Kamala Harris Pyer Moss Moment Is About Much More Than a Coat
Kamala Harris Pyer Moss Moment Is About Much More Than a Coat
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Earlier this month, we wrote about the fact that women in politics will always be judged based on what they wear. While I m not suggesting Kamala Harris is an avid Highsnobiety reader, the Vice President-elect s latest fashion choice shows she s embodying this thesis in a huge way.
At yesterday s Covid memorial, President-elect Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, along with Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC to honor the more than 400,000 American lives lost to the pandemic so far. It was a somber occasion and a display of the grace and solidarity that has been missing from American leadership for four years. The classic camel coat that Harris chose to wear for the occasion was also a mark of solidarity. The piece is by Pyer Moss-founder Kerby Jean-Raymond, the Black desi