Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 11:23:22 GMT -6
Opinion is divided over who won the last Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. And polls are awfully close in Iowa.
But in one area at least, Mrs. Clinton appears to have already triumphed: She has finally, 23 years after she first stepped onto the national stage as first lady, stopped the conversation about her clothes.
Consider: During and after the debate on Sunday, there was, for the first time I can remember, barely a whisper about what she wore. Can you even remember what it was? It was so nondescript, it was just not cause for comment.
(And, yes, I know I am contradicting my point by writing about this, but consider it the exception that proves the rule.)
That’s pretty extraordinary, given our obsession with whatever anyone in the public eye — red carpet celebrities, royalty, even criminals — puts on their backs. Last week, the news broke that the shirt El Chapo wore in his Sean Penn video had sold out online, and a hoo-ha was created recently when Marco Rubio wore some fancy footwear (which also sold out online).
Continued at www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/fashion/hillary-clinton-pantsuit-style-2016-campaign.html?_r=0 .
But in one area at least, Mrs. Clinton appears to have already triumphed: She has finally, 23 years after she first stepped onto the national stage as first lady, stopped the conversation about her clothes.
Consider: During and after the debate on Sunday, there was, for the first time I can remember, barely a whisper about what she wore. Can you even remember what it was? It was so nondescript, it was just not cause for comment.
(And, yes, I know I am contradicting my point by writing about this, but consider it the exception that proves the rule.)
That’s pretty extraordinary, given our obsession with whatever anyone in the public eye — red carpet celebrities, royalty, even criminals — puts on their backs. Last week, the news broke that the shirt El Chapo wore in his Sean Penn video had sold out online, and a hoo-ha was created recently when Marco Rubio wore some fancy footwear (which also sold out online).
Continued at www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/fashion/hillary-clinton-pantsuit-style-2016-campaign.html?_r=0 .