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↖ Ciao Milano wool blazer ($120) with Tory Burch ivory ribbed turtleneck ($103); Crosby corduroy skirt ($60); See by Chloe taupe suede booties ($180); See by Chloe gray shoulder Bag ($460); Tory Burch rosary long necklace ($128); and Ever Alice Chloe earrings ($72). ↑ Identical blazer with Zero Degrees gold pleated skirt ($185); Naked Feet off-white platform sneakers ($125); See by Chloe shoulder bag in coconut brown ($465); Tory Burch rosary long necklace ($128); and Ever Alice Chloe earrings ($72). Model Adrianna Rosario; Styling by Narcissus
I FOR HER
PRETTY POWER SUITS Women’s workwear reimagined by REBECCA PADGETT
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September-October 2020
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n 1910, the American Ladies Tailors’ Association created the “suffrage suit,” which consisted of a blouse, jacket and a long, divided skirt that allowed women to take long strides. In 1914, Coco Chanel released the first of her iconic suits — jackets with anklelength skirts. In 1963, on the day her husband was assassinated, Jacqueline Kennedy wore such a suit in pink. With the 1980s came the rise of the power suit donned by corporate women intent on climbing professional and economic ladders. In 2000, upon election to the U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton delivered a victory speech in which she said that six black pantsuits figured in her success.
photography by ALICIA OSBORNE