Much as the tone of the presidential debates has evolved over the last few weeks, discussion of the fashion choices of the candidates and their wives has also become almost artificially overheated, probably because of our own high expectations that Michelle Obama and Ann Romney will settle this whole thing by wearing a really knockout dress. Still, it didn’t happen.
During the debate Monday night, the online conversation was dominated by the significance that Mrs. Obama was wearing a Thom Browne dress that she had worn at the Democratic National Convention. See, even though the gray dress with black lace overlay was custom-made, she’s not a spendthrift, or as Fashionista.com noted, “We have to give FLOTUS a slight edge for shopping her closet.”
Mrs. Romney wore an emerald green dress by Oscar de la Renta with a fetching leafy print on the skirt. The operative point here being that the dress was by Mr. de la Renta, perhaps a thorn in the side of Mrs. Obama, whose fashion choices he has criticized.
But it could be read as a positive sign that on Twitter, much of the sartorial debate this time centered on the candidates themselves. Mitt Romney’s glossy hair was discussed in great detail, prompting Sarah Brown, the beauty director of Vogue, to ask, “Wet hair or runway gloss spray?”
Keeping the barbs bipartisan, Jane Larkworthy, the beauty director of W, speculated that Barack Obama “had been to the Botox man. …” GQ Politics thought he was wearing “one of those David Byrne Big Suits.”
There was some disagreement as to which candidate had the better knot in his necktie. Mr. Romney’s was red with possibly lilac stripes, and one “World’s No. 1 Dad” slogan short of qualifying as an example of what not to give for Father’s Day.
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