Fashion Ain't Cheap

Our favorite, Sarah Palin, has spent over $150,000 on her campaign wardrobe, provided by the Republican National Committee. I understand that candidates have to look presentable on the campaign trail--it's like going to a job interview, really--but over a hundred thousand dollars? On clothes? In the last two months?

They probably should have spent more of that money on teaching Palin the issues.

Also in the total were "a few purchases at Pacifier, a top notch baby store, and Steiniauf & Stroller Inc., suggesting $295 was spent to accommodate the littlest Palin to join the campaign trail." Only the best for baby Palin! If the baby can't hack it in his old gear, he doesn't deserve to be the First Baby!

Booth Moore, the LA Times fashion critic tries to joke about it, saying:

"Palin's clothes came from retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus and Barneys New York, and expenses included nearly $5,000 for hair and makeup. Maybe this is actually her one-woman economic stimulus plan. Lord knows the retail sector needs it."

Then they go to on to add:

"Still, voters must find it unfathomable for Palin, who has been presented as a woman “like us,” to spend that kind of money on clothes in these difficult financial times, to see her speaking so passionately about Joe the Plumber while plumbing campaign coffers for Valentino jackets and pencil skirts. And yet, they’ve eaten it up, tittering on chat sites about Palin’s Kawasaki eyeglass frames and her Naughty Monkey red peep-toe pumps."

Do I think Palin dresses well? You bet. Would I rather have a VP who dressed in clothes from Target and actually knew what she was talking about. Heck yeah! It is unfathomable for Palin to claim she's "Main Street America" and yet spends that much on her work wardrobe. I hope these voters who are swayed by fashion forget what day election day is.

I'm sure Tim Gunn would agree.