The New York Times reports on Sarah Palin’s new $150,000 wardrobe paid for by the Republican National Committee. One important point they make:
The Republicans spent about $150,000 on a clothing makeover for Ms. Palin and her family, according to financial disclosure forms. But looking at the before-and-after photos, it was not readily apparent what Ms. Palin got, exactly, from her shopping spree at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
What the number $150,000 suggests is that Ms. Palin traded up to designer versions of the clothes she wore before stepping onto the national stage, a surprising implication for a candidate who emphasizes her appeal to working-class voters.
Take for instance, this picture:
Those are Cole Haan boots she is wearing. I think this boot:
That’s a $600 pair of boots!
So how are those small town values holding up folks?
The boot is actually this one:
http://www.colehaan.com/colehaan/catalog/product.jsp?productId=191640&categoryId=300255&productGroup=191639
still, though, $495 is not cheap!!! gosh, I wish I could afford boots like those.
By: Lili on October 23, 2008
at 9:33 am
Hey, all the most fashionable Nazis are wearing them.
You wouldn’t want her to feel out of (goose) step, would you?
By: Mark N. on October 23, 2008
at 6:10 pm
Nice boot, but totally wrong heel. Hers is better.
By: Jaime on October 24, 2008
at 9:15 pm
Doh! Thanks Jaime. I forgot to look at the heel.
By: Daniel on October 24, 2008
at 9:55 pm
Take a look at both of those boots??? The heel is a dead giveaway. The ones she is wearing are closer to the Sierra Air still pretty pricy for a joe 6 pack hockey mom.
By: D J on October 24, 2008
at 11:17 pm
I actually believe her when she says most of the clothes are on the campaign airplane, so she can be prepared for all possibilities. I think it was overreacting ($150K at Neiman Marcus and Saks 5th Avenue?) but not entirely inappropriate – they could have dropped a zero and gone somewhere else. (I couldn’t tell as Trig Palin was being passed around at the convention among various Palins and McCains that his outfit ran over $100. Something about the lack of light.)
But it’s not like the campaign has its spending priorities that straight – they’ve paid Palin’s makeup artist more than the campaign’s national security adviser.
By: John Taber on October 25, 2008
at 12:06 pm
The boot labeled as a $600 pair of boots does not look like the much more attractive pair she is wearing in the picture. As a bootlover, I believe there should be a public fund of taxpayers dollars for each American woman to freely use in buying herself nice, fashionable boots.
By: nathan on October 26, 2008
at 8:40 pm