#head of state

[ambreignsfan4life]

Days of Rolleigns

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[met-gala-tournament]

Round 1 - 2022 (In America: An Anthology of Fashion / Gilded Glamour) - Match 35 of 101

Danai Gurira (Head of State), left

"The custom design references the voluminous silhouettes of the 18th century. Yet Gurira, who was raised in Zimbabwe, and Abijako, who is Nigerian, also wanted to infuse their African identities into the theme. To do so, Abijako also looked to Festac '77 for inspiration—a historic international arts festival that was hosted in Lagos, Nigeria during the ’70s and brought together thousands of artists, writers, musicians, and activists from the African diaspora. “I referenced the massive silhouettes that performers wore at that festival,” says Abijako. “I wanted to pay homage to them, and the silhouettes translate to the 19th-century.” The designer also paid homage to Festac ’77 in his recent Homecoming collection, but given the Gilded Age dress code on the Met’s red carpet, Abijako wanted to highlight this aspect of African culture once again. “I couldn’t find references [in the Gilded Age] of people that look like us,” says Abijako. “We also know the historical context as to why. The most exciting part was being able to reimagine what these people looked like.” Gurira, who is a fan of Abijako’s work, felt he was the right designer to take this idea and run with it. “That post-colonial intersectionality that he speaks to, in terms of Western influence and finding your own African identity—I was like, ‘Is he reading my mind?’ He has a very rich vision,” she says. Gurira’s Met dress came together rather quickly—in about a week—and was made using Mikado, an Italian silk. “I wanted something that felt luxe,” says Abijako. Gurira was set on the royal blue colorway. “To me, it’s a very striking color,” says Gurira. “I feel it works very well on African, dark skin.” Abijako adds that the electric hue ties into the theme as well. “It’s [a color] that was actually consistent during that time period, especially in paintings.” While the design is rooted in African culture, Abijako and Gurira wanted to capture a sense of Americana given the “Anthology of Fashion” exhibition inside the Met is a celebration of American style. “The shape of the top replicates the wings of an eagle,” says Abijako. “It draws parallels to American symbolism.” That element was one of Gurira’s favorite details. “The dress feels like it’s taking flight,” she says. “It has a beautiful component to it—like you could fly.” Streamlining the bustle-like shape was also a nod to a clean, easy American sensibility. “It feels fresh and different, but playing off something we already know,” says Gurira." "Danai carries a traditional African fly whisk for the occasion. Fly whisks appear in traditional regales of monarchs and nobility on the African continent. It was important to her and Head of State designer Taofeek Abijako to highlight the culture of their shared African heritage." (x)(x)

vs. Madelaine Petsch (Moschino), right

"We played with the idea of having a really big, very Renaissancey train, but then I was like, let's keep it modern here. And have more of the moment down there. I was like, I really wanna go with the silhouette and I wanna make it modern." "“With her really fair skin and that beautiful, coppery red hair, I don’t think there’s a better person who fits that time period in this modern age,” says hairstylist Marc Mena, responsible for Petsch’s fairytale updo. “I said to her, ‘I want you to look like a painting.’ That was my inspiration.” ... For makeup artist Jen Tioseco, an early glimpse of the fabric brought her to the supply store, where she picked up 24-karat gold leaf—an understated if decadent accent that she affixed to Petsch’s eyelids." (x)(x)

Whose outfit was better?

Danai Gurira

Madelaine Petsch

Voting ended onMay 12

[beau-gar]

HEAD OF STATE SPR 26

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[lissendontjudge]

[therunwayarchive]

Oyinda at Head of State, Fall 2023

[royalty-nobility]

William I (1797-1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor

Artist: Copy after Heinrich von Angeli (Austrian, 1840-1925)

Date: 1879

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Wilhelm I

Wilhelm I (William Frederick Louis; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was regent of Prussia from 1858 to 1861 for his elder brother, King Frederick William IV. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor Wilhelm the Great.

[gamelpar]

ohmygod stockman and bishop are divorced.

[anthonybialy]

Unordered Executive

We need a president. Championship teams would have to stumble through self-guided White House tours without one. They still occur even though participants are endorsing Fourth Reich fascism and very unfunny sexist misogynistic alleged jokes by posing for a photo with the present office-filler while he holds up an unused version of a garment they wore while triumphing.

