I think that's the same thing she wore earlier today, in her campaign event with President Obama. I think that's also the same pink (or fuchsia?) outfit that she wore when the photo was taken that MSNBC now uses as a Hillary avatar on election nights and poll graphics.
Just a little frivolity. I like to frivol every so often - to reference the late great Gary Owens!
But there is something kind of ridiculous about it - in one respect. I just inadvertently proved that women can be, and ARE, judged by their appearance. Woman politicians, too. Watch for it to accelerate through the rest of election season AND into a first term of presidency. There will be people quipping all over the place about how she's dressed. What she's wearing. WHO she's wearing (did she "Wear American"?), and beyond. You've seen what other First Ladies get. Hell, those of us old enough to remember the 90s can remember how Hillary, too, had lots of people critiquing how she dressed. The uproar over her headbands. Headbands???? Are you freakin' kidding me???? And the pants suits. And her hair. Her business attire and her formal wear. And remember how Laura Bush was often criticized for "wearing the upholstery?" And the whole "Reagan Red" thing that dominated Nancy Reagan's designer closet - to the point that if a woman reporter wanted to get called on during one of Ronnie's press conferences, she strategically wore red to work that day. I'm old enough to remember First Lady Jackie Kennedy. She was probably the most fashionable First Lady EVER, and MAN was that news. Made Oleg Cassini a household name.
Frivolous as hell, ridiculously superficial, but there it is. Maggie Thatcher's favorite skirted-suit color put a new word into popular culture: aubergine (a very dark plum, eggplant color). Former French prez Sarkozy married the haute fashionable supermodel Carla Bruni. While she wasn't a head of state, everything and anything Princess Diana wore was huge news. And Michelle Obama's style, both in business and formal AND casual dress has made a lot of news, starting from the famous factoid that part of her first outfit on Inauguration Morning came from J. Crew. But you just watch. WHATEVER Hillary wears will be of great interest and great controversy I'm sure. PARTICULARLY as President. And it will be MOST interesting to observe the difference in coverage and weight of importance between what's given to a woman President and what's given to the men, and what level of nitpicking will be involved. Even while trivial, this, too, is breaking new and historic ground.
By the way, I happen to find Hillary's style completely workable and flattering for her age, profession, figure, and body type. I like that fuchsia outfit with the black pants. When I was working every day, I had my own version of it.
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