Hillary Clinton
Versace says Hillary Clinton should ditchthe trousers
(Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should tap into herfeminine side and wear dresses and skirts instead of trousers, fashion designerDonatella Versace was quoted as saying on Thursday "I can understand(trousers) are comfortable but she's a woman and she is allowed to show that,"Versace told Germany's weekly newspaper Die Zeit in an interview. "Sheshould treat femininity as an opportunity and not try to emulate masculinity inpolitics," Versace said. Skirts should reach to the knee and be worn witha short jacket or coat, she said. The best colour would be black rather thanthe blue Clintoncurrently favours, she added. "I admire her for her determination, whichwill hopefully take her to the White House," Versace told the paper.
I agree with Donatella. Hillary would lookgreat in a skirt and matching coat, it would still look formal,approachable and presidential. Some companies didn't allow women to weartrousers to work and when they did, trousers had to be worn with a matchingsuit jacket, exactly like a man's suit. So was this progress, well it's was at the time. North Americans are more partial to trousers but would you be more likely to wear a skirt to an interview? Europeansdress and North Americans dress can really feel worlds apart. British womenwear heels with skirts, dresses & jeans, they show more cleavage and justaren't afraid of being girly. Not to say Hillary shoulddress more girly/feminine, but what is the best way for her to dress to win theelection? What should be heard first? Her politics or her fashion sense? Wellof course her politics, but could a change in her dress help her win votes in middle America? Maybenot, but maybe? Going to rallies and meeting voters who dress insweaters, t-shirts and jeans (normal every day functional clothes), would adress be considered too formal, even unapproachable? Probably. Hillary Clintonis an approachable person and her dress sense has to be understood to hervoter. One of the things that I think she does quite well is her use ofjewellery. Jewellery can create personal style right way. Back to the skirt& dress coat, which of course is a win win look.Ofcourse the question of double standards arises. Is Hillary under greaterscrutiny about her dress/fashion sense? Well of course she is? Is it fair? No!Does it matter? Yes and no and yes. Fashion is a language and we can use it to conveysomething about our selves. There hasn’t been a US female president so for some reason we have to wonder what does a femalepresident look like? Justin case you didn’t think there were any example of Women Prime Ministers andPresidents in the 20th Century.
here’s a small list:
1. Sri Lanka Prime Minister,1960-1965, 1970-1977,1994-2000. Sirimavo Bandaranaike,
2. India Prime Minister,1966-77, 1980-1984. Indira Gandhi,
3. Israel Prime Minister,1969-1974.Golda Meir,
4. ArgentinaPresident,1974-1976 Isabel Peron
5. Central African Republic Prime Minister,1975-1976 Elisabeth Domitien,
6. Great BritainPrime Minister, 1979-1990. Margaret Thatcher,
7. PortugalPrime Minister,1979-1980. Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo
8. BoliviaPrime Minister,1979-1980. Lidia Gueiler Tejada
9. DominicaPrime Minister,1980-1995. Dame EugeniaCharles,
10. IcelandPresident,1980-96. VigdÃsFinnbogadóttÃr,
11. Norway Prime Minister, 1981, 1986-1989,1990-1996. Gro Harlem Brundtland,
12. China HonoraryPresident,1981. Soong Ching-Ling, Peoples' Republic of
13. Milka Planinc Yugoslavia Federal Prime Minister, 1982-1986. ,
14. Malta President, 1982-1987. Agatha Barbara,
15. NetherlandsAntilles Prime Minister,1984-1986, 1988-1993. Maria Liberia-Peters,
16. Philippines President,1986-92. Corazon Aquino,
17. Pakistan Prime Minister,1988-1990, 1993-1996. Benazir Bhutto,
18. LithuaniaPrime Minister,1990-91. Danuta PrunskienaKazimiera
19. Violeta Barrios deChamorro, Nicaragua Prime Minister,1990-1996.
20. IrelandPresident, 1990-1997. Mary Robinson
21. HaitiInterim President, 1990-1991. Ertha Pascal Trouillot
22. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, German DemocraticRepublic President, 1990.
23. Burma MyanmarHer party won 80% of theseats in a democratic election in 1990, but the military government refused torecognize the results. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Aung San Suu Kyi,
24. Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh Prime Minister, 1991-1996. ,
25. FrancePrime Minister, 1991-1992. Edith Cresson
26. Hanna Suchocka,
Poland Prime Minister, 1992-1993.
27. Kim Campbell,
Canada Prime Minister, 1993.
28. Sylvie Kinigi,
Burundi Prime Minister, 1993-1994.
29. AgatheUwilingiyimana,
RwandaPrime Minister, 1993-1994.
30. Susanne Camelia-Romer,
NetherlandsAntilles Prime Minister, 1993, 1998-
Turkey Prime Minister, 1993-1995.
32. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge,Sri Lanka Prime Minister, 1994, President, 1994-
33. Bulgaria Interim Prime Minister, 1994-1995. Reneta Indzhova
34. Claudette
Werleigh
,
HaitiPrime Minister, 1995-1996.
35. Sheikh
Hasina Wajed
,
Bangladesh
Prime Minister, 1996-.
36. Mary
McAleese
,
Ireland
President, 1997-.
37. Pamela Gordon,
Bermuda
Premier, 1997-1998.
38. Janet Jagan
GuyanaPrime Minister, 1997, President, 1997-1999.
39. Jenny Shipley,
New Zealand Prime Minister, 1997-1999.
40. Ruth Dreifuss
SwitzerlandPresident, 1999-2000.
41. Jennifer Smith,
Bermuda Prime Minister, 1998-.
42. Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa,
Mongolia ActingPrime Minister, July 1999.
43. New ZealandPrime Minister, 1999-. Helen Clark
44. Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias, Panama President,1999-.
45. Vaira Vike-Freiberga,
Latvia President, 1999-.
46. Tarja Kaarina Halonen, FinlandPresident, 2000-.