Pant Suit

A pant suit delivers the formality of a matched set while removing the two things that make the skirt version demanding: the hem calculation and the way a skirt limits how you sit, stand and cross a room. The pants half also travels better, because a wrinkle in the leg reads as a day's wear rather than as a failure. Get the pant hem right and the rest follows, since the break over the shoe is the detail that separates a suit that looks made for you from one that looks bought in a hurry.