Sure, my ears were delighted listening to President Barack Obama’s final address to the nation and he looked pretty dapper in a navy blue suit and a striped tie, but it was the view of the audience that piqued my interest as a fashion fan. Whenever the camera panned away from POTUS to give a view of the crowd (catching kids sleeping, Marco Rubio making faces, or capturing Michelle Obama’s box of guests) bright colors popped on screen. Or is this a new trend, one fueled by feminism and the fact that more women than ever were in attendance at the SOTU. Christina Logothetis, a Washington, DC-based image consultant and fashion blogger for The Style of Politics, explained to Yahoo Style that women always stand out more in these situations because they have the opportunity to wear bright color. “You’re never going to see a male Representative in a red suit, but you very often see a female Representative in one,” she said.
