The pantsuit is Clinton's uniform...tan jacket with black pants...
Posted on 12/13/2007 6:21:53 AM PST by 3AngelaD
...How many pantsuits does Hillary Clinton have in her closet? And does she ever wear them in the same combination more than once? The pantsuit is Clinton's uniform. Hers is a mix-and-match world, a grown-up land of Garanimals: black pants with gray jacket, tan jacket with black pants...There are a host of reasons to explain Clinton's attachment to pantsuits. They are comfortable. They can be flattering, although not when the jacket hem aligns with the widest part of the hips (hypothetically speaking, of course). Does she even have hips?...
Women have come a long way from the time when wearing a pair of pants was considered "borrowing from the boys." So it would be highly regressive to suggest that the candidate is using trousers to heighten the perception that she can be as tough as a man. And yet . . .
This is a campaign in which gender stereotypes are being challenged even as the old assumptions are proving stubborn and resilient....
With the male candidates, the nuances of their attire matters: the fit of the suit collar, the color of the tie. But with Clinton, one must first get past distractions such as that pink blazer -- the one John Edwards didn't like so much -- before the details can be considered.
What would possess a woman to wear a jacket the color of a geranium in full bloom and then imply she doesn't want anyone to notice or comment on her clothes? Yes, a woman can still be taken seriously, viewed as tough and celebrated for her ideas even if she is wearing a sunshine yellow suit. But someone, somewhere, is also going to notice that she is dressed like a solar flare. Clinton is too smart not to know that....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I consider myself a fashion guru of sorts. And I’m right around the age of Madame Hillary. A bit younger but yes, a middle aged maven.
Further, I’m sure Hillary has fashion advice aplenty but still I can’t believe those in charge can’t dress her better.
Now the Hill does have those thick ankles we so like to make fun of on this forum. I’ve seen women with those ankles and they are very unattractive. I pity the women who are so cursed.
Thus I understand why the Hill wears pantsuits as they cover those ankles and I wouldn’t know my stuff if I didn’t advise that she continue to wear pants. If she goes to a dress or skirt....hey it’s very hard to hide those ankles.
Still....first....DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A DAMN PANSUIT? Forgive my shout but I’m just sayin’....
How about a nice pair of khaki pants paired with a brown blue cropped jacket? Button up the cropped jacket and underneath have a nice cinnamon shell with a lacy top peeking through.
Or some navy blue pants, a bright geranium blouse with a bow paired with a matching navy blue vest?
Well I could go on and on but I’m telling you those pansuits, even when she wears the pink ones, are boooooring.
Hillary isn’t built that bad. All she needs to cover up are the ankles. Why those constant boring, ugly pansuits, which look like polyester God forgive, say nothing for the woman’s fashion sense.
Hey....clothes are important.
At least they’re way more important than the meterosexuals on the Hill’s campaign give them.
It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
The pantsuit is Clinton's uniform...tan jacket with black pants...
Is this for real or photoshop???
I dunno - it isn't just the ankles. She's got a wide butt, and short legs. She looks "squat". Her face isn't bad-looking, since she's had so much work done.
Even though I hate to admit it, I've been bugging my hairdresser to cut my hair like Hillary's. It's a very flattering cut. (My hairdresser can't stand Hillary, and was appalled that I wanted my hair cut like hers.)
Someone posted a picture of Hillary yesterday,giving an address in New Hampshire, where she was wearing a brown pants suit. She was brown from head-to-toe: looked like a UPS truck!
Crusty the pantsuit
Was like clothes that you'd discard,
With a sweat-stained top
And a stretched-out butt
And two legs that smelled like lard.
Crusty the pantsuit
Was pulled out most ev'ry day.
As she put it on,
Hilly sang this song:
"Black is slimming, so they say."
She must have bought the pantsuit from
A wizard or an elf,
For when she took it off at night,
It stood up all by itself!
Oh . . .
Crusty the pantsuit
Was a fashion felony,
But the Freepers say,
"We can laugh and play
With these threads on Hillary."
Frumpety frump frump,
Frumpety frump frump,
Look at Crusty glow.
Rumpety rump rump,
Rumpety rump rump,
Over the Hill we go!
LOL! I'll betcha' that win, lose or draw she'll have a meltdown moment before it's over. I don't want her having that moment in the White House, thank you very much.
Hello, Crusty Queen,
Though you never cleaned it at all,
You had the guts to wear your suit
While those around you crawled.
They crawled out of the odor
And they kept on holding their nose,
They shouted from a distance
And they begged you, "Change your clothes."
And it seems to me you wore your clothes
Like a pantsuit in the wind,
Never knowing what to change to
When the stains set in.
And I would have liked to have worn one,
But it would make me ill.
Your perfume wore out long before
Your pantsuit ever will.
Of course it’s photoshopped, Hillary didn’t look like that thirty-five years ago.
I do think Hillary could wear skirts below the knee, perhaps with some nice boots to hide the ankles. There are very flattering skirt styles out there now that can really take off the pounds. On the other hand, when I know I am going to be doing a lot of running around I always wear pants and low-heeld or flat shoes. Just more comfortable and easy to get around in.
Robin, have you ever stopped to consider how completely worthless your career is? What lasting value is there, after all, in writing long disquisitions about what clothes people wear? What a completely empty, pointless waste of time, energy, bandwidth, and mental abilities. Has it crossed your mind that you might actually do something worthwhile during your sole trip through this life?
Question for you: Would you watch an episode of “What not to Wear” that featured Hillary? It would be interesting to see her ambushed, but I don’t think I could watch a whole episode of her.
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