First ladies are always in the spotlight. On the one hand, this gives them the right to send certain messages to the world through their images. Just as Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, does: she complements her dresses and suits with "eloquent" brooches.
On the other hand, first ladies often get into public scandals: some people find their images too frank, some find them offensive, and some find them too progressive. In the OBOZ.UA material, we have prepared a selection of outfits worn by the wives of heads of state that caused a public outcry.
Sometimes they were really fashion mistakes, and sometimes they were biased criticism. 1. Jacqueline Kennedy In July 1960, the future First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy , together with her husband, American politician John F.
Kennedy (later the 35th President of the United States), walked along the pier at the Hyannis Port Yacht Club in Massachusetts (USA). She was wearing a bright orange sweater with a cowl neck and pink capri pants. Shortly afterward , writer and editor Martha Weinman in The New York Times called the first lady's bright outfit "something that may have enormous political significance.
" She added: "This fall, the issue of the president's wife's style could be a big issue: maybe it's too much chic, or not enough...
It may well have an impact on votes." Obviously, the press representative was hinting that Jacqueline Kennedy chose bright clothes in order to be in the s.
