Can you really wear a trouser suit to a wedding? 

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Holly Russell and Elizabeth von der Goltz, buyers at Net-A-Porter, are among the lovers of the checked trouser suit. Holly wears the Petar Petrov gingham wool suit, and Elizabeth wears Gabriela Hearst checked wool suit. Credit: Dan Johnson

The trouser suit, it’s fair to say, is having a moment. If you’ve always championed them (wearing one for your job because your boss says you have to doesn’t count) and are rolling your eyes, stop now, because you probably haven’t been wearing the kind of trouser suits in the sort of shades I’m talking about.

The 2018 trouser suit comes in myriad options: from pastels and brights to pops of neon, with clashing or toning trims, in discreet-ish polka dots (playful), brocades (for that Miss Havisham meets Prince look) and florals (the non-girlish way to wear flowers). It also comes in checks. Lots and lots and lots of checks.

Yes, you’re thinking, but who’s actually going to wear them?

We are.

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