What does it mean when a presidential candidate becomes a fashion trend? I've been trying to wrap my head around this trend in wearable Obama-gear. Senator Obama's image emblazons t-shirts, sweat shirts, and baseball caps across the urban streets of America.
What is surprising is that the Obama ready-to-wear isn't just an inner-city, urban phenomenon. On the catwalk during Fashion Week in Paris, a model wears a short, bright yellow dress of freedom and hope. This model is sporting a larger than life portrait of Obama, by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac during his spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler).
Sure our eyes have grown accustomed to his face on t-shirts in the states, but to actually see an Obama likeness on displayed along with the haute couture of Channel is truly remarkable and certainly a sign of our times.
According to Forbes Magazine: "Fashion is getting more accessible," says Nandini D'Souza, senior fashion features editor at Women's Wear Daily, the trade newspaper of the women's apparel industry, and its sister publication, W. "It is entertainment and it is fun. It is incredible business and incredible entertainment."
Win or lose, the Obama-gear fad certainly marks a time an a spirit during an age of change.
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