What took Kerry down was not what he wore but how he reacted.
If he had laughed and said, "yep I look silly don't I, glad that is not what I have to wear all the time. But there are people who do and they are very important to keeping our society running and they are not given enough credit. And they need ..... blah blah blah blah... And when I am president I intend to see they get .... blah blah blah blah."
But he had such a thin skin that he got angry and pouted and honestly acted like a small child.
You’re free to disagree ... but then I see people on THIS forum obsessing over cowboy boots, and so I stand by my assessment.