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Although I am a fashion critic, I don't reduce everything to clothing, far from it! It can even annoy me when they're the only ones you notice in an event, moreover mainly on women, as if by chance... But sometimes, these sacred clothes are so eloquent, it's really worth it talk. This is exactly the case with the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden.

Beyond a whole host of things, such as the absence of President Donald Trump or the exceptional security measures, beyond the emotion of the ceremony, the very disposition of the guests (all in social distancing) which made notice each chair, there was another element: the clothes. Of course, I plead that they are often significant, but here, I must say, they have surpassed themselves...

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Tell me, wasn't he extraordinary, Bernie Sanders, refusing to freeze them (it was very cold) and coming downright with his patterned alpaca mittens, which we learn ( since the world is made in such a way that we always learn everything) that they were offered to him by a teacher two years ago? Jen Ellis had made them for him on purpose… but certainly not for an “Inaguration Day”. Of course, this drew ridicule, on the "senior club" side of the Democrats. But it also delighted many people, to see that a man could disregard an unspoken dresscode.

Senator Bernie Sanders...and his alpaca mittens, gift from a teacher to a man's suit than another man's suit. Ditto for the overcoat, and it is even difficult to distinguish the dark gray from the navy blue. American newspapers may write that President Biden's suit came from Ralph Lauren, no one cares.

So we still have the women's clothing to comment on. We can certainly complain right away that it is retrograde to constantly dissect the way women are dressed. You can see sexism in that, and I'm convinced that, from time to time, it is. But I think that's changing.

It seems to me that women have less and less to prove that they are not superficial under the pretext that they are dressed with great refinement. It seems to me that they have understood this: the imagination of men of power, in terms of clothing, is very limited. AND WE ARE NOT OBLIGED TO DO LIKE THEM. This crazy communication tool that is clothing, women use it and they are right.

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What do these women who came dressed in purple tell us?

What do these few women who came dressed in purple tell us at this inauguration? Yes, it was written everywhere, that they had chosen this color because it is the one obtained by mixing the blue of the Democrats and the red of the Republicans. Yes, it is a symbol of unity and it is a political, even demagogic gesture, even if we would be remiss to grab his good intentions.

But there is something else behind this improvised dress code: can you imagine men having even the idea of ​​such a statement? Better, could we imagine them for a single second taking action? No. It takes women and their fabulous relationship to the visibility of clothes to do that.

The poet Amanda Gorman, “solar” in Prada

Let's move on to Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who came to read one of her poems, “The hill we climb”, in front of the whole world, in short. The young woman wore an outfit from Prada. Everything here was sunny, dazzling, remarkable, from the lemon yellow of the coat, to the immaculate white of the shirt, passing by the poppy red headband.

In front of my screen, I was jubilant. And also savoring the bewildered comments on Twitter, from all those ignoramuses (and ignoramuses) wondering if it is entirely possible to be both a poet and dressed in the latest fashion. Well yes, it is possible. And a number of people are going to have to sink it into their heads. I would even go further: not only is it possible, but in an intelligent person like this young girl has proven herself to be, clothing is quite capable of being like the extension of an aura.

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About aura, and Lady Gaga? She had chosen a Schiaparelli dress. A theatrical outfit between absolute sobriety and codification of the ball gown. A huge brooch in the shape of a dove stapled to her heart. In most of the photos, we see Lady Gaga in the middle of the guests, the only one to be so spectacular, quite consistent with the fact that she is there, even more than the others, to put on a show. The dress puts her exactly where she needs to be.

Who will say after that that clothes are not important? !

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