For Obama, the tan suit controversy became a topic to joke about at future events. Ultimately, the controversy came to be seen as petty and trivial. Still others said that the tan suit controversy was overshadowing the greater implications of the conference, and of the U.S. It's boring as hell." Multiple news outlets pointed out how presidents in the past had also worn tan suits, including Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Fashion designer Joseph Abboud, who had made suits for the president before, praised Obama for the decision, saying that "You don't want to look the same every day of your life. The day after the press conference, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that Obama felt pretty good about his decision to wear the suit. Smith which featured a prominent taupe rug and furnishings in similar muted colors, playfully criticized by Arianna Huffington among others. Reagan wearing a tan suit on the South Lawn, 1988Ĭonservative critics of Obama joked about the tan suit, making a play on words of Obama's "yes we can" and "the audacity of hope" phrases into "yes we tan" and "the audacity of taupe." The latter phrase, a take on the title of Obama's presidential campaign book, was recycled from media coverage of a 2010 Oval Office redecoration by Michael S. I mean, you have the world watching." According to conservative Justin Sink of The Hill, most people viewed Obama's fashion choice to be a mistake. Republican Representative Peter King of New York called Obama's wearing of the suit while talking about the economy instead of terrorism unpresidential, and stated that "There's no way, I don't think, any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday. There was significant backlash from some conservative circles. Īt the time, the unusual attention given to a male leader's fashion choices was contrasted with that of his 2008 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's "regular experience" as a woman in politics.
The suit received mixed reviews from a fashion perspective. The controversy was seen in the context of the slow news season before the run-up to the 2014 election campaign. Ī light-colored suit is considered casual summer wear and such attire was seen by conservative media outlet Fox News as inappropriate due to the casual nature of the outfit and the gravitas of the subject matter. During the conference he wore a tan suit, which up until that point was uncommon for Obama to do.
had yet to develop a plan regarding the removal of ISIS, and talked extensively about his concerns in the region. At the conference, Obama said that the U.S. On August 28, 2014, Obama held a press conference about the situation regarding ISIS in Syria, and how the US military was planning to respond to it.
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