Posted on 06/25/2013 11:50:26 AM PDT by drewh
Move over first lady Michelle Obama: It's your husband's turn as the nation's fashion icon.
Paul Trible, co-founder of Richmond, Va.'s Ledbury premium shirts, tells Secrets that the snappy dress shirts favored by President Obama that feature a wider "mid-spread collar" or full "spread" have prompted a sales spike especially among politicians and reporters eager to copy his more youthful look.
"He's a trend setter, that's fair when it comes to political clothing trends," said Trible, son of former Virginia Republican Sen. Paul Trible.
Trible, the face of the maker of high-end shirts popular among politicians including Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and former Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist, said that Obama's preference has brought a sales slide for the standard was a button-down or downward pointed collar.
"Obama was one of the first politicians to challenge that with a mixed-spread or spread collar on a national stage," said Trible. "After he was elected, you saw it slowly happen in Washington where sort of that spread collar shirt became more and more popular, first with the Democrats and now even a large proportion of the Republicans are doing that over the traditional point or button down."
"He's a lean, fit guy so if suits him well. He certainly wears it well and I think people notice that it it's catching on around town," said Trible, who called Obama's shirts the leading trend in male fashion. "When you get to that level in politics, no matter if you are male or female, people are putting a lot of thought into what you are wearing and the statement that it makes."
As for those who prefer old-school button downs, Trible said, "they are not dead, but people more and more wear them on a casual basis than with a tie."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Hey, is there a Mississippi Queen out there? Talk to everything!
Don't bring Shepherd Smith into this.
lose it’s mind
Gay icon maybe.
I hate those shark skin Italian suits with dual flaps that he wears. He probably gets them from the store where Louis Farakhan buys his suits.
yep
5.56mm
LOL!
Yeah, yeah, it’s all Barack all the time ... ain’t he wonderful? I was thinking about going to see a new film with Channing Tatum — “White House Down,” I think it’s called — but I saw an ad for it on TV, and their “president” in the film is not only an action hero ... but is obviously closely modeled on BO. So their president was running around doing heroic action stuff, while looking just like BO. I thought I would hurl just watching the ad.
you mean laugh or puke?
Since when is stupid stylish?
Point, is the only way to go.
But, I'm a dandy, don't you know.
your choice.
Is it me, or is our media sounding more and more like North Korea fawning over the Kims?
Hey Trible.....You just lost 50% of your business, dumbass.
yep, we have nothing to worry about.
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