dear lord:
Obama, by Versace: candidate inspires Donatella's new style

The fashion world is falling head-over-heels for Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Donatella Versace has called the Democratic candidate "the man of the moment", and dedicated her entire spring-summer 2009 menswear collection to him. The Italian designer said she was creating a style for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power".


She even had some fashion tips for Mr Obama, saying: "I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt." Whether Mr Obama will be daring enough to take to the campaign trail attired in shiny suits with skinny lapels teamed with beige leather flip-flops remains to be seen. The collection he inspired was shown in Milan at the weekend and featured no ties, while conventional shirts were replaced with silk scoop-neck T-shirts.

Mr Obama has described his dress sense as "fairly standard" and said that he owned only five suits and four pairs of shoes*. But designers are hoping the stylish couple win in November and that the rather middle-aged style of the Bush White House is consigned to history. Laura Bush likes the well-coiffed matronly look while her husband is happiest as an urban cowboy.

* i wonder if he also has a 'casual friday' like the allen-man


ps/ did anybody else see the short-man and 2:35 on friday in his suit with his dress-shirt unbottoned three buttons down and his grey chest hair running something rampant.

pps/ apparently african-americans, from the actual continent of africa within the past few generations (not from compton) are proportionately the highest educated of all americans (including the azn-americans) which is why i'll say it again: 'barrack obama = not black' (less black than kham is azn in actual fact)