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Why It Matters That Hillary Clinton Wore Ralph Lauren
New York Times ^ | June 15, 2015 | by Vanessa Friedman

Posted on 06/15/2015 3:18:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

At her campaign opening rally on Roosevelt Island on Saturday, Hillary Clinton donned her now-signature look: a bright blue pantsuit with a matching bright blue shirt underneath.

Clothes are a political tool like any other. And that is why it was interesting to learn that the pantsuit she wore at her Roosevelt Island rally had been made by Ralph Lauren.

Yet there’s a possible weak spot. Because for a candidate who has been pushing her connection to, and understanding of, the middle class — and whose speech while wearing the pantsuit was largely about closing the income gap — Ralph Lauren is a relatively inaccessible brand. It is also one often worn by and beloved of that sector of the population, the chief executives and financial wizards, she somewhat disavowed.

But that’s me. And to be honest, I would not be surprised if, in the end, Ralph Lauren does become a Clinton wardrobe mainstay. If the campaign can avoid elitism charges, the brand will make her look confident, and absolutely convincing on the global stage.

According to a spokesman, the designer already works with the candidate “regularly.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; emailserver; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; hillaryspeech; hitlery; impeachment; pantsuit; piaps; ralphlauren; rooseveltisland
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wasn't Sarah Palin raked over the coals about her designer wardrobe?
41 posted on 06/15/2015 3:42:58 PM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: GreenHornet

OMGosh! TOO FUNNEEEEE!


42 posted on 06/15/2015 3:43:03 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Polyxene

Yes, J C Penney or Goodwill.


43 posted on 06/15/2015 3:44:48 PM PDT by abclily
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To: Impy

Ugh.


44 posted on 06/15/2015 3:44:52 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: JoeProBono
lights, in the daytime... she must REALLY hate mother earth to waste all that electricity
45 posted on 06/15/2015 3:48:22 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ralph Lauren is NOT an inaccessible brand. They’re at Macy’s and are 2 to 3 hundred bucks. I’m sure her suits are better than the basic ones, but that’s life with more money. Do we really expect her to where $30 dockers?


46 posted on 06/15/2015 3:49:37 PM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy (OBAMA), second as farce (HILLARY)”

-- Karl Marx


47 posted on 06/15/2015 3:50:18 PM PDT by QT3.14 (TransConservative)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
IF Hildebeast were truly concerned about "her" image with the working class, she'd shop where WE shop and eat what WE eat, live how WE live. Spend as WE spend. Travel as WE travel. That would mean coupon clipping, bargain buys and dented cans sales, outlet clothing, a 10 year old car and a rancher or apartment with a 10' strip of sterile grass or mottled concrete.

These so full of crap Liberals talk and talk and talk about the "common folks" but don't know any nor care to sink to our socioeconomic level and see what it's like living under the rules they so cavalierly impose on us.

I not only despise Liberals, I hate them with a passion best reserved for a pervert who tries to molest our kith and kin. Liberals, and Liberalism, as far as I am concerned, is a malignancy, a cancer that is best excised and disposed of in a suitable medical waste incinerator.

48 posted on 06/15/2015 3:53:11 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: edpc

Ralph Lauren clothes are highly overrated. Wear one of his sweaters once and the entire thing loses it’s shape becoming a baggy mess.


49 posted on 06/15/2015 3:54:44 PM PDT by surrey
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To: discostu

She’s the one claiming “I’m one of you”

Besides, she’s going to look horrible no matter if it cost $30 or $300


50 posted on 06/15/2015 3:55:41 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

PIAPS


51 posted on 06/15/2015 3:56:21 PM PDT by mowowie (`)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ralph Lauren, huh? And she STILL looks like she’s off to paint the garage.


52 posted on 06/15/2015 3:56:41 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
A scene from Dances with Wolves?
53 posted on 06/15/2015 3:56:55 PM PDT by QT3.14 (TransConservative)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You can’t undo or conceal the frump factor...


54 posted on 06/15/2015 3:58:08 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When Mao ruled China, he made everyone wear pantsuits.

If Hillary becomes president, her example of wearing nothing but pantsuits would have a definite affect on the American fashion industry — a very negative one.

Who can really tell the difference between a Hillary-like yellow pantsuit sold at K-Mart for $20 and one made by Ralph Lauren for $2,000? They’d be interchangeable, and there would go the Ralph Lauren empire.

As for dresses, they’d still be popular with women who like being women more than following the latest (pantsuit) fads. Caitlyn Jenner, for example.


55 posted on 06/15/2015 3:59:19 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: discostu

I was just going to post that same thought. It’s kind of strange to expect a presidential candidate to dress from Target.

Ralph Lauren has a haute couture line, signature line, etc., and even a line of clothing at Kohl’s. I imagine Hillary’s pantsuits are custom made for her, because otherwise I don’t think RL makes clothes big enough to stretch across her butt.


56 posted on 06/15/2015 3:59:36 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

She wears pant suits because of her legs. She got raked over the coals for showing those piano stumps.


57 posted on 06/15/2015 4:00:17 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: discostu
Ralph Lauren is NOT an inaccessible brand. They’re at Macy’s and are 2 to 3 hundred bucks. I’m sure her suits are better than the basic ones, but that’s life with more money. Do we really expect her to where $30 dockers?

I don't think anyone here believes she wears $30 Dockers, but that's what she wants us to believe...

58 posted on 06/15/2015 4:04:26 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: avital2

According to a spokesman, the designer already works with the candidate “regularly.”

Apparently it was specially made for her....,..to look identical to every other out of date, frumpy pantsuit she wears. The question is why bother to use a designer? Just hire someone to specifically make her one in every color.


59 posted on 06/15/2015 4:06:56 PM PDT by sheana
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To: surrey

Ralph Lauren has multiple lines for both men and women. Everything from the junk at Macy’s to Purple Label and Black label for men. Very nice.


60 posted on 06/15/2015 4:08:50 PM PDT by all the best
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