High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft to buy additional rights. ft/cms/s/2/10369810-aeaf-11e3-aaa6-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2witGmGZy Given the obsessive attention routinely paid to what Michelle Obama or Samantha Cameron wears, it struck me that when Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as president of Chile this month, no one mentioned what she wore: a long navy jacket and matching skirt with a red, white and blue presidential sash. More Vanessa Friedman A victory for resilience of fashion Paris autumn/winter 2014 womenswear trends Show season ends with a fresh start Ready-to-wear is having a Warhol moment Even more notably, in a photo taken that day, Bachelet was sandwiched between Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff, who was wearing a black straight skirt and a black and white plaid collarless jacket with black lace appliqué, and Argentina’s president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in a white lace dress under a white car coat with white open-toe platform pumps. And no one said anything about them either.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:54:43 +0000
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