The popular character of Barney Stinson in the TV show “How I
met your mother” religiously wears only suits due to his
personal belief (which is actually a widely prevalent belief in
the modern world) that suits are symbolic of professionalism,
power and class. That is why in countries such as the US, the
term ‘suits’ is a commonly used metonym for lawyers or officers
of the law. In modern-day Pakistan, the black and white suit is
the well-recognised uniform of the lawyer. The British Raj
introduced this court dress in South Asia and this tradition has
been upheld by the Pakistani legal fraternity, albeit with some
minor variations (such as the doing away with the wig). The
origins of the modern-day suit can be traced to the 19th century
Regency Britain, an era, characterised by inter alia distinctive
trends in British fashion. One of the trends in fashion was the
simplification of the elaborately embroidered and jewelled
formal clothing of the nobility into a much more comfortable
formal wear. This led to th