The Aesthetics of Power and Fashion; A closer look at a female politician wardrobe.

I am one person who is pretty much inspired by my fashion choices than anything else in the world. If only I could be paid to just wake up and dress, I would be the richest person in the world. The dress code often has a clear communicative purpose. It has always been like that, and fashion knows it, so much so that there are countless examples of designers throughout history who have unraveled the most diverse issues; social, cultural, even anthropological, and philosophical. This power of clothes is not only exploited for storytelling, analysis, or criticism but is also used to express leadership, as is the case in the political world. Male politicians find it hard to distinguish themselves amidst piles of blue suits, powerful women are instead freer, at least from an aesthetic point of view, to manifest any stances or specific ideologies, precisely through their looks. Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba seems to have understood this very well when she showed up in the parliament wearing an outfit with period stain that was supposed to advocate for period shame and affordable pads for high school girls. <a href="https://thefashiontalker.medium.com/the-aesthetics-of-power-and-fashion-a-closer-look-at-a-female-politician-wardrobe-4fda5ccc5638">Read More</a>