A new Netflix documentary highlights the former first lady’s fashion tour de force If I asked you to conjure up an image of an author on a book tour, what would they be wearing?
An ill-fitting suit in a nondescript dark shade? A beige cardigan, perhaps? For high-profile women, it’s a bit – OK, a lot – more tactical than that.
Hillary Clinton rotated fitted bouclé tweed jackets and tailored trousers with screen-friendly newsreader dresses in poster-paint brights, which were also Sheryl Sandberg’s tailored weapon of choice.
Why? A book tour calls for a certain kind of power dressing. One that says: “I am an unshakeable authority”, but also: “I am warm and approachable – buy my book!” It’s the same tightrope that female news anchors walk
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