Posts with tag GeorgeBush

You know when you get invited to a lame party by someone and you feel totally obligated to go -- so you make up some excuse about being busy, or sick, or mourning a dead relative? This is totally like that, only with Heidi Montag and the President of the United States.

Somehow the Hills "reality" TV star made it on the list for the White House Correspondents dinner. But is she going? Hell no! Not unless she can get expenses paid for her creepy-looking boyfriend/manager, Spencer Pratt.

Seeing as this is a style blog, and public officials aren't exactly known for their fashion flair, there's generally no reason for us to cover politics. However, recently it seems there's been a concerted effort amongst high-profile politicians to look cool, George Bush's recent crocs fiasco and John Edwards' hair combing incident notwithstanding.

Hillary Clinton, for instance, in an attempt to reach out to the young and hip, recently held a contest, asking followers to choose her campaign song. Both the contest itself, and her choice to announce the winner in a Soprano's video spoof, got her a lot of attention from the young and hip.

Now Barack Obama -- Clinton's main competition in the Democratic party -- has had his campaign materials featured on a design blog. NOTCOT, a site normally dedicated to fashion-forward clothing and novel new gadgets, was impressed with the candidate's stylish t-shirts, buttons and stickers -- and for good reason. Normally candidates opt for a simple red, white and blue motif with their cheesy slogan italicized at the bottom -- but it looks like someone in Obama's camp actually put some thought into the visual aesthetic of his campaign.

I'm not saying that he's the best guy for the job necessarily, but with marketing material like this, it's no wonder the ladies love Barack Obama.

Love him or hate him, there's one thing we can all agree on when it comes to President Bush: he is not a fashionable man. So, now that the commander-in-chief has been caught wearing Crocs, can we officially declare these sandals as the ugliest pieces of footwear on the planet?

What's odd, is that it's not like Mr. Bush just ran out of the house without thinking about what he was wearing. The hat, shorts, socks and shirts all match -- perfectly. I think they're even the same shades of gray and black. So why, with all that forethought and preparation, would a person ever choose such hideous shoes?

According to Manolo -- the Internet's foremost shoe blogger -- this is grounds for impeachment. I'm not saying I agree, but -- given this egregious fashion faux pas -- it should certainly be taken under consideration.

Think that's weird? Check out the rest of our posts about Crocs, and how Crocs are taking it to the next level.

Who has not been in Vietnam lately? Last week, world leaders (including Germany's Angela Merkel, Australia's John Howard, Russia's Vladimir Putin and the United States' very own George Bush) showed up for an economic summit in Ho Chi Minh City.

Now it turns out that while the rest of us were eating turkey and watching football back in Peoria or Scranton (or wherever it is our parents live), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spending Thanksgiving in Vietnam.

So, is Ho Chi Minh City the 21st century's St. Tropez? Sure, maybe there's no Brigitte Bardot, but great clothes, great food and cool mopeds go a long way ...