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What In The Name of Zoltron Is She Wearing??
February 21, 2008 on 11:57 pm | In Accessories, Pastoral Fashion Emergency, Or "PeaceBang, Help!" |This is Wolf Blitzer from The Situation Room, everyone. Seriously, there has been a Presidential Candidate Piping Incident that you need to be made aware of, brought to my attention by alert reader Jinnis.
What I think is happening is a very unfortunate confluence of weird piping, bad lapels and a perfectly ordinary necklace on Senator Hillary Clinton. The combined effect definitely earns my confidence in her ability to be president… on the planet Zoltron.
Hill, call me! I can help!! I’m an Obama supporter but still, I’m here for you!
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(innocently) I thought it was a shock collar.
Comment by Lizard Eater — February 22, 2008 #
I was glad it wasn’t that blazing yellow and black bumblebee blazer she was wearing incessantly a few weeks (days?) back.
Comment by Jess — February 22, 2008 #
Yellow is a power color, just not always the right kind of power. Never wear something with its own wattage.
Comment by jinnis — February 22, 2008 #
Can I nominate this one early for the UU Blog Awards “Best Blog-post Title” category?
Comment by Jeff Wilson — February 22, 2008 #
I’m just happy she is wearing something, even if it does look like one of the outfits from the Rocky Horror Picture Show…
With the last Clinton who was President, I was always ready for the “President in the Nude” photo to make the press.
I’ll take what progress I can get.
Comment by Davidium — February 22, 2008 #
i kept noticing her bad eye shadow lines that made her look like she had 4 eyebrows.
that and the amount of make up used to conceal all the wrinkles and make her look younger. it almost looked like she used latex like in the movies.
Comment by jeff — February 22, 2008 #
Uh oh, I guess I’m alone in thinking she looked pretty good. I remember watching (about 20 mins) of the debate thinking, “I wonder how much time, research, and agony went into deciding what Obama and Hillary were going to wear, and how short/long their hair would be, and what kind of makeup they’d wear.” I’m sure it was DOZENS of hours for each of them (by their “people” of course).
It definitely made me long for the days of radio.
Comment by h sofia — February 22, 2008 #
I dunno…it’s a strange marriage of bondage and Puritan.
Comment by Peregrinato — February 22, 2008 #
It’s such a pissa for women, though, think about it — as if we women minister types didn’t know that already, but I think for minister types menswear is tough too whereas in political debates it’s easier for the menfolk. He can just do the dapper suit thing and think about what tie to wear and check that his shirt cuffs aren’t frayed and he’s done. She has to mess with suits and dresses and different shapes of jackets and jewelry and the whole women-can’t-show-wrinkles ’cause people think “hag” instead of “wisdom.” Not that I am voting for her in the primary but I completely sympathize.
Plus tv lights are awful and thus everybody, I mean everybody, has to wear makeup. Been there.
That said, you’re right, PB, and I’m with Jeff on the post title nomination.
Comment by Caroline Divine — February 22, 2008 #
My first thought when I saw that collar last night was: “Hillary, please call Peacebang.” I have to give you credit, PB, that at least I notice these things now.
For me, it was just the collar. I thought her face and hair looked pretty good for a woman of a certain age. I would prefer a bit softer colors on a blond, but maybe that wouldn’t be Presidential enough. Tough for women to communicate caring and power in the way we dress.
Comment by KJR — February 22, 2008 #
Her jacket reminds me of all the female villians in the Disney animated movies. The collar is too high for her neck and her jewelry is too small for the suit.
It’s a shame that TV shows everything; missteps and all.
Comment by Kim Hampton — February 22, 2008 #
I also immediately thought of Maleficent the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty.
I’ve been a lurker for a few weeks. I recently stepped down from the spotlight myself, but love you blog!
Comment by Becks — February 22, 2008 #
…And we’re not the only ones to notice this:
http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/archive/2008/02/22/clinton-star-trek.aspx
Comment by Benjamin — February 23, 2008 #
I agree that Hillary looks like she’s stepped off the set of a sci-fi show.
And in the interest of fairness, that color combination (black suit, white shirt pale red tie) is doing NOTHING for Barack. That tie is horrible with his skin tone–he really should have gone for a deeper color. And perhaps a lighter suit.
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Comment by Michael — February 23, 2008 #
What the heck? I find that they both look pulled together, clean, well made up, and nothing on them clashed/looked rumpled/looked cheap.
The lines are clean and simple; are we really ready to go all “Project Runway” on our presidential candidates? Good Lord, even the French president looks far from a fashion show model…as did his female opponent in last year’s election, Segolene Royale.
Comment by tommy — February 27, 2008 #
Thanks for the link, Benjamin. Tasha Yar, definitely.
In all fairness, Hillary did much better last night, though she could have had something other than black pants to go with the brown jacket. That is a minor change since the most of the camera time and our attention was where they needed to be - on her face. That piping from last week was distracting.
Comment by jinnis — February 27, 2008 #
Sorry about the grammar. Not awake yet.
Comment by jinnis — February 27, 2008 #