Women who work together will attest that inexplicably there arrives at random a day every so often when everyone shows up in the same color or color combination. A few of my Facebook friends, in the run-up to Hillary Clinton’s landmark speech last night, speculated on what color Hillary would chose to sport for the history books.
Getty Images Image caption A white dress code for the road to the White House
Hillary Clinton wore a white pantsuit on the last leg of the race to the White House. Many column inches have been spent on the image of the candidates and their spouses, almost as much as on their political message. So what were they trying to say, and did it work?
Before feminists get all riled and start telling me that we would never discuss this if she were a man, I urge you to click on the article and read more since the next topic is Donald Trump’s sartorial selections with a photo of him with his wife who chose to wear this on the evening of her big speech – or rather her reading of Michelle Obama’s speech from 2008.
What was interesting, last night, was that Hillary was not the only woman on the stage to zero in on “Suffragette White” for this historical evening. Here is what Ohio’s Joyce Beatty packed in her suitcase for her speech in Philadelphia yesterday.
She looked beautiful. The coincidence was more than the color white. Yes, that’s Melania’s dress, but Joyce did not copy her copied speech. I laughed for nearly an hour. We got the memo, Joyce! You rocked it!
I know it irritates some people when I attend to girly things, and I have taken some heat for even noticing clothes and accessories, but they matter.
Hillary wore green at Dartmouth yesterday.
It reminded me that long ago I noticed a pattern and, in response to a suggestion that she drab down the look, posted about Hillary’s use of her pantsuits. She actually was sending very clever and well-received messages to those whose languages she did not speak. Clearly it was intentional and very effective.
Well, I am about to snap that anybody would write an article like this about this pantsuit or any of Hillary’s pantsuits, or about Hillary’s signature style. This article by Anne Bratskeir appeared in an online Newsday blog today: Hillary Clinton pantsuit saga continues .
First and foremost let me make it clear that pantsuits should be the least of our issues when Hillary is on her longest trip, has visited incredibly dangerous places, made audacious and courageous statements, and signed agreements of great importance for development in Africa and the evolution of democracy there. Having said that, I must object strongly to this uninformed article by someone who has not bothered to investigate what Hillary is doing and prefers to critique her attire.
Hillary prefers pants for the same reason many women who are photographed seated at times or must sit in front of people do. She often does wear separates, your novel suggestion – or that of one of your consultants. But she goes monochromatic often because it lengthens her appearance. I, personally think she looks smashing in her pantsuits. She is gorgeous in this.
Apparently lost on you is the fact that Hillary often USES the “jelly bean” colors you refer to as a code. This is something SHE can do that men cannot, and it is VERY effective diplomatically. THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF EL SALVADOR loved this:
In that article, note the use of accessories (scarf and pin) to symbolize the flag of Afghanistan.
It came as a bit of a shock today to see this.
Yes. It is this.
We are used to photographers focusing on accessories on the red carpet.
(That is DBE Helen Mirren at the L.A. premiere of Trumbo.)
Certainly wife-of-Trump is on plenty of those. But she is no DBE and this was a U.S. presidential debate, not a red carpet.
So, yes, I noticed Hillary’s ruby slippers on Colbert. It was late night TV (read: entertainment) not the Benghazi hearing – not even a campaign event and not a presidential debate.
There were many OMG! moments during last night’s debate, but this might have been the biggest WTF yet! #MakeAmericaBritishAgain? On the night The Donald told us the minimum wage should stay put where it is and we all need to work harder?
JSYK: Elizabeth Warren has proposed a one-time payment of a little more than $520 to seniors in lieu of the COLA increase Social Security recipients are not receiving for 2016. (It won’t pass. You know that.) This clutch costs more than three times that amount. (So shoot me for noticing clothes, shoes and accessories. As I said, sometimes it matters.)
Well, I am about to snap that anybody would write an article like this about this pantsuit or any of Hillary’s pantsuits, or about Hillary’s signature style. This article by Anne Bratskeir appeared in an online Newsday blog today: Hillary Clinton pantsuit saga continues .
First and foremost let me make it clear that pantsuits should be the least of our issues when Hillary is on her longest trip, has visited incredibly dangerous places, made audacious and courageous statements, and signed agreements of great importance for development in Africa and the evolution of democracy there. Having said that, I must object strongly to this uninformed article by someone who has not bothered to investigate what Hillary is doing and prefers to critique her attire.
Hillary prefers pants for the same reason many women who are photographed seated at times or must sit in front of people do. She often does wear separates, your novel suggestion – or that of one of your consultants. But she goes monochromatic often because it lengthens her appearance. I, personally think she looks smashing in her pantsuits. She is gorgeous in this.
Apparently lost on you is the fact that Hillary often USES the “jelly bean” colors you refer to as a code. This is something SHE can do that men cannot, and it is VERY effective diplomatically. THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF EL SALVADOR loved this:
ALL OF CANADA celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of the Border Waters Treaty (um, with the United States – Oh right! You would never know since she was shown talking about North Korea and Iran that Saturday, but the TV news never SAID she was in Canada or why). When she crossed the Rainbow Bridge, Canadians tweeted joyfully, “Here’s HRC in red for Canada!”
At the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue July 28, 2009, her red pantsuit was not lost on THE ENTIRE CHINESE DELEGATION.
In short, Anne, the color-coded pantsuits are more than her signature item, they speak a language of foreign relations that is very powerful to the people in countries she visits. They may not understand English, and she may not speak their tongue, but people are always impressed when a diplomat wears their national colors. Hillary knows this. It is a very powerful image. Hillary knows the significance of color, and, in fact, she looks beautiful in these colors – why do you want to drab her up? She sparkles, and the world LOVES it!
As for the suit you refer to as “mango,” that one, too, has some special significance to the Homegirls here. I don’t expect you to know that, but please respect it and do not criticize a pantsuit that we hold dear for many reasons that would be lost on you. Leave THIS one alone, Anne. Step AWAY FROM THE PANTSUIT! The Homegirls love it!
Homegirls wishing to voice their opinions directly to Anne can email her here: anne.bratskeir@newsday.com
Edited to added the flag diplomacy pantsuit collection.
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Hillary prefers pants for the same reason many women who are photographed seated at times or must sit in front of people do. She often does wear separates, your novel suggestion – or that of one of your consultants. But she goes monochromatic often because it lengthens her appearance. I, personally think she looks smashing in her pantsuits. She is gorgeous in this.
(That is DBE Helen Mirren at the L.A. premiere of Trumbo.)
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