Where would you buy a suit from on the high street?

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I'm after a decent suit but I have no idea what I'm doing, all of my office wear comes from Next, I'm basically fashion illiterate, help? what do I need to know?

Budget? Next do suits.

Personally I'd go for M&S

Reiss if budget allows.

Reiss, Karen Millen (at a push - not a massive fan), The Kooples, Massimo Dutti, Whistles (mix and match), Jaeger, Hugo Boss, The Outnet.

Jigsaw

Reiss or Hobbs. I like Phase Eight for workwear, but I'm not sure they do suits.

Reid

If you are short the choice shrinks by 90%

Jigsaw, Hobbs

Would I buy a suit? These days, probably would go for very well coordinated separates. Reiss, Hobbs or Jigsaw I think. Winser online, for a slightly more feminine wibe.

All my work suits are Hobbs. They are machine washable too.

I've been looking everywhere within my budget (which is small lol) with very little joy. Warehouse, Zara, and M&S pretty much all there is within my budget.

What are you actually after, OP?

I saw a lovely notch neck suit jacket in Zara basics the other day. The material was great and the cut lovely. I just didn't need it. I didn't look for bottoms. It came in black and navy and was slightly longer than is conventional. I wanted it!

I like Warehouse, their suits tend to go into the sale too. Not always a lot of choice but worth keeping an eye on

Hobbs - decent quality and nice cuts. Although as OCSock says I'm moving towards nice coordinating separates now, unless a suit is really nice it can feel a bit too 'uniform'.

MeadowHay In your position I'd consider maybe looking on eBay for a really nice jacket (maybe boucle?) to wear with a plain skirt and see if you can pick up a nice silk shirt or decent top somewhere? There's definitely a big quality gap in high st suits and you end up paying more than the sum of their parts.

I don't think I would buy a suit again, I prefer coordinated separates like OCsock