In January 2015, Obama and his wife Michelle visited India. In this trip, the most eye-catching person is not the Obamas, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who just took office in May last year. His colorful and even "flowery" costumes overshadowed Michelle's limelight time and time again.
Michelle followed the designer-wearing principle and chose a blue-and-white checkered dress with blue flowers designed by the Indian-born designer. However, this hidden thought is no match for the large coral shawl decorated with paisley print on Modi's shoulders.
Modi's Vest has long been known to everyone, but such a conspicuous vermillion color, paired with an off-white shawl, completely beats Michelle's white-bottomed purple floral skirt.
On the day of the 66th Indian Republic Day Parade Ceremony, Modi’s headscarf almost occupied everyone’s attention. This variation of the Indian turban is also something that outsiders have never seen before.
However, these are not Modi’s most evocative costumes. On January 26, Modi and Obama held talks at Hyderabad House. On that day, the navy blue stand-up collar suit worn by Modi suddenly became the focus of attention.
If you think this is just a regular toothpick striped jacket, you are wrong. Take a closer look at the picture below:
It turns out that those stripes are actually arranged by Modi’s names! The letters Narendra Damodardas Modi were woven into the navy blue fabric with gold threads, and were densely arranged in rows, making them look like ordinary toothpick patterns from a distance.
pocket square is also a big highlight. The plaid is British style, but the red, blue and white colors are American.
Even the president of a big country like Obama has never tried such "well-designed" clothing. On the contrary, this kind of subtly designed clothing has appeared on some leaders of countries in Asia and Africa, which makes people wonder what their choices are.
Modi won the Indian election in May 2014 and became the Prime Minister of India. After taking office, Modi's strong foreign policy has attracted a lot of attention in the world political arena. In particular, India has chosen a strategy to check and balance China in many regions: including improving relations with Japan and Vietnam and competing for China's construction project in Chittagong, Bangladesh. All these measures make the United States very happy, which is why Obama went to India for a return visit just a few months after Modi's visit to the United States, to win over India, enhance relations between the United States and India, and thereby restrict China's influence in Asia. develop.
But Modi is by no means a simple politician who is easy to win over. Think about his accusations against China during his visit to Japan; during his visit to China this year, he gave a speech in Hindi in Shanghai. Everything reflects his and India’s sense of existence: You can’t ignore us, just like you can’t ignore us. I have the same name on my clothes.
This hug was enough for Obama to see clearly the hidden meaning of Modi’s clothes: it is not that easy to please India.
Generally speaking, people who spend a lot of money to customize clothing with their names embedded in it are often people who are in high positions and are successful. Tom Benson, owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints, also wore such a suit in Super Bowl XLVI in 2010, as the Saints defeated Indiana 31-17 that day. The Polis Colts successfully won the championship and became the only New Orleans team to win the North American Professional Sports League championship.
Monogram originated during the reign of Queen Victoria, when it appeared as the Queen's secret character. As time went by, everyone from the royal family to the common people liked to use this monogram pattern as a symbol of themselves. The rules for making a Monogram at that time were also very simple: for men, the first letters of their names should be arranged in order and the size should be the same; for women, the first letter should be placed on the left, the second letter should be placed on the right, and the third letter needs to be enlarged. Centered between the other two letters.
Nowadays, Monogram is no longer limited to the combination of initial letters. It can also be called Monogram by using words or full names as decorations.
Interestingly, when Prince William and Kate got married, they had to make a batch of wedding souvenirs, and these souvenirs needed to be engraved with a Monogram pattern composed of the names of the two people. However, if according to the traditional arrangement of boys first and girls second, the combination of the initials of their names will become WC (William and Catherine)!
How can such an unelegant abbreviation be used for the prince and princess! ?
So, the royal family had to put Kate's name above William's, and it looked like this:
Is this the legendary "phoenix above, dragon below"? (Reporter Chang Junli, editor Lin Jing, reported by Xinhua International Client)
