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Even in a world of bad fashion, Sarah Huckabee Sanders raises the bar
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is hardly alone in her sartorial missteps. Among the MAGA cohort, style seems like a calculated resistance to taste itself. Kimberley Guilfoyle and Karoline Leavitt have both faced their fair share of online ridicule, as they have appeared to view fashion as a test of how much a single look can endure. But even in these circles, Sanders’ style still manages to stand apart.
To announce the repeal of Arkansas’ state grocery tax, she debuted a bright pink iteration of the dress on X (formerly known as Twitter) — a hue so conspicuous it all but shouted over the rumored signs of her Ozempic regimen. On the occasion of her father being recognized by the Arkansas legislature, she turned to a red, leather variation, as if to underscore the occasion with material better suited to a discount rodeo. Like before, she blasted the ensemble all over social media.
Leather, it seems, holds a particular fascination for Sanders. The Capitol ensemble is hardly her only experiment; there exists, across her public appearances, a near-encyclopedic catalogue of leather offense. Each one is more mystifying than the last, and proof that Sanders needs to let go of the leather look. It would seem in fashion, much like politics, some commitments are harder to break than others.
