Kitty Felde

Star Struck

Some say DC is full of celebrities…Barack Obama stepping out for a burger with Joe Biden, Jennifer Garner reading to little kids, “24” shooting down the street.

Nope. The real celebrity was walking down the halls of Congress on Wednesday, easily the most impeccably dressed man in the building.

And well he should be. Tim Gunn has advised clueless women and design impaired designers on cable television for years. What was he doing in the Capitol? Did Nancy Pelosi need some tips on how to break away from the red power jacket? Was Arlen Spector stumped about how a Democrat should dress? Perhaps the male press corps was being called in for a lecture on wearing something besides blue chambric shirts. Who knows?

The entire town should be called on the runway carpet.

It’s true what they say: fashion-wise, it’s very, very boring here. A Capitol Hill woman’s idea of comfortable work shoes is a flat with an ugly buckle across a square toe. California Congressmen and Congresswomen are the only members who regularly sport a color other than black. And then there’s the lobbyists. You can spot them easily: farmers wear checked shirts, Alzheimers activists wear purple sashes, and environmentalists wear green tee shirts.

Tim Gunn, you’ve arrived just in time!

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• May 6, 2009 5:10 PM by Kitty Felde
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