MOORE FROM L.A.: Democratic Presidential Debate Dressing: For Once, The Women Had the Advantage

Male politicians can skate through just about any sartorial situation by wearing the uniform of a suit and tie. And female politicians, because of their more individual ways of dressing and judgment based on sex appeal, are ripe to pick apart for everything from their barely-there cleavage (Hillary Clinton) to their Cheeky Monkey heels (Sarah Palin). But in the vast field of 20 candidates fighting for a glimmer of recognition on stage and TV screens during the Democratic presidential primary debates on Wednesday and Thursday nights in Miami, for once it wasn’t the men who had the advantage — it was the women. Almost as much as their policies and punchlines, what does one remember from the sea of similar suits during the debates that stretched over two nights? The unprecedented number of female candidates–and the fact that many of them looked refreshingly different. For once, women weren’t just one-offs or oddities, they stole the show. On Wednesday, it was Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ultraviolet jacket that made the biggest impression. In Pantone’s color of the year, it blazed a trail (at least for me) all the way back to the Ralph Lauren gray flannel jacket with contrast purple lapels that Hillary Clinton

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Read More...

from WWDWWD https://ift.tt/2RF1tfD