jrd617
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I saw this minor news story a couple days ago and found it humorous.
Supposedly Trump was most displeased with the oversized, light grey suit that Sean Spicer wore to his first press conference. Jacket was about 2 sizes too big, and the collar had a huge gap.
I see what Trump is saying about the necessity of a dark suit in such an official duty. But I don't think the color scheme was objectively bad. A grey suit and navy tie is fine, but out of place in this setting
https://www.axios.com/axios-am-2211163642.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-let-it-distract-you/?utm_term=.841787a92f3e
Supposedly Trump was most displeased with the oversized, light grey suit that Sean Spicer wore to his first press conference. Jacket was about 2 sizes too big, and the collar had a huge gap.
I see what Trump is saying about the necessity of a dark suit in such an official duty. But I don't think the color scheme was objectively bad. A grey suit and navy tie is fine, but out of place in this setting
https://www.axios.com/axios-am-2211163642.html
But inside, the finger-pointing and blame-casting continued. Unfortunately for Spicer, Trump is obsessed with his press secretary's performance art. Our Jonathan Swan hears that Trump hasn't been impressed with how Spicer dresses, once asking an aide: "Doesn't the guy own a dark suit?" Spicer looked a lot sharper yesterday than he did on Saturday — in a dark, bankerly suit.
Maggie Haberman tweeted that at Spicer's Saturday presser, Trump "wanted him to be in command/project strength. He did neither. … [H]e wanted Spicer to be a derivative of himself -Trump almost always takes q's & slices it with humor."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-let-it-distract-you/?utm_term=.841787a92f3e
Team Trump believes in the power of image. The new president believes that a single photograph, re-tweeted ad nauseam, can form the basis of a narrative. He believes the actors in his White House drama should look the part, whether patriotic or powerful. Fashion is costuming.
In a striking case of character assassination by tailoring, Sean Spicer, the president’s freshly appointed press secretary, stepped to the podium over the weekend for a briefing that disappointed the president, The Washington Post later reported. He was wearing a gray pinstriped suit jacket that looked as though it had been hurriedly borrowed from a man twice his size. The sleeves were sloppy; the collar didn’t fit; the fabric looked cheap. The tie was poorly knotted. The shirt collar was so snug that his neck overflowed its boundaries. Spicer’s attire was not just a tad ill-fitting. It was distracting and sloppy. It epitomized the cliché style of the used-car salesman. Spicer’s clothes wholly undercut a message that was already riddled with falsehoods.
All that had changed by Monday afternoon. When Spicer returned to the press briefing room for a televised news conference, he was wearing a dark suit that fit. Not perfectly, but better. The tie was neat. He even had a white handkerchief tucked into his breast pocket. It was a visual do-over, one that suggested he was better prepared, more focused, more dignified. By Tuesday, Spicer seemed to have found his sartorial groove.
The Trump White House has been busy with optics over these past few days. The president still does not button his suit jacket and still wears his ties too long, but in recent days he has added a pocket square to his wardrobe — a nonessential flourish that gives his appearance more polish.
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