Why Hillary Clinton's Style Faux Pas Is Awesome

Monday, May 14, 2012 Why Hillary Clinton's Style Faux Pas Is Awesome When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed up in Bangladesh last week sans makeup or a freshly blown-out 'do, the predictable backlash from snarky news outlets said she looked "tired and withdrawn," to quote Fox News. But, then, the story turned. As the so-called faux pas went viral, all sorts of people lined up in support of the incredibly hard-working secretary of state's right not to look 100 percent made up all the time. Women spoke out to defend Clinton and other female political figures, who are expected to labor at demanding jobs and still look great in a 24-hour news cycle. In that unscripted moment, Clinton had conveyed that she had much more important things on her mind than eye liner. PHOTOS: Will & Kate Steal A Kiss! Kim's New Photo Shoot Raises Eyebrows Yet Another Model Joins The Mommy Club PHOTO: Katherine's Questionable Mother's Day Outfit How Jessica's Turning Pregnancy Into Profit BLOG POSTS Adriana Lima: St. Damien's: A Mother's Story After meeting the Haitian leadership at St. Damien's and St. Luke's Hospitals, I can tell you first hand that there is a great deal to be hopeful about in Haiti. Mary Orlin: Cut From the Same Cloth? An Impossible Conversation Between Prada and Schiaparelli on Fashion These two designers are both Italian, but Schiaparelli worked in the 1930s to 1950s and Prada designs today. The exhibit plays up their similarities and contrasts, in both their clothing designs and in the imagined dialogue between the two women. Roseanne Colletti: Gossip Gram: Summer Style Roseanne Colletti is joined by Christina Anderson, Fashion Editor of Huffington Post Stylelist, to talk about the hottest trends for spring and summer and how you can wear them! Matthew David Hopkins: 5 Tips for a Mother's Day Breakfast She'll Remember Forever Create a luxurious, leisurely morning for mom, where she can relax in bed for hours -- and come out feeling truly pampered. Lea Lane: My Sassoon Moment Reading of Vidal Sassoon's death, I remembered with much fondness and wonder that time in England when I lived on Wild Hatch. I could see myself sitting in the candlelit salon on the High Street, emerging with the odd, experimental hairstyles.

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