Politics: The Relation Between Fashion And Politics

Opening (Darya): When we think about fashion, the first thing that comes to mind is models, runways and clothes. But fashion is linked with many other aspects of our lives – one of them is politics. Throughout the years, fashion and politics had great influence on one another. We are going to discuss some of the connections fashion has with politics: first, we will talk about political symbols and how they became fashionable. Second, we will discuss about politicians who wear military uniforms: what does it mean? Why do they do it? Third, we will talk about the role of women in politics – how do they need to present themselves in order to be considered as serious as men? And in the end – a small surprise

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When it is connected to people in powerful positions it grabs a lot of attention. During different times in history, women had to think of their dressing code as a way to pass their political agenda. Different articles which discuss this subject where published and showed the growth popularity of it. The historian Robert Young claimed that most of them prefer to ignore it, and it actually considered taboo. Another basic assumption is that every political figure takes part in the "power dressing" which connects dressing code to a political agenda. The roots of this phenomena go back to 1945 BCE to the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, who according to some scholars of antiquity believe that, unlike Cleopatra and other queens, she insisted on masculine look in order to prove that she is not different from the previous leaders. The reason for this behavior among women, can be explained by examining the psychological influence of society on us. The differences between perceptions of male and female are forced on us from a young age and influence our aspirations. The toys that are being given to children direct them unconsciously to the professions that society expects them to have: "feminine" dolls which represent professionals such as a nurse, a teacher and a librarian for girls, and an astronaut, a manger and a doctor for boys. Furthermore, it influences the way people think about their qualities.

In conclusion, Women in politics all around the world were influenced by "power dressing" including Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Condoleezza rice and Hillary Clinton. Nowadays women feel more comfortable with their powerful positions and try to combine their feminists views and political agenda with feminine and formal