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The most desirable purchase this fall will be a suit with a skirt: we choose spectacular models for office everyday life and important business meetings.
This year, the designers decided to show the power of femininity and abandoned the abundance of pantsuits in their collections: instead of them, we now see two-piece suits with skirts and graceful jackets. The most relevant options for this fall were the suits offered by Prada, Miu Miu and Hermes - a mid-ankle skirt with a spectacular cut and a jacket with a belt or belt. On the runway, we saw the most daring design solutions for the stylization of such suits, and some of them can be adopted and adapted to your image.

If you're looking for a tailored suit with a skirt for the office, check out the Prada Fall-Winter 2020-2021 collection. This season, gray and brown suits will be in trend: no acid pink or bright orange - everything is laconic and elegant. Prada designers decided to diversify the suit and make it less boring with a high slit on the skirt.
Photo: Prada Fall-Winter 2020-2021
And so that the elongated jacket does not look too masculine, the designers suggest focusing on the waist with a leather belt with a massive buckle. Layering is still on trend this fall, so pay attention to a jumper to match the suit and a bright shirt with a geometric print - it is she who will accentuate the image and help diversify its color scheme.

Prada suggested wearing a tweed year-old skirt in combination with an elongated jacket with a fitted cut along with a pink shirt and an accessory trendy this fall - a bright tie. And if you are going to a fashionable exhibition of contemporary art, we recommend choosing bright purple tights: they will relieve the image of deliberate severity and formality.

Photo: Prada Fall-Winter 2020-2021

A classic beige jacket is an indispensable item in an autumn wardrobe: with its help, you can create many interesting everyday and solemn images. And if you are already tired of the combination of a beige jacket with jeans or trousers to match, then we recommend paying attention to a suit with an original skirt. Wear it with a pair of soft pink shoes and a contrasting white belt, as suggested by Prada.

Photo: Prada Fall-Winter 2020-2021

If you want to move away from formal suits and choose more relaxed and unusual options, take inspiration from the Miu Miu show - the brand's designers made sure that this season the suit with a skirt does not look boring. A large bright cell remained in trend in the fall of 2020, and a voluminous warm jacket will clearly become your best friend on a cold autumn day. Wear this suit with a colorful bag and stylish platform shoes, and don't forget about socks made of thick fabric to match the shoes - this combination is more relevant than ever this fall.

Photo: Miu Miu Fall-Winter 2020-2021

Adherents of the classics also did not go unnoticed: especially for those who love deliberately laconic cut and basic shades, Miu Miu designers made a knight's move and showed an ideal formal suit for the office and business meetings. And in order to reduce the degree of formality, the laconic outfit was diluted with bright turquoise shoes on a massive platform.

Photo: Miu Miu Fall-Winter 2020-2021

Designers of the Michael Kors brand showed an elegant monochrome look with a fitted vest with flared sleeves and a year skirt. Complete the look with shoes and accessories to match: in warm weather, feel free to wear brown shoes, but on a cool day, do not refuse tall cappuccino-colored boots. And do not forget about the belt at the waist - this season you cannot do without it (by the way, how to replace the belt in the fall of 2020, we wrote here).

Photo: Michael Kors Fall-Winter 2020-2021

Where to find skirt suits
1 - Max Mara, 2 - Comme Des Garcon, 3 - Gucci, 4 - Alessandra Rich 5 - Balmain, 6 - Alexachung, 7 - Altuzarra, 8 - Akris, 9 - Balenciaga Materials you might like:
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The most desirable purchase this fall will be a suit with a skirt: we choose spectacular models for office everyday life and important business meetings. This year, the designers decided to show the power of femininity and abandoned the abundance of pantsuits in their collections: instead of them, we now see two-piece suits with skirts and graceful jackets.

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Trending on Pinterest right now is Fall 2020 Fashion Trends and since I'm not one to wear modern clothes on the regular I always look for how you could turn a modern trend into a vintage one. Of course all fashion inspiration comes from what came before so it makes sense that one of the trends this fall, ' The Skirt Suit " is a throwback to the popular 1940s Women's Two Piece Suit.

Today's post is going to showcase vintage images (catalogs, sewing patterns, photos) of women wearing this look in the 1940s, so you too can be inspired to rock this trend with a vintage angle this fall!

