Great Men Wear Great Ties for Night 3 of the DNC
Primetime at the Democratic National Convention brought an all-star list of men to the stage, from Vice President Joe Biden, to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to Vice Presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine, to President Barack Obama.
Not only are all four of these men staunchly pro-choice and aggressive advocates for gun safety — but they all know their way around a good tie too.
Yes, a tie. As in neckwear.
And so to honor the great feminist moment of seeing a woman clinch any major party’s nomination for the presidency for the first time in American history, we thought we would help carry the torch of gender equity by looking at the fashion choices of the man-heavy line-up of the DNC: Night Three.
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To deliver his moving speech on “being strong at the broken places” and why Hillary Clinton “gets it” while Donald Trump “has no clue,” Biden wore a dark gray suit, white shirt, and a red tie navy and baby blue repp stripes — a fitting analogy for the need for both parties to come together to not “elect a man who exploits our fears of ISIS and other terrorists, who has no plan whatsoever to make us safer.”
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Michael Bloomberg also made an equally bipartisan fashion choice, pairing his gray suit and white shirt with a purple tie, an appropriate nod to the swing states that exist in the tipping point between having a majority of voters associated with either major party. Even more biting? That Bloomberg — whose self-made personal fortune is much greater than that of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s — wore a hue historically associated with royalty while telling his audience, “I built a business. And I didn’t start it with a $1 million check from my father.”
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Speaking of fathers, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has quickly carved out his potential Vice Presidential persona as that of everyone’s folksy, friendly, impossibly polite and non-threatening dad. This image was only solidified by his choice to eschew the business formal nod of a white dress shirt with that of a blue one while he reiterated over and over again how much trust he has in his running mate, Hillary Clinton.
Even The Washington Post’s Philip Bump weighed in:
I know it’s gauche to talk fashion, but the denim-blue shirt doesn’t work.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 28, 2016
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Lastly, President Barack Obama closed the night out by going with a classic — navy suit, white shirt, light blue tie…and of course, an American flag pin. There’s a reason Democrats will miss this guy, and his good taste in ties is just one of them.
