Issue link: https://www.balharbourdigital.com/i/1461738
Alexander McQueen's
avant-garde take on
the '80s power suit for
Spring, with a slashed
blazer paired with
pleated peg trousers.
THE SUIT IS BACK
AND MORE VERSATILE
THAN EVER.
By Amanda Eberstein
Perfectly
Suited
fter two years of more understated, casual dressing
and the emergence of the "work from home" uniform,
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