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Why Donald Trump is a style icon
With his dowdy, oversized navy suits and MAGA red caps, the former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal.
Jemima KellyDonald Trump could not, in good conscience, be described as a chic man. He is not “sartorially elegant”, as the fashion designer Tom Ford has said of the current US president. He is neither trendy nor traditionally stylish. But is Donald Trump, nonetheless, a style icon?
That was the claim made by a sycophantic former aide, Stephen Miller, during an appearance on Fox News last week – one for which he has been widely panned. Miller had apparently been left incensed by a piece in The New York Times that lavished praise on “dapper” Joe Biden’s “timeless” style. It gushed: “Mr Biden gives offhand master classes on the wardrobe tricks that distract from the inevitable predations of time.”
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