Let's begin!
Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
In the United States during the 1940s, it was patriotically called the victory suit. In Britain, it was the utility suit. Started in the 1930s it became a practical edition in wartimes women's wardrobes due to how verstaile it was. As clothes were being rationed the 2 piece suit could be broken apart and worn in different ways (change the blouse and BAM! new outfit).

Source: Pinterest

Women wore these suits day and night and even for their weddings. They were really great editions to one's wardrobe.
NOTE: Vintage Dancer gives a fantastic breakdown of what the suits were made of, what the restrictions were when making them and so much more. Instead of recreating the wheel I encourage you to head over there after you done my post and give it a read .
Now let's take a peek at some fantastic examples of these suits.

1940s vintage photo of a woman wearing a 2 piece skirt suit with brooch. Great Street Style!

Source: Etsy

Two Black women, including Velma Pratt Bell, holding handbag and fur in stylish skirt suits, standing in Schenley High School for Beauty Shop Owners' Fashion Revue, circa 1945. Photo by Teenie Harris.

Source: CMOA

1940s Two Piece skirt suit Sewing Pattern (I own a similar hat that the lady on the left is wearing).

Source: Etsy

1940s photo of Elsa Lee Elliott Harris, wife of Charles "Teenie" Harris, with University of Pittsburgh and Cathedral of Learning in background, Oakland. Elsa is wearing a beautiful skirt suit in the photo.

Source: CMOA

1940s Suit ~ Brown Wool Scallop Collar Tailored suit skirt Set. Love the Collar Detail.

Source: Etsy

"Victory Fabrics" as seen in my personal collection 'Montgomery Ward, Fall/Winter 1942-1943' Catalog.

What is a Victory Fabric (According to Montgomery Ward)? To make wool go further or to replace it replace it completely, as it grows scarcer - these ingenious new fabrics were developed to give warmth, quality, long wear. The new wooly effect casein fiber Aralac, for instance.

1940s Womens skirt suit pattern from DuBarry with double pockets on the jacket and a niped waist.

Source: Etsy

1940s lightweight gabardine wool skirt suit with not one but two skirts! Jacket shows off oversized contrast collar, oversized double breasted buttons and feminine fitted shape.

Source: Etsy

1942-1943 Fall/ Winter Montgomery Ward Catalog page (from personal collection) featuring a pretty women's skirt suit telling you how to measure to insure best fit.

1940s women's skirt suit in rare and exquisite lavender wool.

Source: Etsy

Anyone getting married this year? Since everything is low key why not go with this stunning ivory 2 piece skirt & jacket Fred A Block set from the 1940s? You would 100% stand out from the wedding dresses you see today.

Source: Etsy

1940s Vintage Weddding Photo of a Soldier and his Bride in her wonderful two piece suit wedding outfit.

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1940s WW2 brown houndstooth skirt suit.

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1940's Sewing Pattern: Women's Two-Piece skirt suit has inverted pleats in front and is finished at upper edge with a belt.

Source: Etsy

Original 1940s Vintage Grey Taupe Cream Houndstooth Check Wool skirt suit from the Ruth Davy Shop in Flint Michigan.

Source: Etsy

1940'S Hollywood Sewing Pattern 850 featuring Wendy Barrie of RKO Radio Stardum. Misses skirt suit pattern with box pleat skirt.

Source: Etsy

Another catalog page from my vintage 1942-1943 Montgomery Ward catalog featuring a group of women's 2 piece suits in full colour. How wonderful are they? I would order them all!

Lastly, I cannot leave this post without mentioning that the skirt suit was the popular uniform for women serving in the military during WW2.

Below is a WW2 Air Force Uniform worn by Canadian Women. Read all about these uniforms on my guest Blog Post from Elinor Florence HERE.
Question Time! Would you wear this season Fall trend of the 2 Piece Skirt Skirt Suit? I know I would because it I have always loved this look. Share your comments below.
Liz

Trending on Pinterest right now is Fall 2020 Fashion Trends and since I'm not one to wear modern clothes on the regular I always look for how you could turn a modern trend into a vintage one. Of course all fashion inspiration comes from what came before so it makes sense that one of the trends this fall, ' The Skirt Suit " is a throwback to the popular 1940s Women's Two Piece Suit.

