The Row 10 Years Lookbook : Women’s Suits, Shirts & Vests

Mar 27, 2025

Organizing all the women's suits, suit vests, and shirts from The Row that I find appealing between 2011 and 2025. After launching the menswear line (The Row Menswear) in 2019, The Row also began to pay more attention to women's suit design, focusing on this category from 2019 to 2025 with many distinctive and well-cut pieces.

In 2019, The Row's suit design was ordinary, with few seasonal lookbooks that lacked the brand's characteristic style. From 2013 to 2017, there were almost no suits, and suit designs only began to emerge from 2017, gradually developing The Row's signature aesthetic.

I recommend looking directly at these high-end brand lookbooks for styling inspiration, as they are often more appealing than many bloggers' outfits.

Left image from 2011, right three images from The Row 2012 During this period, The Row had not yet launched shoes or bags, offering only womenswear. Just starting out, it was still a niche brand in the United States. The images show that the clothing at the time lacked a distinct identity but was already moving towards a quietly luxurious style.

The Row's 2013 suits featured a fitted, slim silhouette with less refined lines, including this bold red jacquard suit.

From 2013-2017, there was a suit design hiatus, with The Row primarily focusing on coats and dresses (to be categorized later).

The 2017 suits clearly borrowed from short coat designs, featuring notched lapels and loose, linear cuts with an open front design without buttons. However, the suit lines were still somewhat unrefined.

The blue full suit is from 2018, with the two images on the right from 2019. The 2018 suit continued the linear, minimalist open front design from 2017, while 2019 began experimenting with new cuts and fabrics. The blue shirt fabric is noticeably more textured and lustrous compared to the three cotton shirts from 2017.

The shoulder line design of the 2018 suit has now become a characteristic of The Row's menswear, which I've previously written about in The Row Menswear.

Three innovative suit designs in the same fabric from The Row's 2019 Fall/Winter collection. The Row's innovative design cuts are not guaranteed to be repeated each season if market response is lukewarm. Once released, they might never appear again, so keep an eye out – sometimes these innovative designs can be a hidden gem.

The variety of women's suit cuts began to increase from 2019.

The Row's 2020 shirt ensembles are inspired by Hermès from the Martin Margiela era, but this year they developed their own distinctive cut, similar to The Row's men's and women's suits, featuring a signature square-shaped front design.

The Row's 2020 white shirts are more design-forward compared to 2017. The left shirt is oversized yet has a cinched waist, while the right white shirt features a zipper design – something I've never seen before.

These two 2020 suits from The Row without buttons or collar are also inspired by Hermès during the Martin Margiela period.

In 2020, The Row modified suit lapels from flat to notched, making them more draping and relaxed. Currently, The Row's women's suits are mostly variations of the two styles on the left (such as changing lapels, adding or removing buttons, double or single-breasted, oversized or fitted).

In 2021, they produced many shirts, continuing innovative designs with some shirts made wider and lapels altered.

Basic shirts evolved over 3-4 years, with further optimized cuts featuring The Row's signature square design, achieved by adding extra fabric to the front sleeve placket. Both men's and women's suits and shirts are designed this way.

The 2021 Lookbook featured more minimalist bags (though The Row actually started producing handbags in 2011).

2021's suits emphasized the oversized trend.

In 2022, The Row began experimenting with raglan sleeves.

The following 3 suits were inspired by Martin Margiela's deconstructive design, representing innovative pieces unique to that season.

The rightmost 2022 design with reversed wearing was quite popular during those years, with La Collection also featuring similar styles.

Suits and shirts paired with pencil skirts, with a belt holding a small bag (a belt designed to carry a bag - a first sighting) created appealing looks.

The Row's 2022 Fall/Winter suits, beautifully matched with monochromatic coats, continued the 2021 oversized design.

The 2023 Spring/Summer collection focused on suit vests, with several styles in classic black and white, paired with skirts, trousers, white T-shirts, and white shirts.

2023 suits: The rightmost design resembles Viktor & Rolf, the middle suit showcases The Row's signature square cut for men's and women's suits (previously discussed), here executed in an oversized style. The leftmost suit looks unusual, with such a thick suit paired with wide-leg trousers, which interestingly resemble Hermès during the Margiela era.