The Manolo Is in the House... Of the Politics?

Do not worry, the Manolo he has become neither the right winged nut, nor the leftist bat of the moon, and indeed his legendary indifference to the normal flow of the politics it has remained unshaken.

Or, rather, perhaps it is better to say, that his personal politics, which may best be described as the Politics of the Super Fantastic, they have remained unchanged.

In the stead, the Manolo’s friends at the Politics Central they have asked the Manolo to regularly comment upon the intersection of the fashion and the politics, not expound upon his own peculiar political beliefs.

This intersection between the politics and the fashion it would appear to be at the corner of the Dull Street and the Boring Boulevard.

After all, do not the male politicians all wear the standard attire of the modern man of business? And the female politicians, do they not all seek the clothes of safe and dull conformity. It is the unwise politician, man or woman, who would attempt to step beyond the bounds of the most mainstream and boringly respectable fashion.

Yet, even within the confines of the seemingly narrow band of the acceptable, there is much that must be noted, much that can be fodder for the Manolo.

In the fact, when one considers the matter fully, the politicians and the people of power they have been historically quite influential in the things sartorial. Although to look at the Ned Lamont and the Joe Lieberman it would be difficult to credence such notions.

However, if the proof is needed, consider the following four items of the clothing: Nehru jacket, Mao jacket, Garibaldi jacket, Eisenhower jacket. Perhaps the Manolo should also add to this list the smoking jacket, which was purportedly invented by the British politician and dandy Benjamin Disraeli.

Also, consider the historic role that the charismatic men of politics have had in changing the male hair fashions. The story it is well known: John the Fitzgerald Kennedy, he appeared bare headed at the inaugural ceremony in 1960, and suddenly the hats were out, and the heads of luxuriant Irishy hair were in.

Other presidents were equally influential in the matters hirsute, such as the Abe Lincoln who wore the wart-concealing chin whiskers, and the great man George Washington who supposedly had the wig for his wig (Link NSFW).

Thus you may see that the politics and the fashion they go together like the melon and the prosciutto; perhaps not the obvious combination, but irresistible when properly combined.

And so the Manolo, he accepts the challenge offered by his friends at the Politics Central to each week write something about the fashion and the politics and the news of the day that may perhaps entertain.

PJM Special Correspondent The Manolo is the source of all superfabulouness.

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