Sequined showgirl vests. A fur chubby punched up with some ticky-tacky stickers. Psychedelic-printed hoodies. No, this isn’t a Miley Cyrus concert — not even a Jeremy Scott runway show. This is the Iowa caucuses, where the outré outfits of patriotic politicos are going further than any red carpet and couture runway.
Of course, political rallies have long been bastions of exuberant, if misguided, style — remember those Tea Party rallies? But this election cycle’s most daring dressers have been on point. It started with Lena Dunham, and her retro, not-quite-ironic Hillary schoolgirl-jumpers, a callback to the Richard Nixon paper dress. But things have gotten only more avant-garde from there: Fans mixing high and low, hipsters showing up in their ugliest-but-coolest duds, and lots of gonzo stuff that you could imagine Miley Cyrus wearing at a rave.
New Hampshire, start planning your outfits: you have a lot to live up to!