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Men in turtlenecks
Politicians, dare more!
No shirt, no problem: Justice Minister Marco Buschmann
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The turtleneck is back. More and more top politicians are wearing it. There’s a good reason for that. But our author sees a problem there.
Spring is approaching and with it a fashionable change of season. After Easter rest means for top German politicians: dare to do more, please! The turtleneck sweater can go back in the closet. He made his appearance.
Yes, you read that right, the wheelchair is experiencing a late politicization. Its comeback as an elegant piece of clothing has reached cabinets and parliaments. More and more men of power are hiding their necks in tube collars. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann wears it, as does Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow, and so does Vice-Vice Chancellor Christian Lindner. Even Juso boss Philipp Türmer doesn’t dress in a class-conscious, classic way.
Juso boss Philipp Türmer
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The turtleneck sweater knows no dilemma
When it comes to the color combination with a jacket, most politicians remain conservative and monochrome: blue on blue, black on black. No experiments! In political color theory, the turtleneck tends to be yellow. They particularly like him at the FDP. Which may be because the neck of the traffic light coalition is particularly thick there. Of course, a neck covering like this helps to hide all the frustration.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner
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Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow
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Even better, the wheelchair trend can be explained by the practical problems of modern men. After all, everything used to be simpler. Suit, tie, done. But who still likes to wear a tie these days? Even Friedrich Merz is said to have been spotted without one. In front of the mirror, people are now always faced with the second button dilemma. Open or closed? Actually he has to go. Otherwise they look like insurance brokers, nothing half and nothing whole. On the other hand, Reiner Haseloff can’t just walk around like David Hasselhoff. Open up to the chest hair quickly appears dubious. What to do?
The wheelchair knows no dilemma. It only has one problem: it’s seasonal.