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Monday, October 24, 2011

A Sartorial Genius of Our Time


--MQ's 2007 Palace of Versailles visit
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Not to be snide at all -- because Qadhafi's fate was an abomination -- and most Middle East countries still need a strongman, IMHO.

But a couple of years back Vanity Fair offered a tour of some of the more spectacular looks Mr. Qadhafi rocked over the years while "completing his transition from international pariah to statesman" in "Colonel Qaddafi—A Life in Fashion." The text accompanying the photos is also precious (esp. accompanying slide #12, which is left for you to discover).

Per the above aviator look, one imagines Top Gun had some influence. Not that George W. Bush did not look equally foolish on that flight deck in the flight suit, and just about as credible.

What we don't admit to is, we are every bit the saps for a good uniform that the Arab world is. For us, Mr. Obama's Hart Schaffner Marx impresses; for the Libyans, an 8-line ribbon board with lots of shiny stars thrown in for good measure does the trick. Wait -- maybe that's us, too?


"All that’s missing from the signing of the official guest book during the colonel’s December 2007 visit to the Palace of Versailles are aviator goggles. The Snoopy hat and leather bomber jacket raise the questions: Where does this extraordinary individual get the ideas for his wardrobe? Does he have a team of designers back in Tripoli, working up the hundreds of bizarre looks required of a world leader on official business? What gave him the idea that a fur trapper’s hat was right for this moment in the home of the Bourbon dynasty?"

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Juan Moment said...

Cheers Lisa,I wonder what he'll be wearing at his funeral. My favorite shot amongst the 14 pics in Vanity Fair is number 10, with the narration

"That, or his luggage got lost en route and he whipped up an outfit from his hotel room’s upholstery."

Thats exacly what it looks like.

Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:49:00 PM GMT-5  
Anonymous Carl said...

Too much knowledge, too many secrets..friend & faithful servant of "the elite".. until they decree his use by date has expired.

What a wonderful world, with such wonderful "friends".

Rather enjoyed this at the time, and even more so now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOo5LK22sg

Monday, October 24, 2011 at 11:16:00 PM GMT-5  
Blogger Lisa said...

Carl,

Too many secrets and friends. Yes, once your due-date is up, the US will come for you.

Loved the vid -- a bit rambling, but surely no worse than a Mugabe, or Ahmadinejad, or ...
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Cheers, Juan. Yes, #10 is nice. Brought to mind Scarlett O'Hara in her penury, or perhaps The Sound of Music when Julie Andrews tears the curtains down to make play togs for the children.

I s'pect it takes a real man to wear pink, and flowing robes, at that.

Monday, October 24, 2011 at 11:35:00 PM GMT-5  
Anonymous Carl said...

The scene is far from fashionable:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111024/gaddafi-sodomized-video-gaddafi-sodomy?page=5&fb_comment_id=fbc_10150346909054051_19196280_10150346996354051&ref=notif%C2%ACif_t%3Dopen_graph_comment#f11fada632e428

A great future lays in wait for the Libyan people. Cue Iraq & Afghanistan SOP's.

Sigh.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:46:00 AM GMT-5  
Blogger Lisa said...

Thank you for sharing, Carl (I've been having difficulty w/ Global Post's feed.)

This is horrific. And we have the audacity to term these brutes "freedom-loving".

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:30:00 PM GMT-5  
Anonymous Steve said...

I could say he has a sense of fashion. Hi-hi. Most people were very particular how they look but I guess this one extreme. (^_^)

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 4:46:00 PM GMT-5  

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