Does she choose her own version of camouflage and, as Hillary Rodham Clinton famously did during her first campaign for the Senate, wear a black pantsuit as a personal uniform? Does she wear stiffly tailored suits and a lapel festooned with patriotic brooches in the manner of former secretary of state Madeleine Albright? Or, like current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, does she mix professorial reserve with a hint of confident sex appeal?Face it. They all wear suits. Say what you want about how one woman's suits are softer and another's are stiffer. The fact is the main reason they look different is that these women actually look different.
Pelosi had to decide how a woman who will be second in line of succession to the presidency should look. And what she came up with is someone who wears a neutral-colored, softly tailored power suit. One that is accessorized with style rather than rote references to love of country. She looks dignified and serious. And in this case, she also happens to look quite good.
November 10, 2006
"But what does a woman of great power look like?"
Robin Givhan asks:
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And yet you used the singular, not the plural! Freudian grammar!
Givhan tactfully said nothing about Botox.
"But what does a woman of great power look like?"
They look like....
http://static.flickr.com/58/223033103_9e29350117.jpg
:)
I do think that this is a big issue for Pelosi and for the Democrats in general. You have a woman who comes across as a shrill nutcase, and she has to change that image so that the Democrats look like they have elected a responsible leader.
I don't like Hillary, but she would make a 100% better first Democratic woman of power than will Pelosi. That woman just doesn't have the gravitas for this sort of job. Primarily though, I think she needs to figure out a way to wipe that fake smile off her face and keep her mouth shut.
Just out of curiosity, what does Angela Merkel wear?
I seem to recall that Margaret Thatcher, who I think everybody recognizes as a "woman of power" was a dress and handbag sort.
For 66 years old Nancy Pelosi looks good.
Personally, I like her Armani suits.
I think her style is one of confidence, class and style.
Go ahead, now go off on me for thinking she looks good.
A woman of great power looks confident, she looks in control, she looks caring, she looks strong. And she looks that way first thing in the morning because people of great power do not need clothes to exude character.
Women of great power look like my wife after she has not slept beause the kids are sick. They look solid and real.
You can dress a monkey in an Armani suit, but people of real power look that way based on their strength of character. Anything else is posing.
Trey
And in this case, she also happens to look quite good.
For someone with a stretched out, mask-like face...
I hate it when writers whose forte is beauty and such ignore obvious disgusting plastic surgery. It's bogus! "Dignified, serious" and botox are mutually exclusive.
Hey, you changed the grammar, Ann! No fair.
Sorry, Mort. I gotta correct typos. Even if people flag them as amusing...
Margaret Thatcher.
"I hate it when writers whose forte is beauty and such ignore obvious disgusting plastic surgery."
But Knoxgirl, take another look at the photo attached to Givhan's article. It's a triumph of the arts of makeup and lighting. Pelosi's face looks almost lifelike.
The fact is the main reason they look different is that these women actually look different.
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Except, of course, if they are liberal feminist bloggers who commit the unforgivable sin of having boobs and standing up straight. In front of Bill Clinton. At an invitation-only luncheon. To which you were not invited.
Then their appearance is fair game, right, Ann?
As I recall, she stood up 3/4.
Trey
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