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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does Dr. Deborah Birx wear scarves?
I don't think it is a mere fashion statement. Notice how no one up there wears a mask. Maybe, as soon as she leaves the area, she makes the scarf into a mask and leaves through a side door.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)but I'm always disappointed.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)IggleDuer
(964 posts)N/T
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2020, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
No doubt it's true that we just aren't supposed to age because objects don't age.
And/or maybe she likes pieces of gorgeous fabric like silk? As a fashion accessory? Why is this so weird all of a sudden?
I see the references to her scarves all over the place. It doesn't seem to matter if she's having a good day or a bad day in her messenging, if she's seen as friend of Dr. Fauci or an enabler of DT. It so often comes down to the scarves.
This goes into my tiny mental time capsule of COVID-19 details.
Exactly.
obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)...make you more attractive by our cultural standards.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)like just a personal preference to me. Why does Al Roker wear those gaudy colored frames for his glasses? Just because he wants to, and that's OK with me.
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)JMWO. I hate the purple ones but who cares.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)eom
Hekate
(90,648 posts)...when Dr. Birx was a young professional woman, and she apparently has stuck with the fashion. She dresses very nicely.
OTOH, at least one journalist has wondered why she doesn't throttle the Liar in Chief with her scarf of the day.
Raven123
(4,829 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)murielm99
(30,735 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Jill's Pins
https://www.jillwinebanks.com/jills-pins
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)They certainly get their message across.
CatWoman
(79,296 posts)very nice ones at that
SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)What is it with this continual sexist crap!
Lighten up. It was a joke. There is little enough to joke about right now.
Raine
(30,540 posts)the wrong way lately. I will try to lighten up.
Polly Hennessey
(6,794 posts)Its a comment on someones style. We notice people in public life and what they wear. For many it is a statement of how they wish to be perceived. Clothes are what we see. If we were naked perhaps belly buttons would be of interest. We talk about tRumps ties, we talk about Joe Bidens sunglasses and bomber jacket, we talked about Hills pantsuits. Let it go. Mentioning how someone dresses is not sexist.
Demsrule86
(68,555 posts)Solomon
(12,310 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)Google Nancy Pelosi and scarf. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and scarf. Hillary Clinton and scarf.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213123276#post37
murielm99
(30,735 posts)I am glad I have scarves right now, because I do not have a mask. I cover my face with a scarf when I have to go out.
If you can't see that this was a joke, just go away.
Cha
(297,154 posts)her scarves into a mask when she left the briefing.
Too bad so many assumed you were being "sexist" or talking about her "appearance"
Pillow talk
(265 posts)Noted.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)I'm guessing she wears them because she likes them.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)PCIntern
(25,540 posts)I laughed out loud.
😄😷
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Ivanka website? Nah, I like your idea better.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Ask me about that one...Im 69.
LeftInTX
(25,259 posts)LeftInTX
(25,259 posts)She looks best in a lose fitting colorful scarf
It's an instant accessory. You can also do "wardrobe changes" by changing out a scarf. She's on air alot, so if she wears the blue paisley scarf at noon, then a red vibrant scarf later, maybe people won't notice she's wearing the same outfit.
Looks like she wore tired pearls a few years back, but it hard a tired look.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)With a nice skirt and blouse or dress. Looks great on her.
We love traveling to France and she picked the look up there. Along with most of the scarves she wears.
Im no fan of the Doctor. But have seen several post on DU about her scarves. Funny, not seen one post about what the men wear. Things that make me go hummm.
murielm99
(30,735 posts)His ties are commented on quite often. People comment on his frumpy appearance. It is not very Presidential, especially after Obama. We comment on Melania, too. There were many comments about her fake looking appearance when she was pretending to garden. We still comment about the jacket that said she really did not care. That was most inappropriate.
obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)Good lord.
Go critique Dr. F's tie.
murielm99
(30,735 posts)I am sick of the prickly people in this thread. Go away.
DeminPennswoods
(15,279 posts)Amb Yovanovich wore them, too.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)DemoTex
(25,394 posts)Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)My wife does the same, and I am often told, this another womans right to choose mater.