{"id":359634,"date":"2021-10-29T02:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/take-note-aoc-kyrsten-sinemas-bad-style-actually-makes-a-statement\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T02:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:18:19","slug":"take-note-aoc-kyrsten-sinemas-bad-style-actually-makes-a-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/take-note-aoc-kyrsten-sinemas-bad-style-actually-makes-a-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"#Take note AOC \u2014 Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s bad style actually makes a statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Take note AOC \u2014 Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s bad style actually makes a statement<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Kirsten Fleming\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kirstenfleming.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>By now we all know the tale of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist Cinderella, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez hitting the Met Gala red carpet to hobnob with the wealthy and powerful in a pricey couture gown emblazoned with the phrase, \u201cTax the Rich.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>If it was a sartorial effort to show solidarity with her working-class constituents, it only seemed to get \u201cyas kween\u201d snaps from the fancy people inside the fancy museum. <\/p>\n<p>Enter Kyrsten Sinema who basically said, \u201chold my Keystone Light\u2026 and Marlboro Reds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week, the 45-year-old presided over the Senate in a denim vest, looking like Ponyboy\u2019s long lost sister who made manager at JC Penney. It was neither sophisticated nor particularly stylish. <\/p>\n<p>But it showed what the producers of \u201cRoseanne\u201d knew years ago: people like a little working-class grease. And believe it or not, that vest was a lot more relatable to a larger swathe of the country than the elitist gatekeepers would let on. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/aoc-dress.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"AOC thought her 'Tax the Rich' dress was making a political statement.\" class=\"wp-image-19959625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/aoc-dress.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/aoc-dress.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/aoc-dress.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/aoc-dress.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>AOC thought her \u2018Tax the Rich\u2019 dress was making a political statement.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images For The Met Museum\/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema\" class=\"wp-image-19959426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema makes her way to the Senate chamber in a denim vest, looking like Ponyboy\u2019s long-lost sister who made manager at JC Penney.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rod Lamkey \u2013 CNP \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hey, if you\u2019re gonna virtue signal with clothing in the midst of an increasingly tense standoff over a trillion dollar proposal, at least shop at the mall, not the floor at Bergdorf where you need a credit check just to enter. <\/p>\n<p>The Democratic senator from Arizona has always held her cards close to her vest, and that has long been a great source of frustration and anger from her party colleagues. The fact that her vest this week was denim, and not crepe or perhaps a nice wool blend, sent the left into a Joan Crawford wire hanger level meltdown. (Think Obama\u2019s tan suit on steroids.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion18.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema rocks a pastel wig and knee high white boots\" class=\"wp-image-19956557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion18.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion18.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion18.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema rocks a pastel wig and knee-high white boots.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Especially now as she stands firm in her opposition to Biden\u2019s gazillion dollar, no cost Build Back Better plan.<\/p>\n<p>The sleeveless denim number was red meat to her political rivals and the fashion police as jokes and criticisms spread on social media. CNN contributor and political commentator <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ananavarro\/status\/1453409552217645058\">Ana Navarro tweeted<\/a> that only a white girl could get away with wearing such a thing and be taken seriously, much less get elected. It was a strange criticism because no one was letting her off the hook for it, least of all Navarro.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema\" class=\"wp-image-19959479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema is a classic over-accessorizer pairing her chunky glasses with statement earrings.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MICHAEL REYNOLDS\/EPA-EFE\/Shutter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While disgraced former Congresswoman Katie Hill, who has shown a strong aversion to clothing all together around staffers, tweeted: \u201cI hate to go after Sinema for her clothes when there\u2019s so much legitimate stuff to attack but that vest is truly awful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Hill has also been vocal about the \u201csexist\u201d pressure put on female candidates to have the right clothing to be taken seriously.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema\" class=\"wp-image-19959537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema remains an enigma, sometimes wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in some very questionable clothing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zach Gibson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fashion remains a main feature of life in Washington, DC. First ladies (with the exception of Melania Trump) and female politicians with the D attached to their names have all but replaced models and starlets in the pages of Vogue. And there is legitimate analysis of style inside the Beltway and how the power of image is wielded.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema should not be exempt from that. Especially since her threads are often the loudest in the room and a study in contrasts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema wears a feminine floral and chunky statement glasses\" class=\"wp-image-19956592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema wears a feminine floral and chunky statement glasses.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She has worn candy-colored wigs favored by cosplayers, 1950s style dresses and coats with a vintage feel that would suggest she\u2019s a Stepford wife and over-the-knee boots once known as \u201cf\u2013k me boots.\u201d She is a classic over-accessorizer pairing her chunky glasses with statement earrings and Wilma Flintstone beaded necklaces (pick one, please). <\/p>\n<p>What is she telegraphing? Well, her style, just like herself, is silently screaming that she\u2019s a complete and utter wildcard guided by an inner conviction. She doesn\u2019t care about your rules, nor the expectations placed upon her by party or partisans.<\/p>\n<p>Or as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\">writer Stephen Miller<\/a>, one of my favorite Twitter follows, often says, \u201cshe\u2019s naughty.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sinema\" class=\"wp-image-19959449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema-fashion17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sinema in a candy-colored wig inside the US Capitol.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefani Reynolds\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sinema remains an enigma, sometimes wrapped in some very questionable clothing. While her contemporaries are hitting social media, doing Reddit AMAs and streaming themselves doing mundane household tasks, she is a closed book. And nothing is more intriguing \u2014 or infuriating, depending on your side \u2014 than people who don\u2019t give it all away. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, AOC looks glossy and always polished. But Sinema knows how to dress for a bottle-breaking bar brawl at the Double Deuce, and in a fighting town like DC, I\u2019ll put my money on the denim vest any day.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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