From scandalous pants to the sunglasses that lit up a nation, Australia’s political history is littered with fashionable missteps.
Back in 1807, hostilities were mounting between the fourth governor of the new colony, the notorious William Bligh, and the powerful and avaricious New South Wales Corps – the Rum Corps – when Bligh and his daughter Mary attended a church service.
Yet, while the pantaloons parade was also perhaps the first time fashion had a distinct bearing on events in Australia, there have been plenty more instances since. Anyone who thinks there’s no connection between fashion and politics is missing the point.debuted Moonee Ponds housewife Edna Everage in a blue floral dress and a pink twin set in 1955, it created an international legacy that will far outlive his recent death.
We came again to the globe’s attention, and in a rather more elegant manner, when Princess Diana, pregnant with Prince William, wore a koala jumper gifted to her by Jenny Kee in 1982. Unexpectedly, our flora and fauna became all the rage.Even in the 1990s, fashion was still super-charging the country. In 1993, photographer Lorrie Graham was dispatched to take a photo of Prime Minister Paul Keating in his Zegna suit, and added a pair of Ray-Bans to the ensemble.
Frequently, dress does have the kind of unintended consequences that the wearer might never predict. In 2017, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a black burqa into the Senate and, far from demonising Muslims, managed, instead, to unite all sides of politics in condemnation of her stunt.
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