Should the Presidency be a more (sartorially) informal office?

[DevotedDemocrat]

Should the President dress more casual? I'm not saying jeans and a t-shirt, but something like a button down shirt and slacks when making an address, or a cardigan with a dress shirt, something like that?

[anvi]

He should look like Mr. Rogers?  Well, with the standard American mentality these days, that might be appropriate.

[DC Al Fine]

Ugh, just what I wanted, more pictures of Obama in ill-fitting clothes.

In all seriousness, the dark suit with red tie is practically the presidential uniform. It looks good, and I think we should stick to it.

[Sbane]

In my ideal world, the president and other high-level elected officials would dress something like this, sans religious iconography:

Why not just like normal people? (by which I mean a dress shirt and pants with or without a tie)

[Zioneer]

I think all presidents should wear Hawaiian shirts, regardless of whether they are from Hawaii or not.

[Lief 🗽]

God no.

You see mods, you ban innocent old Simfan and threads like this start popping up!

[Link]

One of the roles of the Presidency is to be a figurehead.  It's an even higher office than Prime Minister.  The President needs to be able to meet with world leaders as an equal.  Cruising around looking like a POWM reject doesn't aid that endeavor.

[seanNJ9]

No.

[Indy Texas]

No. If anything, the American public needs to dress more like the president. Enough with the golf shirts at work and the sweatpants on airplanes.

I'd also like to see:
1. More variety of shirts and neckties. Why does a politician's shirt/tie have to always match the national colors? No other country does that.
2. Morning dress at inauguration and other major events like SOTU. Reagan was the last president to break out the waistcoat and tails.
3. More homages to regional dress. We don't really have a "national costume" like non-western nations. But it would be nice for, say, a congressman representing a large number of Native Americans to occasionally incorporate elements of traditional dress; or someone from Miami could wear a guayabera every now and then.

[traininthedistance]

3. More homages to regional dress. We don't really have a "national costume" like non-western nations. But it would be nice for, say, a congressman representing a large number of Native Americans to occasionally incorporate elements of traditional dress; or someone from Miami could wear a guayabera every now and then.

Now I'm picturing Jerrold Nadler in skinny jeans and a hoodie.

Gee, thanks.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Hells yes. If Obama ever gave an important speech in a hoodie and jeans I'd be like the happiest guy alive.

[DC Al Fine]

No. If anything, the American public needs to dress more like the president. Enough with the golf shirts at work and the sweatpants on airplanes.

Sigged.

We need more Mad Men and less People of Walmart.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. If anything, the American public needs to dress more like the president. Enough with the golf shirts at work and the sweatpants on airplanes.

Sigged.

We need more Mad Men and less People of Walmart.

We need far less of both. We need more of this:

[DC Al Fine]

BRTD, I like you and you post interesting stuff, but your male fashion sense has all the sex appeal of a wet noodle.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

We need more Mad Men and less People of Walmart.

While I can understand the sentiment, in practice that may not be such a brilliant idea.

Mad Men includes Harry Crane.

[minionofmidas]

I think all presidents should wear Hawaiian shirts, regardless of whether they are from Hawaii or not.

And Hula skirts.

[Marnetmar]

In situations such as public addresses I think that it's a basic matter of respect to be dressed formally, but I don't see anything wrong with being informal otherwise, I see absolutely nothing wrong with being, you know, human.

[Link]

In situations such as public addresses I think that it's a basic matter of respect to be dressed formally, but I don't see anything wrong with being informal otherwise, I see absolutely nothing wrong with being, you know, human.

If I am paying someone over half a million dollars a year they need to dress like it.  I would be curious where people work.  My first job out of college I got paid a fraction of that and everyone showed up dressed like the president.  No one complained.

[TDAS04]

No.  The US Presidency should maintain its dignity.

[Mopsus]

You see mods, you ban innocent old Simfan and threads like this start popping up!

To be fair, he did mention cardigans as a possible outfit pick. I'm sure that Simfan would have approved.

[Reaganfan]

[DC Al Fine]

Cheney wearing sneakers?

BURN THE HERETIC!!!

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Actually, I think O should dress more like Biden.

[anvi]

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You see mods, you ban innocent old Simfan and threads like this start popping up!
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Simfan was banned??  I missed this.

[opebo]

Mad Men includes Harry Crane.

Who is that?  I even watched Mad Men a bit lately and I don't know who that is.  Is it the man who urinated down his pant-leg?