Today's post is going to showcase vintage images (catalogs, sewing patterns, photos) of women wearing this look in the 1940s, so you too can be inspired to rock this trend with a vintage angle this fall!

Let's begin!
Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
In the United States during the 1940s, it was patriotically called the victory suit. In Britain, it was the utility suit. Started in the 1930s it became a practical edition in wartimes women's wardrobes due to how verstaile it was. As clothes were being rationed the 2 piece suit could be broken apart and worn in different ways (change the blouse and BAM! new outfit).

Source: Pinterest

Women wore these suits day and night and even for their weddings. They were really great editions to one's wardrobe.
NOTE: Vintage Dancer gives a fantastic breakdown of what the suits were made of, what the restrictions were when making them and so much more. Instead of recreating the wheel I encourage you to head over there after you done my post and give it a read .
Now let's take a peek at some fantastic examples of these suits.

1940s vintage photo of a woman wearing a 2 piece skirt suit with brooch. Great Street Style!

Source: Etsy

Two Black women, including Velma Pratt Bell, holding handbag and fur in stylish skirt suits, standing in Schenley High School for Beauty Shop Owners' Fashion Revue, circa 1945. Photo by Teenie Harris.

Source: CMOA

1940s Two Piece skirt suit Sewing Pattern (I own a similar hat that the lady on the left is wearing).

Source: Etsy

1940s photo of Elsa Lee Elliott Harris, wife of Charles "Teenie" Harris, with University of Pittsburgh and Cathedral of Learning in background, Oakland. Elsa is wearing a beautiful skirt suit in the photo.

Source: CMOA

1940s Suit ~ Brown Wool Scallop Collar Tailored suit skirt Set. Love the Collar Detail.

Source: Etsy

"Victory Fabrics" as seen in my personal collection 'Montgomery Ward, Fall/Winter 1942-1943' Catalog.

What is a Victory Fabric (According to Montgomery Ward)? To make wool go further or to replace it replace it completely, as it grows scarcer - these ingenious new fabrics were developed to give warmth, quality, long wear. The new wooly effect casein fiber Aralac, for instance.

1940s Womens skirt suit pattern from DuBarry with double pockets on the jacket and a niped waist.

Source: Etsy

1940s lightweight gabardine wool skirt suit with not one but two skirts! Jacket shows off oversized contrast collar, oversized double breasted buttons and feminine fitted shape.

Source: Etsy

1942-1943 Fall/ Winter Montgomery Ward Catalog page (from personal collection) featuring a pretty women's skirt suit telling you how to measure to insure best fit.

1940s women's skirt suit in rare and exquisite lavender wool.

Source: Etsy

Anyone getting married this year? Since everything is low key why not go with this stunning ivory 2 piece skirt & jacket Fred A Block set from the 1940s? You would 100% stand out from the wedding dresses you see today.

Source: Etsy

1940s Vintage Weddding Photo of a Soldier and his Bride in her wonderful two piece suit wedding outfit.

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1940s WW2 brown houndstooth skirt suit.

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1940's Sewing Pattern: Women's Two-Piece skirt suit has inverted pleats in front and is finished at upper edge with a belt.

Source: Etsy

Original 1940s Vintage Grey Taupe Cream Houndstooth Check Wool skirt suit from the Ruth Davy Shop in Flint Michigan.

Source: Etsy

1940'S Hollywood Sewing Pattern 850 featuring Wendy Barrie of RKO Radio Stardum. Misses skirt suit pattern with box pleat skirt.

Source: Etsy

Another catalog page from my vintage 1942-1943 Montgomery Ward catalog featuring a group of women's 2 piece suits in full colour. How wonderful are they? I would order them all!

Lastly, I cannot leave this post without mentioning that the skirt suit was the popular uniform for women serving in the military during WW2.

Below is a WW2 Air Force Uniform worn by Canadian Women. Read all about these uniforms on my guest Blog Post from Elinor Florence HERE.
Question Time! Would you wear this season Fall trend of the 2 Piece Skirt Skirt Suit? I know I would because it I have always loved this look. Share your comments below.
Liz

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