Take a look at the biggest fashion trends this spring, from big events like celebrity red carpets to everyday fashion, suits are taking over like a spring must-have.
There is a lot to unpack with this trend, from the evolution of suits in fashion history and women's history to the magic of styling them for any occasion today. You can take apart the two-piece and wear them separately, making them capsule closet essentials, or wear them together for a powerful look.
The best part is that now suits are up for grabs in bright spring colors, making them a staple statement piece, but with the ease to style and comfort, you want to wear in street style.
Suits In Fashion History
Suits have held a place in women's fashion over the decades, especially as women began to enter the workplace in greater numbers in the 20th century. As women entered professional fields, their suits were blazers with matching pencil skirts and collared shirts.
As women began to wear more pants throughout the '70s and '80s the suits evolved to be more similar to those of men's, but with the fashionable flair that women's wear always has.
Therefore suits hold great importance for women's fashion history that represent powerful and strong women making a seat for themselves at the table. Today's trends that contain wide-leg trousers and oversized blazers in black, nudes and bright colors bring that powerful essence of the suit into the 21st century as well as how modern women wear them to work or as streetwear.
From Tweed To Bright Colors
Another change through history is the move from tweed suits to bright colorful ones. Big fashion houses like Chanel are responsible for the tweed suits, especially the Royal trends, tweed adds a nice texture to a women's suit.
What is interesting is tweed has made a comeback in addition to the bright color suits trend, which signals that the traditional essence of suits still holds strong in addition to the bright color suit trend.
Both are symbolic of comfort, feeling powerful and presenting yourself that way in casual and professional settings.
The Power Of A Two Piece
Suits have a history in women's fashion, but the best part about the current trend is they are an extension of the two-piece outfit trend. Two pieces are capsule closet essentials because they can serve as statement pieces or basics, plus you can wear them together or mix and match them with other outfits.
The modern suit can be styled in so many ways, wide-leg trousers and blazers are their own trend that can be styled in many ways, which make them an easy to style. Wearing trousers is a bit more elegant than jeans, which dresses up your streetwear outfit and makes it easy to wear to a more formal event.
Blazers are also the go-to jacket for spring fashion, from basic colors to bright spring ones.
How To Style Suits, Blazers & Trousers
Deciding what kind of suit to add to your wardrobe is a bit overwhelming because every store has its own version, and it comes in every color under the sun. Decide if you prefer a stylish color pop or something more versatile that can be worn in many settings.
If you want to ride the current trend, get a suit in your favorite color like magenta, lavender, bright green or orange. For a more versatile look, lean into pastels, nudes or tones that lack a brightness such as aquamarine or burnt orange. These colors can be worn year-round.
The suit can be worn as casual wear with chunky sneakers, or leaders for work, with a high-neck crop top under, or a bodysuit. For a more elegant look, dress the suit up with heels a mini-purse and cute accessories like sparking earrings or clips.
The trousers and blazers can also be styled on their own to get more wear out of the look. Blazers are the easiest, they go perfectly with other trousers or to dress up a pair of jeans.
You can wear a blazer over a dress or skirt and top to bring the outfit together and transition summer dresses for other seasons. Before the blazer trend, the go-to jackets relied on jeans and leather, which are more casual cuts than a blazer. Now that the blazers are back, it builds the bridge to a sophisticated look, that can be made more casual.
If your capsule closet does not contain at least two blazers, black and color pop, then you are missing out on spring trends. From building outfits to wear to the office, to a go-to girls night outfit, add suits into the mix for wearing together or separately.
