And I'm as staunch a feminist as you're apt to find.
I think she's a role model not JUST because of all her professional bona fides or her experience statewide, nationally, or internationally. She also is a role model for those of us women in the professional world, working women, working mothers, as to good ideas for how to dress. I sure can't afford what Amal Clooney or Jennifer Aniston or the rest of 'em can splurge on. When I was still working, I lived in pantsuits - and they can be both sexy and practical as all-get-out.
There's always gonna be more fuss about what a prominent woman looks like, wears, does her hair, etc. It's a freakin' INDUSTRY now. I was still working when the lines of questioning along the red carpet (and yep, I was out there on that beat and asking those questions) - "who are you wearing?"
I also think it both feminizes her to those who believe she's some kind of cold, robotic ice-queen, and humanizes her especially when she makes jokes about her hair. Her hair??? How many mornings I dealt with my hair, that's always had a mind of its own, and I'd have to spend 45 minutes battling in the bathroom every morning with the blow-dryer, trying to force my hair to behave! I wore headbands back in the day because that seemed to tame my hair at least a little. I never understood the fuss about her headbands back when she was Governor Clinton's wife. Seems to me it all makes her a lot more real and down-to-earth and warm and approachable. I don't think this little bit of frippery downgrades her at all. How could that happen, when she has more credibility, gravitas, and she's a serious political player and heavyweight.
And it's Harpers Bazaar, forcryingoutloud, not The Nation or Forbes or Time magazine!
My favorite Hillary fashion story actually came from Vogue magazine (to which I subscribed, since I was 19, until a year or so ago when they put fucking Kim Kardashian on the cover and totally repulsed me). It was a spread about her while she was Secretary of State, and there was one photo in particular that caught my eye, because of the caption. She was asked about the pink satchel she was photographed carrying across some tarmac while walking with a couple of dignitaries, and her response was - "how can you be unhappy when you pick up a big pink bag?" Preach it, girlfriend! I LOVED that! What a great quote! And I actually went out the next day and bought a big pink bag for myself. I'm still using it!
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