At 82, Nancy Pelosi remains a style icon for female politicians around the world.
82-year-old Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, with her visit to Taiwan in the face of the threat of being destroyed by the Chinese Air Force, showed the whole world that any male politician can envy her courage. She confidently descended down the plane ladder at the Taipei airport to the exclamations of those present, setting a new bar in relations between the United States and China. However, Focus drew attention not only to the actions of this woman, but also to her images, because, despite her age, Pelosi is one of the most stylish female politicians in the world, and often her outfits speak much more eloquently about her and her tactics than a thousand words. For example, Vogue notes that she “doubles down her political statements” with her ensembles.
Clothing as a medium
Today, the question remains open, who is responsible for the style of Nancy Pelosi. In the highest political echelons of the United States, it is considered indecent to disclose the names of stylists. For some reason, the fact that politicians and their associates are often assisted in choosing their wardrobe for going out in public has always somehow been considered a dirty little secret. However, the fact that professionals work with them is indicated by several facts:
- In politics, a dress or tie is never just a dress or tie: it is a means of communication.
- Given their schedule, political leaders don't have the luxury of scratching their heads and looking in their closets every morning for the right work attire , meeting with high-ranking colleagues from other countries or for international visits.
- They do not have the opportunity and time to go shopping or attend fashion shows due to their profile, employment and security reasons.
- Political events, whether campaign speeches, international summits, or televised committee hearings, require real exploration of the intricacies of cultural differences and traditions, as well as analysis of possible visual implications from all angles (literal and metaphorical).
It is known that Michelle Obama, the wife of the 44th US President Barack Obama, was helped in many ways by her adviser and assistant Meredith Coop, and Vice President Kamalla Harris has a person responsible for her appearance, but his name was not disclosed.
Therefore, it is possible that behind the style of Nancy Pelosi there is also one of the high-class pros, who is well versed in politics, protocol and with excellent taste. Information appeared in the media that Nancy's style was the merit of her husband, a businessman from Northern California, Paul Pelosi, with whom she had been married since 1963. He allegedly not only selects outfits for his wife, but also points out fashionable blunders to her. However, whether this is actually the case is unknown. The Wasington Post, for example, denies the rumors and writes that the speaker does not take her husband's advice and does her own shopping at places like Bergdorf and Donna Lewis, an independent boutique in Alexandria.
What Nancy Pelosi most often wears
Nancy Pelosi's outfits match her status: they are perfectly tailored and very expensive, but she can afford to spend money on clothes without looking back. The Washington-based Center for Responsible Politics (CPR) estimated in 2014 that the Pelosi family is worth more than $101 million. “Madam Speaker” and her husband own large stakes in Apple, Facebook and Disney, real estate in San Francisco and vineyards in California.
Symbolism in Nancy Pelosi's clothes
Pelosi is well aware of how her clothing choices can make a statement. She donned a white pantsuit to announce that the House of Representatives will be drafting articles of impeachment against Trump in 2019. This image is also a reference to the suffragists who opposed discrimination against women in general in political and economic life. As you know, she is called the woman who declared war on Trump. During his presidency, she was the third person in the United States after the head of state and vice president Mike Pence, but it was she who was called the most powerful politician in Washington. Trump, on the other hand, did not take her seriously and often ignored her, believing that she had no place in politics, and on social networks he called Pelosi “nervous” and “stupid”, claiming that he views her as a “third-class politician”.
< p>She wore the same costume during the US president's annual address to the nation, when, after Trump's two-hour speech, she tore up the pages of his speech to an astonished audience. Then her costume was decorated with a 9-centimeter brooch made of gold and brass, with an eagle at the top, sitting on an artificial pearl. Later, she wore this decoration more than once. It was made especially for the politician by a jeweler from Texas, Ann Hand. The brooch is a miniature of the Speaker's mace, the official symbol of the House of Representatives, the ceremonial version of which stands on a pedestal to the right of the Speaker when the House is in session.
The fact that she is not inferior to male politicians, Nancy said in 2019. Her swearing-in in 2019 is a clear confirmation of this. According to a person close to her, she bought a fuchsia-colored dress from the Swiss label Akris, the womenswear equivalent of Brioni, an Italian brand favored by male executives.
One of Pelosi's most memorable outings was her appearance at a meeting with Donald Trump in 2018 about building a wall between the US and Mexico. Then Nancy entered the White House in a fiery red coat from the autumn-winter collection of Max Mara 2012, complementing it with large sunglasses and beige pumps, and came out the winner and the new idol of America.
“She knew very well why did she put on THIS coat on THIS day in order to leave THIS room (Oval Office. – Approx. The Blueprint), choosing THIS color.This is what is called diplomacy in action, soft power in whose hands fashion is a weapon more dangerous than machete,” director and screenwriter Barry Jenkins said at the time.
Another memorable Pelosi outfit is a black suit with a three-quarter sleeve skirt and a stand-up collar. For the first time in December 2019, Pelosi wore the suit to open a debate over the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Then the House of Representatives impeached Trump, and the Senate acquitted him. She was in it when the House of Representatives voted to charge Trump with “incitement to violence against the government of the United States” after the uprising in the Capitol, which the 45th president approved on Twitter. However, there was still a difference: in 2019, Pelosi attached the Republic Mace brooch already mentioned above to the costume and wore a gold necklace, and in 2021 she changed the brooch to a mask to follow the recommendations for COVID-19.
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