{"id":7244,"date":"2010-09-22T05:38:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T09:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2016-09-15T15:35:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T19:35:19","slug":"drawing-the-line-at-hillary-clintons-hair-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/drawing-the-line-at-hillary-clintons-hair-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing the Line at Hillary Clinton’s Hair Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hillary Clinton sashayed over to the United Nations on Sunday wearing a cheap-ass-looking hair clip, meaning she’s again<\/a> in the middle of a fashion-related uproar.<\/p>\n

CLICK TO SEE A PHOTO<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n

Search online for “Hillary Clinton hair clip” and you’ll see about 700 related articles. Some peeps are saying the clip is a fashion crime. Other peeps are outraged that the first peeps would comment on anything<\/em> sartorial about the Secretary of State. The second peeps are all like, “Bitches, you wouldn’t comment on a MAN’S hair clip.”<\/p>\n

In June, I did an interview with the Washington Post<\/a> in which I said that female politicians are unfairly persecuted for their fashion choices. In particular, I defended Hillary and her lack of interest in fashion, saying, “I think Hillary Clinton has just been tormented by fashion over the years, and I think we all need to accept she does not have a stylish bone in her body. It is okay, she is focused on other things.”\u00a0 (I love that the comments I got from assholian Washington Post readers <\/a>either called my reasonable opinions “boring, trashy”\/”garbage” or criticized my appearance. When are we going to institute mandatory IQ tests before allowing people to comment on teh Internets<\/a>? Long overdue, I tell you.)<\/p>\n

My personal fashion policy is in the header of this blog: Wear What You Want<\/a>\u2122. But, as I pointed out in January 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Obviously, \u201cWear What You Want\u201d doesn\u2019t apply to every situation. You shouldn\u2019t wear a boob belt dress <\/a>to a funeral. Nor should you wear a skin-tight, backless white halter dress to your first day of work as an intern at CNN.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess I need to add: “Nor should you wear a cheap-ass-looking hair clip — just like the one I got at Duane Reade for $1 and keep in my bathroom for use while I’m washing my face — when you go to the U.N.” This look is indefensible. It’s distracting when someone looks like she didn’t finish getting dressed. It’s not just a female issue. If a man showed up unshaven, with his tie undone, that would be distracting too. The hair clip is so bad that it makes me wonder if Hillary was having an attention-whore (aka Bai Ling<\/a>) moment because she had a craving for a little negative publicity. To quote a comment troll who once visited this blog<\/a>: Explain yourself, Hillary Clinton! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hillary Clinton sashayed over to the United Nations on Sunday wearing a cheap-ass-looking hair clip, meaning she’s again in the middle of a fashion-related uproar. CLICK TO SEE A PHOTO. Search online for “Hillary Clinton hair clip” and you’ll see about 700 related articles. Some peeps are saying the clip is a fashion crime. Other…<\/p>\n

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