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In reply to the discussion: Concerning Madame Speaker and "McConnell's Graveyard" presser: [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)23. There is a consultant who is used by many of the women in power on the Hill
who advises them on what sends a powerful message and what distracts from it.
Nina McLemore, a designer who dresses a lengthy list of influential leaders including senator Elizabeth Warren, former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, Hillary Clinton and Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan, says Pelosi who is not a client follows most of her rules for power dressing.
Those include: solid, bright colours (patterns are distracting); well-fitted pants (neither baggy nor snug); sleeves at or above the wrist bone (too long and they make you look insignificant); and high-quality fabrics (men actually know more about the quality of fabric than women realise). She stands straight and shes perfectly groomed, McLemore says of Pelosi.
Those include: solid, bright colours (patterns are distracting); well-fitted pants (neither baggy nor snug); sleeves at or above the wrist bone (too long and they make you look insignificant); and high-quality fabrics (men actually know more about the quality of fabric than women realise). She stands straight and shes perfectly groomed, McLemore says of Pelosi.
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3012223/nancy-pelosi-fierce-fashion-icon-us-politics-whether-she
You can tell that Sarah Sanders Huckabee did not avail herself of Ms McLemore 's services.
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She did make a decision to wear it to the presser, and she knows the importance of visuals.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#3
What will that do to address the issue of McConnell not bringing bills to the floor for a vote?
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#25
So, what will that do to address the issue of McConnell not bringing bills to the floor for a vote?
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#30
I think that once McConnell sees impeachment proceedings going, his loyalty to the creature will
Perseus
Sep 2019
#35
lol, why would McConnell care about that ? his voters are trump supporting Republicans
JI7
Sep 2019
#37
IKR? In what universe does McConnell suddenly throw away his dream of packing the courts?
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#39
OMG - Seriously? You see Mitch McConnell and Trump supporters in a way better light
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#38