If you slept in today you might not yet know that Malcolm Turnbull is no longer our PM.
There were many great things about Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, but he was especially well known for one of his greatest sartorial asserts, his choice in ties.
It’s therefore no coincidence that the former PM wore a bright orange tie during his resignation speech.
According to Twitter user @ColinTucker the tie has a special meaning.
“Interesting and somewhat poignant that @turnbullmalcolm wore an orange tie today: “Unofficially ‘hunter orange’ is a shade of bright orange used to keep hunters from mistaking you for prey.'” he wrote in the tweet.
Interesting and somewhat poignant that @TurnbullMalcolm wore an orange tie today: “Unofficially “hunter orange” is a shade of bright orange used to keep hunters from mistaking you for prey.” #auspol #libspill
— Colin Tucker (@colintucker) August 24, 2018
Basically, Malcolm doesn’t want you to feel sorry for him. He’s okay. He is not the prey.
Of course, Turnbull isn’t the first to use colour as a badass statement in a political speech.
When Hillary Clinton didn’t win the US election in 2016, she congratulated Donald Trump in suffragette purple.
Keep up the great ties Malcolm, ScoMo has huge sartorial shoes to fill.
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I’d be careful. You don’t want to strain something, reaching like that.
Orange is associated with the Dutch Royal House of van Oranje Nassau, particularly for William of Orange (1650 - 1702) also known as William the Silent who organised the Dutch revolt against the Spanish.
So it is more than likely that Turnbull was intentionally subliminally mocking the silent supporters seeking to overthrow him.
Or his wife may have said that tie goes really well with that suit - it's a tough call here.
Yeah, that looks like a really bright shade of orange, doesn't it? It's totally Hunter Orange.
Honest to God, I thought it was going to be something to do with the Orange Order from Northern Ireland! (Not sure why, but it would make about as much sense as ‘hunter orange’).