Sarah Palin: Politics of fashion
By Elizabeth Snead, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
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Palin’s look is definitely “take-me-seriously,” with pulled-back secretarial hair, neutral (but not muted) makeup and rimless glasses. Palin updated her eyewear in December, forgoing her schoolmarm dark frames for new titanium rimless glasses that seem to open up her face and make her eyes look brighter.
Okay, so a Boston hairdresser has called her hairstyle 20 years out of date. Miss Wasilla 1984 prefers figure flattering cropped jackets with nipped waists, worn over slim skirts that show off her running legs. The big question is how she will update her look, as the election draws near and a possible formal inaugural looms? Will she lighten up the dark eyeshadow and too-obvious lip liner?
Its probably not advisable. Trend forecaster Tom Julian, official fashion voice for the Oscar.com for over a decade, doesnt think Palin should frouff up drastically. A complete head-to-toe makeover might make her look more acceptable for the fashion magazines,” Julian explains. “But it would also cause voters to doubt her authentic loner image.
And she should definitely not take her fashion cues from Cindy McCain who is a totally couture, 7th avenue fashion plate, adds Julian. Perhaps a line like American designer
What could be more all-American than Ralph Lauren? Only Wal-Mart.
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Runner-up
Is
The latest dish
Thank heavens
Bear with me
Polka dots are perceived as way too clownish for a potential VP. So we’re betting
Button up
Staying neutral
Into the wild
Gov.
Working girl
In May 2007,
Wind-tossed on the trail
Sarah Palin appears sensible and down-to-earth in beige next to an extremely red-and-fuschia Cindy McCain.
True blue
Sarah Palin is stepping up her fashion profile by sticking with a demure palette but upgrading her blouses and suiting with satins and silks.
Conventional wisdom
Red scare
For her debut beside Senator McCain, Gov.
Frame work