Michelle Obama’s mighty Farrah Fawcett flicks infuriates those who claim clothes don’t matter at all, or who fear that even the most neutral sartorial observation represents another assault on female power.But what we choose to wear is often psychologically revealing and that’s particularly valuable when so much else is tightly choreographed and scripted.
Also, make no mistake, the protagonists themselves dedicate time and energy to the subject. Don’t tell me that Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton didn’t reflect on the suffragette connotations when they both chose to wear purple to the swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday.
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