Barack O-boring
It would be true to say that most inhabitants of Western society had high hopes for Obama, give or take a few Republicans, KKK members and the like. And women everywhere were surely swooning at the sight of a president that was oh so easy on the eye and not in a pathetic silver fox kind of way. But for a politician so cutting edge in many ways - one that actually inhales his marijuana - why the decision of 'breaking with' one of the very, very few fun diplomatic traditions?
The APEC summit has been famous for leaders of nations dressing up in the host country's traditional dress. This has provided photos dripping with comedy gold (my personal favourite: George Bush in a poncho) and yet this year, on an island synonymous with clothing, there won't be a Hawaiian shirt in sight. Obama may quite rightly be following the number one quirk's rule of fashion - to dress how you feel. If an economic corporation were to follow this to the letter I can imagine even mourning suits wouldn't cut it and orange jumpsuits would be shipped in from Guantanemo. Or maybe the decision is for his own self-preservation: no longer the cocky young new boy but the serious incumbant that has an electoral campaign to run. And win.
Perhaps on a more trivial note, the situation begs the question of 'what if it had been any other state of America?' Cowboy hats and Levis in Texas? Abercrombie and Fitch in California? Carrie's Sex and the City main-sequence tutu in New York? America just does not appear to have a cohesive traditional dress. Perhaps if they were to design one they could incorporate a McDonalds uniform into it somehow. Or a bumbag. But that's for another blog post.
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