In the scheme of things, fashion might not seem like an important or even noteworthy element of Friday’s presidential inauguration.
But when we’re talking about Hillary Clinton’s sartorial selection, it actually kind of is.
The defeated Democrat selected a crisp white Ralph Lauren pantsuit for the occasion of her former opponent, Donald Trump, being sworn into office, and it’s believed the choice of colour was a very deliberate one.
A nod to the American suffragettes who fought for the right to vote in the early 1900s.
To them the colour, which is associated with purity, served as a snub to opponent’s claims that they were somehow immoral.
Sounds familiar somehow…
The theory stems from the fact that Clinton whipped out white pantsuits at a number of significant moments in her campaign, including when she accepted the Democratic nomination and during the final presidential debate.
Her latest choice is being interpreted by some as a subtle demonstration of solidarity for the Women’s March due to take place in Washington D.C. (an offshoot of which was held in Sydney today).
When Clinton conceded defeat in November last year, the internet was thrown into a frenzy over the symbolic meaning of her purple jacket.
Regardless of whether or not the suit was symbolic (it has occurred to us that perhaps she just likes the colour...), the fact that she was there speaks volumes.
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But didn't Ivanka wear white so much better.
In a mother-of-the-bride wearing a brides dress kind of way you mean?
Did you catch the clip of Bill getting busted by Hillary checking her out?
No, she didn't.
Yes, hilarious.
God imagine him in the White House again.
I wonder if she apologised to Bernie when she saw him there for cheating in the primaries.
One of my friends is a Bernie Bro from Boston and even he admits that's not true anymore. Get with the program, she won double the amount of votes Bernie did. Is it really so hard to believe, that a woman beat a man? Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than any white man EVER. She lost the election by only a few thousand in a few swing states. Hillary and Bernie wanted to work together for the American people.
And don't you dare - I read the dnc emails, it was blown out of proportion, there was nothing there. They were all also sent after Hills had won several million more votes than old Bernie.
You and your type are exactly why the women's march happened, do you have any self-awareness or are you just a pathetic troll?
Correct, she lost.
Correct, she got a lot more votes than Bernie. That's why Debs had to resign as DNC chair and Donna got kicked from CNN, BECAUSE THEY CHEATED BERNIE. If Hillary was better than Bernie, why'd they have to cheat and lie to rig the vote against him?
Yes with Bernie I can accept a woman beat a man. With Trump you need to accept a man beat a woman.
Clinton lost, Trump is the President, protest reality and hate democracy all you want.
Hillary was not the type of woman I would want to vote for! Corrupt to the core!!! No one should be that desperate as to elect 'any' woman that puts themselves forward, just to have a first-woman President. The right one will eventually run.