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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

At work or parties, who’s wearing the trousers? Everyone…

‘A more polished look’: Venus Williams, left, and Tilda Swinton, centre. Jigsaw's check trouser suit
‘A more polished look’: Venus Williams, left, and Tilda Swinton, centre. Jigsaw's check trouser suit, right. Photograph: Getty Images

With the lure of free heating and hot drinks, workers are beginning to see an appeal to working in the office. The result? The return of a more polished look: the trouser suit is back.

Sales are booming on the high street. Reiss is reporting record sales of its black Haisley suit with strong sales of its white Taite tuxedo suit too. “We are selling twice as many suits as we did prior to Covid,” says the womenswear director, Una Joyce. It’s a similar story at Marks & Spencer, Jigsaw and John Lewis.

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