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Hillary Clinton, style icon? The unexpected inspiration for women’s spring fashion
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Posted on 09/16/2016 1:13:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Hillary Clinton, style icon? The unexpected inspiration for women’s spring fashion

By Robin Givhan September 16 at 12:57 PM

NEW YORK — The designer Derek Lam was perched on a wooden chair in a penthouse suite of the Greenwich Hotel that looked as though it had been air-lifted from Santa Fe. Dressed in white jeans and a dark shirt, he was describing the inspiration for his spring 2017 collection, and the words that he used again and again were “strong” and “independent.”

Specifically, he’d been inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, the artist who was so often described as “handsome,” a polite way of saying that she was not a great beauty. But that striking face of hers, alongside her formidable body of work, made her an icon nonetheless.

It was her strength, off-putting at first but eventually embraced, that captivated Lam, he explained. And there it was at last in this city’s hectic fashion week, when audiences couldn’t even be sure whether they’d be seeing fall clothes or spring ones on the runway — finally, a thread that connected so many disparate collections.

Strength.

In the latest round of fashion shows that ended Thursday, there were countless iterations of men’s shirting, various shades of orange and a surge in platform shoes. Proenza Schouler, in particular, dazzled the eye with hand-woven dresses, canvas and leather jackets, and an intarsia mink coat that looked great no matter what season it’s intended for.

So go ahead and invest in oversized shirts and and blazers because that trend isn’t going away. Pants are still roomy, the dresses are emblazoned with prints and the fabrics range from lace to velvet.

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To: maggief

Cher can’t stand to look at the fashion fail


21 posted on 09/16/2016 1:24:38 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Sub-Driver

Ellen Degenerate gaudy hand-me-downs a inspiration?


22 posted on 09/16/2016 1:25:08 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: Sub-Driver

ROFL


23 posted on 09/16/2016 1:25:27 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: maggief

Other people have mentioned this on similar threads, but in that outfit, Hillary looks like Vincent “the chin” Gigante. He was the mob boss who roamed the streets of New York in his bathrobe, babbling to himself, in an effort to show he was incompetent to stand trial.


24 posted on 09/16/2016 1:25:33 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Sub-Driver

YGBSM.


25 posted on 09/16/2016 1:26:10 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: maggief

I guess that Hillary doesn’t own a Mirror, being a Vampire and all.


26 posted on 09/16/2016 1:26:21 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump made his money and went to D.C., Hillary went to D.C. and made her money.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wendy's was 30 years ahead of the curve.

27 posted on 09/16/2016 1:26:53 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Sub-Driver

... Upholstery fabric no doubt.


28 posted on 09/16/2016 1:27:02 PM PDT by nightmarewhileawake
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To: Bobalu

Man, that green number, tres chic.....what is it Percale, 1-thread per inch?


29 posted on 09/16/2016 1:28:32 PM PDT by Scooter100
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To: CdMGuy

It was inevitable.........


30 posted on 09/16/2016 1:28:46 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Sub-Driver

dumpy matron Mao jackets ?


31 posted on 09/16/2016 1:30:16 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: maggief
It looks like she is wearing a "bata" a sort of house coat that a South American maid would wear over her regular clothes while she was working.

Of course she would take if off if she had to answer the gate. No decent woman would be seen in public wearing one.

32 posted on 09/16/2016 1:30:34 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Sybeck1

Do these come only in plus sizes?

Even if they came in size 6, I’d have to pass.


33 posted on 09/16/2016 1:33:10 PM PDT by jazminerose (oective)
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To: Sub-Driver

These fashions need to go high tech.

Every fifteen minutes or so they need to have an injection of curare, then automatically dial an ambulance to scrape the wearer off the pavement!


34 posted on 09/16/2016 1:33:41 PM PDT by cgbg (Warning: This post has not been fact-checked by the Democratic National Committee.)
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To: Sub-Driver

‘Vacuum cleaner Bag’ is the new ‘Little Black Dress’


35 posted on 09/16/2016 1:33:49 PM PDT by Mr. K (<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/1adpjl"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/1adpjl.jpg" title="made at im)
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To: Sub-Driver

Yes, and are now available at Tent City locations nationwide.


36 posted on 09/16/2016 1:34:29 PM PDT by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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To: Sub-Driver

Even as a stretch to link someone as physically weak and sickly as Hillary to “strength”, this reads like it had to be satire. Perhaps a conservative punked the Washington Post by submitting this and pretending it was meant seriously.


37 posted on 09/16/2016 1:35:34 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Sub-Driver

We are certainly going to see a lot more of the blue, Matrix-style, sunglasses...

So be sure the tell the lackey media this is a great “fashion” choice....


38 posted on 09/16/2016 1:36:07 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: maggief
LOL, the fashion! Hillary looks like she's starting a new fashion line: the Oversized Twiggy Look!

Yeah, Baby!

39 posted on 09/16/2016 1:40:29 PM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: maggief

OMG.....send this “warning” to the world leaders....


40 posted on 09/16/2016 1:43:17 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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