Monday, June 23, 2008
Another dubious endorsement for the Obama campaign
For all the talk of the world's dictators endorsing Barack Obama, nobody is focusing on the more serious public relations problem coming from the world of designer fashion:
The latest "first" for Barack Obama comes off the Milan runway.
Calling the U.S. presidential hopeful "the man of the moment," Donatella Versace dedicated her Spring-Summer 2009 collection presented Saturday evening to Obama, creating a style she said was designed for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power."
The only thing scarier than a president dressed in these clothes is the prospect that a president might inspire countless others to dress in these clothes. But Versace did not stop there. No, she advised Obama to adopt the dinner jacket look made popular by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
Chatting with reporters in the cool of the garden of her private palazzo in downtown Milan at an after-show dinner party, the designer also had some fashion tips for the campaign trail. "I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt," she said.
In fact, there were no ties in Donatella's latest show, and shirts under jackets were either super easy with rolled up sleeves or replaced by a silk T-shirt.
Great. Just what I want in my president. It is almost enough to make one yearn for beige cardigan sweaters.
Voters ignore the fashion issues in this election at their peril.
5 Comments:
By 
, at
Mon Jun 23, 04:50:00 AM:
Well, he's got 90% of the black vote, and this look will get him the same with the gays.
Anybody who'd wear that outfit in public deserves a good ass whippin', unless it's halloween, or a dress like a sissyboy party.
By , at
Mon Jun 23, 09:18:00 AM:
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask your country, "how do I look?"
By 
Dawnfire82, at
Mon Jun 23, 10:09:00 AM:
"a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power."
Bwahaha!
What muscles? Doesn't she mean 'a man who cannot flex muscles to show he has power?'
By , at
Mon Jun 23, 10:40:00 AM:
OK, I'm gay, this shouldn't be a problem. But help me out here, folks, is that model pictured, um, a guy? I'm almost completely convinced it's a lesbian, and these are women fashions. But I'm not really sure.
By GreenmanTim, at
Mon Jun 23, 11:14:00 AM:
All in all, it probably would be a good thing for our next president to look like a grown up.
