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@TheoVon When you read Aesop's Fables,the world is great. Standard rhythm to the story,moral lessons blah blah. Sigh,I wish the world were like that. Good on you Theo,Joe's pod was probably the best place to raise this concern.

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Depending on what you mean by "concern themselves with dress," it's not true that male leaders aren't concerned with image. In fact, many have employed a small army of tailors, stylists, fashion designers, and even makeup artists to craft their image. For instance, you can walk down Savile Row and enter any of the major tailoring shops, go towards the back of the shop, and open the historical ledger books. Therein, you'll find famous names such as Winston Churchill, Haile Selassie, and JP Morgan at Henry Poole. Or names like King Charles and Isaiah Berlin at Anderson & Sheppard. At Gieves & Hawkes, a bespoke tailoring shop known for its military attire, you'll find names such as Admiral Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington, as well as Michael Jackson, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Charlie Chaplin. In the first slide, you can see Isaiah Berlin wearing a bespoke three-piece suit made for him by Anderson & Sheppard. On the second slide, you can see a tracing of Karl Marx's foot in the ledgers of Peal & Co (a now-defunct bespoke shoemaking firm). Peal & Co made shoes for movers and shakers around the world, such as Henry Ford and John F Kennedy. One does not need to reach back to bespoke tailors and shoemakers to show the relation between image crafting and leadership. Steve Jobs developed his black turtleneck uniform in partnership with Issey Miyake. Jensen Huang has made black leather jackets his signature (some speculate that Tom Ford makes the outerwear). I once heard through the grapevine that Elon Musk also used to employ a stylist at a handsome daily rate. In 2024, I interviewed a woman who serves as former Secretary of State Antony Blinken's makeup artist. She does his makeup whenever he appears on TV or at a public event. She's also done make-up for Joe Biden, John McCain, John Kerry, Mike Pompeo, Matt Gaetz, and dozens of other important figures. We know make-up is important because it's widely believed that Nixon lost his debate against JFK because his face looked too shiny on television, making him appear shifty and nervous. In fact, it's just because he declined having a bit of powder before the cameras turned on. That may be why Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spent taxpayers' money to have a custom makeup booth set up for his personal use. It's not true that male leaders don't care about appearance. Many do, it's just that they employ tailors, stylists, and make-up artists to handle it for them. If done well, it looks effortless. They conceal this effort because fashion has been historically coded as a feminine interest, largely because women were excluded from more "serious" parts of society, such as law, academia, finance, and such. Frankly, it should be no surprise that male leaders are concerned about image because we currently have a US President who wears more makeup than a clown. Every bit of his image — the heavily padded, extended shoulders and bright red tie — are intentionally used to telegraph ideas about power and strength.