Is it really appropriate for Roll Call to comment on Fed nominee Janet Yellen’s clothing?

[kpete]

Is it really appropriate for Roll Call to comment on Fed nominee Janet Yellen’s clothing?
11/15/2013 9:00am by John Aravosis



Roll Call, a DC publication that covers the US Congress, ran a column yesterday in its gossip section, “Heard on the Hill,” that criticized Federal Reserve chair nominee Janet Yellen for wearing the same outfit to her nomination announcement with the President as she did yesterday to her nomination hearing in the Senate.



Here’s Roll Call, noting that Yellen wore the same black outfit to both events:

Janet Yellen with President Obama in the infamous black outfit.


Whether Janet Yellen, President Barack Obama’s latest pick to head the Federal Reserve, proves to be the financial genius our sputtering economy so desperately needs, remains to be seen.

At least we know her mind won’t be preoccupied with haute couture….

Mind you, nobody has ever accused (Heard on the Hill) of being particularly stylish. But we do manage to switch up outfits on the reg.
http://hoh.rollcall.com/somebody-spot-janet-yellen-some-new-threads/?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

More (plus amazing comments):
http://americablog.com/2013/11/really-appropriate-comment-fed-nominee-janet-yellens-clothing.html

[seabeyond]

1. of course it isnt appropriate. but further. they just look stupid. nt

[frazzled]

2. The only correct answer to this question is "No"

Would they even notice if, say, Ben Bernanke wore the same suit twice? The answer to that is "no," too.

[lunasun]

3. This is exactly why Steve Jobs and Zuckerburg were big time failures at what they attempted

plus she is already bringing down the economy by not buying more clothes = traitor


http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/10/05/steve-jobs-always-dressed-exactly-the-same-heres-who-else-does/
http://mashable.com/2012/10/02/mark-zuckerberg-clothes/

[geek tragedy]

4. I await the day a male pol gets dinged for wearing a black/gray suit on multiple occasions nt

[merrily]

5. Female celebrities these days just cannot get away with the same outfit twice.

Silly, I know, but it's just how it is.


Wait. Janet Yellen? Sorry, I thought you said Janet Jackson.

No, Roll Call is being stupid and sexist.

[PoliticAverse]

6. NewYork Magazine also cast their sarcasm at the clothing commentary...

"Both Rojas and Tutwiler are billionaires who burn each article of clothing after wearing it one time."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/janet-yellen-criticized-for-repeating-outfit.html?mid=google

[frylock]

7. ell ohh ell

[gollygee]

8. So stupid

They have to tear her down about FASHION. Like that's ever been a rule for the head of the Federal Reserve in the past. She wears a suit more than once! Isn't it a good sign to have someone who makes good financial decisions?

OK now I realize that if she didn't wear the same clothes more than once, there would be an inquiry into how much her wardrobe budget was and she'd be found incompetent for the post based on that.