You Can’t Dress Well Enough for Her
Captain Ed and Michelle Malkin note a bit of meanness from our friend Robin Givhan, the arbiter of fashion at the Washington Post and, apparently, someone for whom Republicans can never dress well. In the past, Givhan has taken her wicked axe to others suck as Dick Cheney and John Bolton.
This time, she turns her eyes to John Roberts’ wife and children and is disgusted.
There they were — John, Jane, Josie and Jack — standing with the president and before the entire country. The nominee was in a sober suit with the expected white shirt and red tie. His wife and children stood before the cameras, groomed and glossy in pastel hues — like a trio of Easter eggs, a handful of Jelly Bellies, three little Necco wafers. There was tow-headed Jack — having freed himself from the controlling grip of his mother — enjoying a moment in the spotlight dressed in a seersucker suit with short pants and saddle shoes. His sister, Josie, was half-hidden behind her mother’s skirt. Her blond pageboy glistened. And she was wearing a yellow dress with a crisp white collar, lace-trimmed anklets and black patent-leather Mary Janes. …
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Separate the child from the clothes, which do not acknowledge trends, popular culture or the passing of time. They are not classic; they are old-fashioned. These clothes are Old World, old money and a cut above the light-up/shoe-buying hoi polloi.
Why how horrible – the Roberts children actually have at least one outfit of clothing that my parent’s used to call “their Sunday best”. Of course, we’ve largely forgotten why we used to dress in our best clothes on Sundays, but no matter. That they were dressed so well and were so scrubbed and proper is just a slap in the face to those poor, poor unwashed masses that can only afford those shoes that light up in the back.
Wait…how much do those shoes cost again? Fifty dollars? Sixty? A Hundred?
Methinks Ms. Givhan saw a touch of the middle-Amerca that says when you meet the President of the United States, you don’t wear your Eric Cartman t-shirt, jeans, and old BK kicks. You definitely don’t show up wearing flip-flops no matter how comfortable they are. You wear the best suit of clothes you have, you shine your shoes, you comb your hair and if that makes you look like a Currier and Ives print, then you know your Mom would be proud of you for it.
I’m not sure what Ms. Givhan would have wanted Mrs. Roberts and her children to wear for a photo op with the President. It’s clear that had their hair been a bit mussed and were the little boys’ ties crooked, that would have drawn her ire, too, as it did with John Bolton. It appears that the only way you can actually win with Ms. Givhan in the Bush Administration is to be Secretary of State Rice and dress, in Givhan’s words, like a dominatrix.
My own guess is that no matter what Judge Roberts’ family had worn it would not have been worthy of a positive article from Ms. Givhan who isn’t quite sensitive enough yet to know how declasse it is to attack small children in a newspaper for how they dress.
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Actually, you can buy light-up shoes for young children at Walmart for $12 or so. If you like them, which I don't, I think they're ugly.
But otherwise, you're dead right about this stupid column. What kind of journalist attacks very young children and calls him- or herself professional? At the least, she owes an apology. More likely, she'll end up editor at Vogue, when ol' Nuclear Wintour finally goes away.
Poor Jack. What kind of mother dresses a young boy in an outfit that is sure to attract teasing and possibly blows from his peers?
All of them?
While it's stupid to criticize the clothes of a little kid, I really couldn't stop thinking about JFK's kids at their dad's funeral when I saw those outfits.
Have we in the VRWC lost our senses of humor? It was an entertaining column, not meant to make a political statement. People commented on John-John and Caroline back in the day. You're being pundiculous
Well, perhaps if Ms. Givhan were a bit more evenhanded in her criticism, I might find it humorous. UNfortunately, she isn't.
Apparently, only Republicans among politicians are scorn-worthy to her.
Good grief, their clothing had nothing to do with it. She couldnt handle it because they looked like the perfect WHITE, TRADITIONAL, ALL-AMERICAN family. And that was absolutely unacceptable!! So being the nasty bitch she is, she trashes kids and ridicules the parents.
I dont know how all of you feel, but im beginning to like this Judge Roberts already.
So let me get this all straight…Judge Roberts childern point to some as yet unseen character flaw because of the way they are dressed and all the while Paris Hilton is both tasteful and sets an example that we should all wish our childern to aspire to.
My only problem with the Roberts family is the fact that they brought back many painful memories of the times when my childern when that age embarrassed me. As a result of just that I have decided to be against his confirmation. Much like I don't want to be reminded of my time in Vietnam, I don't want to be reminded of all those times when my young childern did things like that to me.
But wait he is nominated to the Supreme Court…we will never see them again…..As Gilda Radner said…never mind.
Doug – I know how you feel. I have some pictures of me as a child in my photo album that would give Ms. Givhan the screaming faints.
I may have to post one of them.
Do you think Mrs. Roberts could give a few good grooming hints to the Prez' kids? I'm sure they're nice girls but their clothing is sooo tacky. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Laura asks if they can't find something more suitable than the stuff they put on.
Yeah, it's generational. But I'll be glad when this generation of young people learns to dress. Thank you, God, my kid thinks khakis and a tucked in shirt with a collar are de rigeur. I never said a word: it was his idea. He tops it off with a Yorkshire cap, of all things. That's *not* a complaint, it's amazement.
His older sister, otoh, thought denim was formal attire.
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I usually wear seersucker suits from May to Sept. Either blue, mint green or light brown. It is a rare day that at least one total stranger does not admire either my outfit or me.
Bill G-W
The clothes presented by the Robert's family looked very smart and traditional. This was obviously intended to send out the message for promoting traditional values. However It can be argued that the children's outfits suggested practicality and comfort.