
Suiting is no longer an old boys’ club: How women can rock menswear like Melania Trump, Rihanna and other celebs
NY Post
Ladies, it’s time to suit up.
It’s shaping up to be the year of the women’s power suit, as the masculine look takes over femme fashion from the runway to the red carpet — with everyone from Rihanna to first lady Melania Trump flaunting their figures in dude-centric duds.
NYC-based custom suit tailor Melissa Watson Ellis said recent high-profile appearances of the look have led to a “massive uptick” in female clientele at her Chelsea atelier, with ladies now making up half of her customer base — a stark contrast from five to 10 years ago.
“A custom tailor is not usually something that women have been known to do. Way back in the day, it would be couture, so you would go to a dressmaker,” Watson Ellis told The Post, adding that tailoring was “a man’s world.”
But now, women are “coming in droves.”
“It shouldn’t be understated that the fact that this exists in the market now is a massive evolution,” she said. “Custom suits have been the domain of men exclusively for so long. Not anymore.”