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Why can’t public women wear the same outfit more than once? Why can’t public women wear the same outfit more than once?
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A producer from a radio programme rang me up recently and asked if I had any views about Angela Merkel wearing the same outfit twice. A producer from a radio programme rang me up recently and asked if I had any views about Angela Merkel wearing the same outfit twice.
Should I – did people – do that? As the Merkel glad rags were highly ceremonial, or at any rate ornate, it didn’t seem my habits would have much bearing on hers, but the pictures in the papers looked good. I would guess that only people who set great store by up-to-date fashion would mind wearing the same outfit in front of the same people; though I suppose if you attend the same golf -club dance in the same dress year after year it might be noticed. But if the garment discussed – a decorated coat – is the next best thing to a royal robe, it surely shouldn’t change every time its wearer appears? Should I – did people – do that? As the Merkel glad rags were highly ceremonial, or at any rate ornate, it didn’t seem my habits would have much bearing on hers, but the pictures in the papers looked good. I would guess that only people who set great store by up-to-date fashion would mind wearing the same outfit in front of the same people; though I suppose if you attend the same golf -club dance in the same dress year after year it might be noticed. But if the garment discussed – a decorated coat – is the next best thing to a royal robe, it surely shouldn’t change every time its wearer appears?
What is remarkable is not, perhaps, that the posh clothes of our current rulers are like normal clothes, but that they don’t dress up more flamboyantly more often. Successful rulers through the ages have dressed up with incredible grandeur: the carnival in Venice shows off the fantastically sumptuous garments favoured by past rulers. What is remarkable is not, perhaps, that the posh clothes of our current rulers are like normal clothes, but that they don’t dress up more flamboyantly more often. Successful rulers through the ages have dressed up with incredible grandeur: the carnival in Venice shows off the fantastically sumptuous garments favoured by past rulers.
Why doesn’t David Cameron appear in gold-edged purple velvet? (Boris may, of course.) Why do all male MPs wear the same dark blue suit? Perhaps Merkel simply thought the outfit was terrific and she’d wear it as often as she could. Good luck to her.Why doesn’t David Cameron appear in gold-edged purple velvet? (Boris may, of course.) Why do all male MPs wear the same dark blue suit? Perhaps Merkel simply thought the outfit was terrific and she’d wear it as often as she could. Good luck to her.
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