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Surprise, surprise: The soviet-muslin Barack Obama has chosen his fancy tuxedo for inauguration day, and it’s coming from the socialist union workers at Hart Schaffner Marx. It will supposedly be Obama’s first new tuxedo in fifteen years. What, you don’t have your own tailored formal wear that you modestly replace every fifteen years? The happy haberdashery is already showing off by offering to make even humble slobs like yourself look “presidential,” if you have a great deal of money, which you don’t, because of the Depression. [Women's Wear Daily]
I guess I’ll need to rock my tuxedo shirt to the inauguration - I don’t want to dress left you know?
Top hat. Top hat. Top hat. Please let him wear a top hat.
Any word about the top hat?? I’m praying Hopey brings it back. It could spawn a new industry to vanquish the new depression.
I didn’t know they made tuxedo dishdashas..
Made from muslin??!?
It would be awesome if Obama would wear a giant freakin’ black top hat like FDR, only Obama’s would contain a hidden mini-flamethrower. Yeah, he’s that bad.
I prefer powder blue suede tuxedos with extra ruffles in the shirt.
The things these uppities are doing with their welfare dollars…
How long until some wingnut refers to his tux as a “monkey suit”? I’m taking bets.
Hey all you Canuckistanis wrought up about your constitutional crisis: if there were more stories about (and pictures of) this little number…
http://images.google.com/images?q=Julie+Couillard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
…I think your neighbors to the south might be more interested than they are by the bore-ass article in Slate today.
My guess is that it costs less than $180,000.
shortsshortsshorts: I know, isn’t it atrocious? Bill O’Reilly is reporting that the White House even has a flat screen television and an X-box 360!
I’m sure there’s an unfortunate “monkey suit” joke that I’m waiting to pop-up on Red State any minute now.
It’d be a hoot if he showed up in traditional Arab dress since he’s a Muslin & all. I do hope his headscarf is red, white & blue though, because this is the USA USA dammit!
Nvrmnd…happened here first.
Watch out Daniel Craig. Hopey could be the next 007 once we see him in that tuxedo.
Bypartizoa: Biden himself will probably make some off color comment about the “upcoming tap dancing act” or any number of Sammy Davis Jr. references.
DISAPPOINTED!! also BORING!!!
This is not change we can belive in….This is more of the same!?!?
Obama should totally rock the Shewani, being a half-breed muslin and all
Check out these fresh styles:
http://www.monarch-garments.com/SH20073a1.jpg
http://www.monarch-garments.com/cat_sherwani.asp
That picture of him at wwd makes him look like David Byrne in the Big Suit: “You may find yourself…elected president of a country you’re not even a citizen of.”
I’m asking Santa a.k.a Joe Biden for a brand new burlap sack for Christmas, so that I don’t have to be naked, like a cartoon.
Is the monocle included with the tux purchase?
“What, you don’t have your own tailored formal wear that you modestly replace every fifteen years?” Real Americans have to modestly replace their tuxedos every three months or so, as our bodies tend to rapidly expand as we age. It’s called the corn syrup effect.
Barry… Blackbarry.
Given the shit-poor economic times, this is the style of formal wear that Barry may want to wear
http://z.about.com/d/prowrestling/1/0/_/5/-/-/undertaker.jpg
I’m sorry… but I am so going to get my next suit from those guys.
The article says he’s wearing his new tux to the (plural) inaug ballS - pleeze oh pleeze let it be MY balls! On Jan. 20 they’ll be nicely shaved and cheeto-stained. How’bout it, Barry? Or would you rather I bathe them in soy milk latte for that energizing extra je-ne-sais-quoi?
Please Gawd, a silver tipped cane and red, white and Blue Truck Nutz on the back of the Limo
I humbly request that NoBama Hussein add a monocle to his inauguration day attire, because monocles rock and that would totally bring them back into style, and I could wear one without fear of social stigma.
In Soviet Russia, tuxedo buys YOU!
I thought he’d be going for that “barrel” look.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PTGPOD/286331~Man-Wearing-Barrel-Posters.jpg
Oak is formal, right?
mpslim: Sexy Barry. The Sultan of Twat.
american mutt: I really like the Grey-Beaded Pinstripe.
This BETTER be an ILGWU-made tuxedo!!!
Look for the union label
when you are buying that coat, dress or blouse.
Remember somewhere our union’s sewing,
our wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.
We work hard, but who’s complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we’re paying our way!
So always look for the union label,
it says we’re able to make it in the U.S.A.!
Dammit. There goes my dream of Hussein showing up as Dolemite. Was kinda counting on the simultaneous strokes and heart attacks of half the over 60 population. Those inheritence checks were our last hope of stimulating the economy.
american mutt: Oh, and the woolen topcoat is on $ale!
