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“#Kamala Harris’ style is power dressing for a new generation<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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During Wednesday\u2019s inauguration, Kamala Harris will become the first woman vice president of the United States \u2014 not to mention the first person of color to hold that office. But her fans can\u2019t help but wonder: What will she wear for this historic moment?<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so curious about her outfit,\u201d said Vittoria Vignone, a museum professional who chronicles Harris\u2019 get-ups on her blog Kamala\u2019s Closet<\/a>. \u201cIs she going to do any sort of nod to her upbringing by wearing something by an Indian designer or a Black designer? Is she going to wear a designer she\u2019s used in the past, like Altuzarra or Michael Kors, or someone out of left field?\u201d<\/p>\n

She is predicting a few sartorial details, however: Harris will choose an American designer and she\u2019ll probably wear something tailored and with minimal fuss. And she will look great.<\/p>\n

Ever since Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced the California senator as his running mate last August, Harris has emerged as a fashion icon, thanks to her no-nonsense campaign wardrobe, which often featured sharp blazers, skinny pants, pearls and \u2014 most notably \u2014 her signature Converse sneakers (aka Chuck Taylors).\u00a0<\/p>\n

That uniform, at once professionally put-together and confidently casual, has given her the kind of fashion following usually reserved for First Ladies or royalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Harris in a suffragette white suit by Carolina Herrera at the Biden\/Harris victory event in November 2020.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>
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At one campaign event, according to the Washington Post<\/a>, a young artist performed an original song about Harris\u2019 beloved Chuck Taylors and \u201cthe importance of being confident in one\u2019s personal style.\u201d At least two thorough Kamala Harris style blogs \u2014 Kamala\u2019s Closet and What Kamala Wore<\/a> \u2014 have launched in recent months, dissecting the politician\u2019s every look, from the mundane (an Eddie Bauer puffer <\/a>coat worn while volunteering at DC food nonprofit Martha\u2019s Table) to the magnificent (the white Carolina Herrera suit she wore for her and Biden\u2019s presidential victory speeches in November). And both ELLE and Vogue agreed to let the politician pose in her own threads for their covers, implying that even their stylists couldn\u2019t style Harris better than Harris herself.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Beyonce\u2019s mother Tina Knowles implored her Instagram followers<\/a> to join her in dressing like the VP-Elect on Inauguration Day. \u201cJeans, blazer, converse tennis shoes, pearls,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI think it\u2019s a great idea!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harris wears a rainbow jacket at San Francisco\u2019s Pride parade in June 2019.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of conviction behind her, and it comes through her fashion in a really subtle way that just complements everything else that she\u2019s doing,\u201d Vignone said. \u201cShe\u2019s a breath of fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris\u2019 sartorial influences hark back to her Alpha Kapp<\/a>a Alpha sorority days at Howard University. On Fridays there, she wrote in her memoir, \u201cThe Truths We Hold,<\/a>\u201d \u00a0she and her friends would \u201cdress up in our best clothes and peacock around the yard.\u201d Her omnipresent pearls are a nod to her sorority, too \u2014 AKA\u2019s original founders were known as the 20 Pearls.<\/p>\n

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Kamala Harris and husband Douglas Emhoff attend a COVID-19 Memorial at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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As a lawyer in San Francisco, she hit on her signature style. She amassed a collection of sharp blazers in neutral tones, Manolo Blahnik heels and unexpected accessories (such as boldly patterned scarves, colorful Converse or the jangly bangles she wears alongside a Cartier watch).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHer style is understated, tailored, elegant, businesslike, with a touch of whimsy,\u201d said Susan E. Kelley, who runs the blog What Kamala Wore. \u201cThe clothes don\u2019t wear her; she wears the clothes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

That professional polish mixed with West Coast nonchalance signals a new way of dressing for the corridors of power.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen of the earlier generation \u2014 like Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi \u2014 wore suits that were almost like, you tried to take a dress and make it into a business suit,\u201d said DC-based image consultant Christina Logothetis. \u201cThat\u2019s where that concept of the candy-colored pantsuit came from. It\u2019s a very Boomer way of dressing. Gen X women like Kamala Harris don\u2019t do that as much. It\u2019s just sort of like, no if I\u2019m going to wear a suit, I\u2019m gonna wear a suit in a suit color.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because she rarely uses fashion to make an obvious point \u2014 she largely eschews the usual red, white and blue accents politicians general<\/a>ly employ to drive home their patriotism, for instance \u2014 when she does speak with her clothes, it packs a punch. \u201cBy and large, they\u2019re the backdrop, unless it\u2019s like the victory speech in Wilmington,\u201d where Harris wore suffragette white, \u201cor the Pride Parade,\u201d in San Francisco, where she wore a rainbow sequin Levi\u2019s jacket. \u201cThey can be an accent mark, they can be the exclamation point at the end of the sentence, but they\u2019re never going to be the sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kamala Harris wore these $13 socks during an appearance on her niece\u2019s TikTok.<\/figcaption>
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However, Harris has stepped up her style choices lately, wearing young American designers for high-profile appearances (such as Joseph Altuzarra and Prabal Gurung), embracing a bit more color (like plum) and even \u2014 rumor has it<\/a> \u2014 enlisting Hollywood stylist Karla Welch, who has worked with Justin Bieber and Tracee Ellis Ross, to help with her wardrobe.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s even setting trends. \u201cI even have seen a trickle down effect,\u201d said Vignone. \u201cSomeone I follow who always wears heels recently said she bought her first pair of Converse. My sister just bought her first blazer. And I\u2019ve seen certain items that are less expensive sell out\u201d \u2014 like a pair of $13 socks Harris wore on her niece\u2019s TikTok that bear the slogan \u201cthe future is female\u201d on the calf \u2014 which Vignone promptly bought for herself. \u201cI hope they get here in time, so I can wear them while watching the inauguration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet Parsons fashion professor Hazel Clark hopes Harris doesn\u2019t take on too many trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think obviously women in the public eye get so much scrutiny, and she has managed to dress in a way that lets her be taken seriously and also be true to herself,\u201d Clark said. \u201cShe shows that you don\u2019t have to be a slave for fashion and be stylish. You can be you and be on the cover of Vogue<\/a>. I think that is inspiring.\u201d\n <\/div>\n