Pick of the High Street: Suits at M&S

Good old Marks and Spencer. They can always be relied on for the work basics. But you’d think after all this time in business they’d have learned how to display things properly. No wonder this model doesn’t look happy, her Autograph 3 Button Single Breasted Pin Stripe Suit doesn’t fit her properly (and is also a bit of a mouthful!). I mean, really, how hard is it to get a model who is not several inches too tall for the length of the trousers and so the jacket buttons don’t sit too high on her? If this is what it looks like on I won’t be paying £110 for the jacket and £69 for the trousers.

Now let’s try a skirt suit. This is the Single Breasted One Button Piped Seam Suit and look: it fits the model! Now that wasn’t difficult was it? The jacket is just £45 and the skirt £29.50 and if you buy the two together you can save a tenner. This may be the cheaper suit but to me, it’s definitely the more appealing of the two because of the way it looks on, and the greater imagination that has gone into the detailing.