Power Dressing

For me, there is no section of a newspaper that is off limits for looking at. Proof of that is I even go through the NYT 'Thursday Styles' section, photos and text that is so devoted to fluff and inanities that it is surprising any of it stays on the page.

Of course that's a man's viewpoint, and not a woman's, who is possibly eager to read how Hillary Clinton and Theresa May are redefining the power dress code for women. Or, what the auctioned items from the Four Seasons restaurant fetched. And what restaurant furniture, silverware, and ashtrays might bring just because the place is closing its site in the Seagram's building and will be relocating downtown. They're not even going out of business and the auction brings in $4.1 million. If we ever move again, they've given me an idea.

But it's really the fashion pictures that attract my attention. What the women and the babes are wearing. There can be significant eye candy to be found on these pages.

Today's 'Unbuttoned' column by Vanessa Friedman explores the changes in fashion for power women. And who could be more appropriate to include in that story than a take on what Hillary Clinton, Theresa May, Angela Merkel (two heads of state, and one possible head of state), and Michelle Obama, the outgoing FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) wear when appearing in public.

If you are a reader of these postings you are also aware I've been sharing photos of German's Chancellor Angela Merkel for years, not so much because of what she's wearing, but because of how often her photo appears in the news. And if you are that rare, discriminating reader of these musings, then you also know I've dubbed Ms. Merkel the Most Photographed Women with Clothes On.

You will also be aware that with the ascension of Theresa May to be Britain's new prime minister, I've openly wondered if she might snatch the title away from Ms. Merkel.

The balloting is on, and the results are hardly in. The above photo shows what keeps the race for the title close. In the above photo, Prime Minister May and Chancellor Merkel are seen together. Ms. Clinton, if she succeeds in winning the U.S. presidency will of course shove May and Merkel solidly aside because she will sprint to the finish line like Secretariat winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes in record time with a 31 length victory.

After the first, there will be no other.

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