I am graduated. I am professional. I should buy a suit for interviews, special events, television appearances, and professional-grade funerals. I ventured out this weekend to find The Great Suit since there is some urgency: I will be appearing on the KODE morning show January 7 to represent the MSSU Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service to be held on January 18th (plug, plug).
To look my best at any time, really, but especially on television, my PR mentor has advised me to wear a dark suit. Sounds simple, and for him, it may be. For women, however, so much more goes into buying and wearing a suit. Tailoring to individual curvaceousness, accessorizing within professional and personality boundaries, and enhancing while alternately subduing femininity make for a complicated procedure. Additionally, mens fashion has remained mostly the same for over one hundred years with only gradual and minimal variations. Womens fashion, however, is much more complicated and extreme—a suit that was fashionable last year can now look dated (though I admit I would not know).
Regardless, I know my male PR friend is correct. A dark suit is essential to my wardrobe. To help those soon-to-be graduates, women entering and reentering the workforce, and all women with moderate concerns for professional fashion, I will explore many facets of finding, buying and wearing The Great Suit.
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