“Like the attire of other first ladies, Michelle Obama’s clothes have been scrutinized endlessly for what type of messages they convey.
And she gets high marks for her “fashion diplomacy,” as she engages with foreign leaders at home and abroad. Her choice to go with a suit rather than a dress for the first time at this year’s State of the Union address “was a glimpse of the self-aware, tough-minded, straight-talking lawyer who took a brief hiatus from the public eye,” according to Robin Givhan.
So it is with Obama’s attire in Saudi Arabia — a country with a very strict dress code for Saudi women, who are not allowed to drive and who live under a system of male guardianship. In a country that demands women adhere to a strict dress code in public (face and hair covered, and long, flowing robes), Obama went with a flowing blue top, black pants and no head covering.”
*Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/28/make-no-mistake-michelle-obama-just-made-a-bold-political-statement-in-saudi-arabia/?hpid=z1
The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) & Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) break it down.
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