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This is part of a slow trend towards powerful people dressing casually to differentiate themselves from the less powerful people who work for them. Historically, trends like this have been set by the elite and are then emulated by people trying to convince others that they are elite. This is the beginning of the end of formal wear in the United States. Soon a suit will mean "i work at a hotel".
Hence this part, perhaps?
Rules for thee, not for me.
I hate dressing up for work. Reminds me of getting dressed for church as a kid. Hard pass.
The president of Chile wears a Tool t shirt and Zelenskyy is basically always in olive drab. The time of the suit is past.
Zelenskyy I guess has no other choice as his country is in war and he is the supreme commander of his forces
He's not on the front lines lol
I know but wearing olive drab is good for his soldier's morale... "I'm on this with you" kind of thing
He frequently visits them however. OD is extremely practical in his case and definitely the exception to this stuff
Honestly doubt anyone will vote differently because of attire. If anything, the conservative commentators will say that the Dems are being lazy and undignified if they aren't wearing suits. We'll probably see most senators continuing to dress formally anyways because it's a symbol of power.
Well, the formal wear will just shift- to over priced hoodies and stuff
I don't think so. I think this time is different. At some point the leadership was no longer the trendsetters. I am not going to buy a certain shirt because I saw Biden or Bezos wearing it. I might if someone I think is actually cool did. Maybe we just aren't some weird pyramid society anymore.