Going out of fashion, fast…

June 9th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — humor, analytic indicators, fashion, dictators ]

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It seems likely from the first of these two images [Ben Ali, Saleh, Qaddafi, Mubarak, April] that manner of dress may be a valuable early indicator of how long a given dictator can hold onto power in the Middle East —

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— but where does that leave the lovely Asma al-Assad [in Vogue this February] today?

Answer:

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  1. J.ScottShipman:

    June 9th, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    This is the internet equivalent of  having to "eat" the story…

  2. Pundita:

    June 12th, 2011 at 9:26 am

    LOL

  3. Charles Cameron:

    June 12th, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    Hi, Pundita.
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    I liked this para, from Sophia Bush’s piece, From One Tree Hill to Afghanistan, in Marie Claire:

    Joanna is my kind of gal. We entered her office in the midst of a photo shoot for the June issue. I swooned over the crepe Lanvin dress she was rocking with a pair of snakeskin Jimmy Choo Lagoon heels. Her wrists were stacked with Hermes cuffs. Her neck displayed a chain of charms that was at once sentimental and rock-n-roll. Her platinum pixie shag was both rock goddess and vintage Parisian. But we digress.

    Indeed.