0 fits the bill

Corporate suiting has taken a sabbatical this season in favour of the suit 2.0, which focuses on versatility and value-per-wear

Model Maggie Maurer outside the Schiaparelli show during Paris Fashion Week, March 2022, wearing a red and white striped suit, white shirt, white Schiaparelli shoes and a burgundy bag

Relentless office hours and the gruelling daily commute are just some of the formalities of pre-pandemic living we’ve gladly left behind. And if there was a quintessential outfit that symbolised the nine-to-five grind, all fingers point to the tailored suit.

With its structural rigid fit, sheath-like trousers and heels that pinch, the tailored suit communicated work-mode, but it wasn’t exactly a coveted look in anyone’s post-corporate wardrobe. Thanks to hybrid working, though, the clock-in-clock-out regime ...