Capitol Fashion Police Arrests: Dana Milbank
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
The U.S. Capitol Police has a very important mission: “preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts,” in and around the U.S. Capitol Building — except when those acts involve congressmen and lobbyists. The Capitol Police is the inspiration for our latest Wonkette feature, “Capitol Fashion Police,” in which we will go out — okay, not really, you’ll just email us photos — and heap scorn upon violators of the laws of fashion.
It’s true that when it comes to style, no one would confuse Washington with Milan, Paris, or New York. We live in the nation’s political capital, not its fashion capital. New York boasts the finest fashion writers the glossy mag world has to offer, and we have… Robin Givhan. Our Gotham-based, style-conscious sister offers up the undeniably fabulous Looking at the Look Book, and we give you the admittedly lame “Capitol Fashion Police.”
Be that as it may, clearly some fashion standards, however low, must be enforced in this city. And who better to set them than a bunch of pajama-clad bloggers?
Today’s victim, er, subject, is Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, who showed up on MSNBC to discuss the Dick Cheney hunting incident looking like this:
Michelle Malkin and Tom Elia argue that Milbank’s stunt raises questions about the objectivity of his journalism. Journalistic ethics? Pish posh! We’re more concerned about his fashion transgressions.
After the jump, we execute a “fashion police arrest” upon Dana Milbank, with the able assistance of Ana Marie Cox, Wonkette Emerita.
The U.S. Capitol Police has a very important mission: “preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts,” in and around the U.S. Capitol Building — except when those acts involve congressmen and lobbyists. The Capitol Police is the inspiration for our latest Wonkette feature, “Capitol Fashion Police,” in which we will go out — okay, not really, you’ll just email us photos — and heap scorn upon violators of the laws of fashion.
It’s true that when it comes to style, no one would confuse Washington with Milan, Paris, or New York. We live in the nation’s political capital, not its fashion capital. New York boasts the finest fashion writers the glossy mag world has to offer, and we have… Robin Givhan. Our Gotham-based, style-conscious sister offers up the undeniably fabulous Looking at the Look Book, and we give you the admittedly lame “Capitol Fashion Police.”
Be that as it may, clearly some fashion standards, however low, must be enforced in this city. And who better to set them than a bunch of pajama-clad bloggers?
Today’s victim, er, subject, is Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, who showed up on MSNBC to discuss the Dick Cheney hunting incident looking like this:
Michelle Malkin and Tom Elia argue that Milbank’s stunt raises questions about the objectivity of his journalism. Journalistic ethics? Pish posh! We’re more concerned about his fashion transgressions.
After the jump, we execute a “fashion police arrest” upon Dana Milbank, with the able assistance of Ana Marie Cox, Wonkette Emerita.
