Putting the Chic Back in Dressing

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The writer of this article crawled out of a vadka bottle< What's this " oboma offers new hope because he's more clean cut.. then.. Bush!" that's the stupidest thing I've heard in a long long time... Someone please sack this writer, who obviously is very very underqualified to be writing anything other then books for 3rd graders, if that, I wouldn't want my kids reading this crap either though.
And also.. who really uses fanny packs anyway? Only people over 60 tend to use them, and who really cares?
The real "stereotype of the ugly American" exists because of people like YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get out of here pea-brain, go back to whatever hole you crawled out of.
Frankly I was offended when I read this crap about .. that Oboma is so clean cut and nice and will help our image.. as if bush was not... you must be rasist against whites to write something stupid like that.

As far as i'm concerned the oh so superier fashion guru's(yes that was sarcasm) should like the Amish go live in their own society. They can be away to what they consider such a disgusting sight of comfortable and happy people. How in this article was explained the image of America relies alot on how they dress is amusing. Americans are Americans. We are all equal. You are not superier because you own a $400.00 skirt. Infact nobody is of more importance of others in America. It's like if plankton the very bottom of the food chain was extint. Think about it, we need plankton! we need all sorts of people is where i'm getting at. We need them all! Or the cause is imbalancement!

What a moron! First of all, it's Eurotrash who are more associated with the fanny pack. I've never seen any American under age 50 anywhere wearing one. Secondly, what's with the dig on Bush? When casually dressed on his ranch, how's he different from Reagan, whom the Euros adored. Finally, no matter how I ever thought of politics, Presidents (and P-elects) have never been fashion icons. So, this trashing of Bush and praising of Obama are utter nonsense, just like the rest of this article.

typical of the media - focusing on outward appearances rather than what really matters: internal CHARACTER AND MORALS . . . which, unforutnately, the incoming socialist, anti-Israel, anti-family executive officer is SORELY LACKING!

I enjoyed this article until the last paragraph. Why is "work/family balance" always characterized as a challenge for women only? Will Obama have no responsibility to his kids once he starts his new job? Reddy, please join us in the 21st century.

Ahhhhhh, the devil does wear prada...

Let's be honest, the fanny pack is the homely cousin to the wallet, but it can also be as indispensable as Batman's utility belt; which of course, is also something you shouldn???t wear in public. For one thing, it advertises where your money is, while protecting you from not getting robbed.

Americans, I???m speaking to you from the bottom of my heart. I too own a fanny pack, but while traveling abroad we must remember a few things. While this recession continues who???s gonna rob an American?

1. Looking like an American tourist might actually be safer than dressing as someone who just got off the train. Sloppy or Street-Smart? You decide.
2. We also have an image to protect. From now on America, I want you to get used to carrying a fat Wallet in your back pocket again. Stuff that thing with napkins if you have to.

Its articles like this, that are the reason, that I will never again subscribe to a left-wing rag like Newsweek. As others have commented; I checked out the article for fashion; not for another political statement, from the mesmerized Obama supporters. This is a new one to me! Now the Republicans and present administration are tacky dressers and the Lord Obama and his cronies are the height of fashion. Oh; give me a break! I have never seen such a fawning bunch of leftist media types acting this hysterically. You got your messiah elected; now lets see what he can do!

Its articles like this, that are the reason, that I will never again subscribe to a left-wing rag like Newsweek. As others have commented; I checked out the article for fashion; not for another political statement, from the mesmerized Obama supporters. This is a new one to me! Now the Republicans and present administration are tacky dressers and the Lord Obama and his cronies are the height of fashion. Oh; give me a break! I have never seen such a fawning bunch of leftist media types acting this hysterically. You got your messiah elected; now lets see what he can do!

The fanny pack for me when overseas makes me feel that my items are secured. That is the only reason why 'I' wear them. We Americans have a trait that was left unsaid in the article, that trait would be, we are too willing to help people. Those same people we help when overseass can and do most often take our kindness for weakness or for stupidity and steal from us by picking our pockets and such. This happens all the time. I travel a ton for my job and I go to the big cities quite a bit and I find that there are PLENTY of well dressed men and woman. Remember, the Americans who are overseas on vacation are in fact 'ON VACATION'. And let them secure their items in a way that makes them feel safe. We as I;m doing now shouldn't have to justify *** to any one. Don't get me wrong, I do think there are a lot of great fashions in other countries, heck they are everywhere. But to knit pick our fanny pack, our shorts and t-shirts is a bit extreme and a desperate search for stuff to write about. But it is a good artcile, it caught my eye.

Well, i agree wiht some of you, but the fact is that fashion and politics are 2 complete different subjects. I used to use fanny pacs, not anymore, i do have to agree that they are very usefull, i can put my wallet, my cellphone, my change, lillte sunblock, etc.... they are very good when you are travelling, but is not my style, i dont like the way they look, maybe am more into fashion than my family, all my family uses it, even my brother at 33y/o, btw, i dont think it is just an american tradition to wear them, i live in FL and i see a lot of peple from Brasil and Europe wearing it, and my family is from Venezuela, It is just a matter of taste and likes, and if you think you like it and it works for you just wear it!!

The point of America's fashion was good, though the fact that you even mentioned politics was unnecessary.
William Howard Taft was America's largest president, weighing 330 pounds with a 54 inch waistline, but he certainly didn't give other countries the popular opinion that all Americans are fat.
The election of the current president offers no 'opportunity' about fashion. Americans have the ability to change their image, and it has nothing to do with if the president has "youthful, clean-cut good looks" or is old and tacky.

Eh, I was listening until politics was brought into it. America has had many images, and I remember seeing pictures of the stereotypical American tourist when I was a child. It has nothing to do with where the president is/was from, how they dressed, or whether their looks were youthful or not.
William Howard Taft was our largest president- he weighed around 335 pounds and had a 54 inch waistline, but I'm sure he's not what gave other countries the popular opinion that all Americans are overweight.

As a traveller who has visited 96 countries I can attest to the fact that some American's stand out due to their lack of sartorial skils, but to somehow equate and blame that in President Bush, is yet another pathetic attempt by leftwing meida to cut down the presidnet and to build up B.H. Obama. Americas fashion challenges started long before Bush was even born and it wont end with his departure.