But some other unofficial tasks would remain best left unperformed. The incumbent has assigned himself other duties. We should encourage him not to perform them. It’s the law.

Life is better without a president. I guess we should technically elect one. But most of what we do doesn’t need the supervision of Donald Trump or any other megalomaniacal doofus who wants to rule over spacetime. It might occasionally be worthwhile to have someone confident come out and warn inferior nations not to mess with us. We’d enjoy more free time and everything else without the person who’s supposed to be a leader forcing ostensibly free people to, say, pay a fee for each transaction.

The most important factor in electing an executive is finding someone with a gentle touch who can tap the nuclear launch button threateningly without pressing it. Everything short of mushroom clouds over enemy cities should be left in the hands of everyone else. This is a country that’s supposedly about self-reliance. Too often, that self is the head of state.

The less Biden, the better. A prototypical Democrat showed why Democratic policies are to be avoided at every opportunity. I’d think Jolted Joe was a saboteur if I hadn’t spent decades listening to him try to be clever. I thought him not doing anything was the best hope for his term before it became clear his brain was comprised of Nickelodeon slime. I’m a hipster who thought so on the first day. People who pay attention don’t need Jake Tapper’s guidance.

It was very difficult to see that Biden was consulting with his Steve Austin action figure. I’d trust him more than Kamala. A president unraveling was history anyone paying attention saw as it happened. That counts out the media.

Discussing how his nuclear mental meltdown was an utter surprise shows journalists are as dim as Biden. Exhibiting every sign of dementia didn’t alarm those tasked with observing every presidential move. It’s not just an exaggeration of a doltish political adversary. Biden was born during World War II. What’s the excuse of those who didn’t pick up on Grandpa forgetting his address?

Biden was dumb before he went senile. Debating whether Democrats missed Biden’s obvious mushbrainery or if they lied like they do about their policies does not lead to a good result for them either way. But we should all be used to that.

This wasn’t just regular stupid Biden who plagued the early days of C-SPAN. The best excuse for missing the obvious daily update of an addled senior was that Biden. The last Democratic executive flaunted his idiocy publicly for half a century. And those using the lamest of excuses are the ones who agreed with his lunkheaded policies.

Keeping him in office when he couldn’t do the job seemed ideal. But Democrats will find a way to screw up everything. The marionette presidency led to staffers who tilt even further leftward than Biden if you wonder what enabled Trump again.

Opening the border and jail doors lets miscreants roam around in case you couldn’t guess. Wondering whether or not a professional politician and amateur everything else would have acted as deplorably if we had been cursed with his presidency in 1988 is an academic exercise. Biden would’ve failed any year.

Propping him up any time they needed him to make a cameo wasn’t quite presidential. A mysterious ruling committee was not what the Founders envisioned. Then again, neither was anything believed by anyone in the Biden White House.

The urge to have a president do nothing should be bipartisan. There’s an example in office. Trump’s best hope is to be saved from tariffs by judges who understand the Constitution and doesn’t want taxes imposed by fiat. Saving the economy is a byproduct. Voters could stop electing arrogant idiots who think they deserve boundless power then show the downside of cutting out the middleman.

An alleged business titan who needed to get elected to get people to obey might not dominate as the virile alpha stud he claims to be. The overcompensating shtick is so obvious that it seems like a trick. It’s been going on for almost as long as Biden was in office. Trump’s blatant acting is not going to stop his fan club branches from fawning over tax hikes.

The best president is forgettable. That is, the best president would be. America hasn’t been left alone by a trusting leader in recent memory, even factoring in how it’s all short-term now. How did this paragraph start? Freedom favorers yearn for a person only reminding everyone who’s in charge when some country is begging to get nuked. We aren’t supposed to constantly think of the executive. Iran used to have to do that, and now nobody can track who’s presently in charge.

We could try electing presidents who aren’t tripped up by mental infirmity or cloddish ineptness. I may be too much of an idealist. But there’s surely someone born in America who’s at least 35 equipped with sensible restraint. We only need one. A president who doesn’t harass Americans would embody patriotism if anyone forgot. Aspiring despots who can’t fasten their own buttons make the case against themselves. It’s their gift to the republic.