I’m ready — and in style. Mo fez! Mo fez! Mo fez!
smashtheduck: What inheritene check? My mom lost her ass the last couple of months. I’m not getting dick.
LazloHollyfeld: I’m putting five bucks on Chris Matthews for the first “monkey suit” ref of the day.
The Lucky Republican: No, but the tux does come with it’s own hoodie.
Does anyone find it odd that we need to get our Presidential clothing news from Women’s Wear Daily? HILLARY LOST, PEOPLE!
nmmagayar: I know the feeling. One of us kids may be getting Mom and a moving truck for christmas.
Actually, I’d prefer: http://www.nationaldanceweek.org/tt04a.jpg plus http://www.liljos.com/pages/tuxedo%203.jpg
I believe the proper attire for the day would be striped trousers and a morning coat. For the evening, something more formal would be appropriate. Certainly spats are an option (pearl grey), but that might be too much Scrooge McDuck. Top hats would be expected, though.
Hey, *my* tux is only *ten* years old.
Also, yes! He’s the only one to wear a white bow-tie with a black tux..besides myself! He’s also gotta be wearing a white cummerbund just like me! WE ARE ‘BUND-BROTHERS!
I found some great inauguration clothes at the Wasilla consignment store. Apparently, a clan of local hillbillies looted some fancy stores this fall and needed to get rid of the goods quick.
Oh, c’mon. Tuxes aren’t that expensive, especially if you buy online and get the ones made out of crap material like paper-mache or felt or Handi-wipes or something.
Pat Pending: I’m pretty sure it will be, if it’s a custom-made tux. The bigger question is whether the textiles used will have been made in a union factory, and I can almost guarantee that they won’t.
TGY: You speak of Jo S. Bank, I presume?
mpslim: That first one is pretty much identical to the thing I was wearing a couple of years ago when I was in a local production of “The King and I.” Barry could rock that pretty hard.
Hey, $695 for a union-made navy worsted wool suit (from HSM site) isn’t really a great deal of money. There are men’s clothing stores that get all their stuff made by Chinese slave laborers and still charge three times that.
When are they going to produce the birth certificate for the suit?
What are they trying to hide?
shortsshortsshorts: Sure. Kleenex can make quite attractive formalwear if tricked out just right.
He better have it back by 5pm on the 21st, or they’ll charge him for a whole extra day.
I was hoping for Cleavon Little’s Suede Gucchi cowboy suit.
Black tie or white tails? We need some racial transcendence.
Ted bin Perino: Perfect for the New Deal/FDR-inspired and obligatory Obama Fireside Chats:
Turnbull & Asser Smoking Jacket in burgundy velvet, with accompanying golden silk fez…
Nordstrom carries HSM suits, so if they are too pricey for you, you can just go and try on a lot for fun and then break the salesman’s heart by not buying.
JadedDIssonance: that IS very nice
schvitzatura: Oh, man, I can just imagine what Michelle wears to complement that look.
It’s not like he’s got Palin’s clothing budget, cut him some slack.
your wedding & your inauguration, yup those sound like pretty good occasions to get a new tux. i wonder how many unionized children it takes to make a fancy suit?
nmmagayar: And American Flag SPATZ!!!
Noodle Salad: no Oak is Business casual. Brazilian Walnut is formal.
Everyone notice that top hat FDR is wearing? Sure sometimes it looks a little silly on some but Presidents used to dress that way for every in inauguration from Kennedy back to I don’t know let’s say Martin Van Buren. That time-honored tradition has been lost and I desperately have been wanting to bring it back. Does anyone know an Obama advisor who can suggest he bring it back? He doesn’t have to even wear it for more than a few minutes, just carry it around so we know history is still with it. Also it’ll make him look more like Lincoln which I’m sure he won’t mind..
I’M NOT EVEN JOKING HERE PEOPLE!!
Vartan84: I think he should be in the full get-up on inauguration morning (I hope the tux is for the balls, not for the swearing in). He should copy Kennedy and Reagan in morning jacket and striped pants with and add a giant cape with a high collar that he removes with a flourish before Roberts administers the oath. Let’s make things fun and formal again (everyone since Bush I looks like they are taking office as Mayor of Kansas City).
A $695 tux? What is it? Disposable? I know he loves HSM (all his suits are by them). I’m more of a Brooks Brothers (made in the USA) man myself. Maybe he can find a tailor in DC that can get him in something slightly more daring than the standard blue suit. He’ll need a set of tails as well (for the White Tie stuff) and the top hat would look nice with that get-up. Also, Lincoln wore a stove pipe hat (not so swirly and straight up for a lot more altitude).
Also, please notice the lovely ensemble Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is turned out in…
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