Japan PM Fumio Kishida: huge "negative tie space" on his "good" shirt

[powderbluestanza]

I recently noticed that the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, often wears a shirt where the right side significantly overlaps the left, which I just now learned is called "negative tie space". He wore this to the NYSE, meeting Biden, and also his inauguration (although I can't find the picture of the latter), so it appears to be his "best" shirt. He has other shirts without the overlap.

I've never seen a collar with this much negative tie space: is this some kind of style or trend? My wife thinks he's just a bozo who had the button moved in too much. That seems unlikely for the leader of the world's third-largest economy, but it's certainly possible.

Thoughts?

 

[breakaway01]

That seems unlikely for the leader of the world's third-largest economy, but it's certainly possible.

cf. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson…

 

[Bic Pentameter]

I recently noticed that the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, often wears a shirt where the right side significantly overlaps the left, which I just now learned is called "negative tie space". He wore this to the NYSE, meeting Biden, and also his inauguration (although I can't find the picture of the latter), so it appears to be his "best" shirt. He has other shirts without the overlap.

I've never seen a collar with this much negative tie space: is this some kind of style or trend? My wife thinks he's just a bozo who had the button moved in too much. That seems unlikely for the leader of the world's third-largest economy, but it's certainly possible.

Thoughts?

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I found a page from April 2023 that notes photos in which his shirts pinch his neck. (https://arakana0609.net/archives/20492) Maybe he lost weight? Maybe he sized up and the collars are too big?

 

[powderbluestanza]

I found a page from April 2023 that notes photos in which his shirts pinch his neck. (https://arakana0609.net/archives/20492) Maybe he lost weight? Maybe he sized up and the collars are too big?

Interesting. Definitely looks like collars are a problem for him, which is weird because there are great places to get a custom dress shirt for a reasonable price in Japan like Maker's Shirt Kamakura...wish I had that where I live.