Men's suits are no longer suitable for measuring Britain's inflation

Covid's influence can be seen in many other changes to this year's basket, too

It has survived 150 years of changing fashion, seen off the hippies and spared many men the dilemma of deciding what to wear, but the pandemic proved the final nail in the coffin. The men’s suit has officially been retired from the male wardrobe.

That’s the sartorial verdict of the UK Office for National Statistics, which has removed the menswear staple from the UK’s inflation basket, a collection of more than 700 items that are updated annually to ensure it is “representative of the goods and services that consumers typically spend their money on.”

Changes in the prices of those items determine