Posted by
Mike Bates on Friday, December 18, 2009 5:20:20 PM
On its Web site, GQ Magazine asks the burning question,
"Has the Capital Gotten Cooler Under Obama?"
The magazine says yes and no. But when it comes to Barack Obama and
Co., you'll be relieved to know that the answer is a resounding YES!!
In a slide show, we learn that Obama is "our best-dressed prez since
JFK. When he goes tieless, Ahmadinejad should take notice." On Obama
in jeans, "the loose fit seems presidential."
Also lookin' good to GQ is Joe Biden: "The veep has terrific style.
He deftly mixes colors and patterns with his shirts and ties, and his
superb Hickey Freeman suits fit impeccably." Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
"looks best when dressing like the patrician he is. Super 180s suits
and Hermès ties—senators ought to look senatorial." Senator Patrick
Leahy (D-VT) is "groovier than his usual banker attire would suggest. .
. He goes for cool detail, like green ties on Saint Paddy's. And he
has a thing for Panama hats." Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) has "a
sharp eye for detail and a suave color sense."
Representative John Conyers (D-MI) is a "clotheshorse" who is "a
lifetime sartorial achiever." Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY)
"can match sartorial splendor with Sean Combs and purples with Prince.
. . " We're told of Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY): "The dapper
former roommate of Jon Stewart could almost pass for European." And
who wouldn't want to pass for European? When it comes to speechwriter
Jon Favreau, "Obama's golden boy of letters epitomizes style's new wave
in D.C."
Even Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, not ostensibly a slave to fashion, qualifies for some gushing:
The sec of the interior ought to wear
forty-liter hats and string ties. As a Coloradan, he's got the right,
and the cabinet should somewhat resemble the Village People, don't you
think?
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, by contrast,
just doesn't make the cut: "The Republican Party czar looks suitably
stiff in that boxy high-cut jacket." Representative John Boehner gets
the full GQ treatment:
The minority leader just looks vain. His radioactive
tan appears sprayed on, his bronze hair never strays, and his ties glow
in W Hotel colors against his white button-downs. Oh, and it's
pronounced bay-ner, not . . ..
Representative Aaron Schock (R-IL), characterized by GQ as the
"GOP's only hope for youthful charisma" gets slapped: "Though, looking
at him, we can't help but think of James Bond's quip that the Windsor
knot is the sign of a cad."
Only last month, the magazine
named
Obama its "Leader of the Year." His administration and approval
ratings might be crumbling, but at least at GQ, the news for him is
always good.