Cristina Kirchner and the excess of style

This wenesday, Incognito takes you to South America for a new post on the Gown Diplomacy.  Welcome to Argentina, the land of Cristina Kirchner, a president who is caracterised by ambition and style. 

In Argentina, the person at the head of the country is a woman. As if being a first lady wasn't enough for her, Cristina Kirchner, the widow of the previous president Nestor Kirchner, succeeds to her late husband at the head of the country. 

The Argentinean president,  Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

If her ascension can't be due to her closet only, it still plays an important part in the building of her image. Her favorite basic: the single-colored little dress paired with a long jacket of the same color. With or without a belt, the overall aspect is sober but effective. And her good taste doesn't escape the attention of the world who likes to inspect the outfits of this politically rising woman.

The president wears purple ginghams. All the colors matches.

A more sleek style but the same basics.

The legend has it that she owns hundreds of pairs of shoes if not one for each day. But Cristina Kirchner doesn't deny this fact, on the contrary. She claims her love for Gucci and Armani and do not pay attention to criticism. Indeed, she is sometimes called « Botox Queen » because of her perfect face, too perfect according to the Argentineans. Make-up is also a great part in the president's image. She never appears in public without make-up or her hair perfectly done. This all shows an obssession for her physical appearance which power she understood.

Perfect brushing, manucure and make-up

Cristina Kirchner uses colors a lot, her outfits are vivid colorful. Just like Queen Elizabeth II of England, she's not afraid of colors. The results is bright and it works: her outfits are the center of attention because a female politician has to have a perfect style. 

Wearing a yellow ensemble for her meeting with J.L Zapatero

A straight dress with her favorite accessory: the empire waist bet

But if she likes colors, she wore only black during her political campaign. Her husband died in 2012 and the widow Kirchner appears in dark colored outfits in expression of her grief. The people is moved by the image of this grievinng woman and her popularity rises. People can relate to her then, more than when she wears luxury brands.

C. Kirchner during her second oath in december 2010

Indeed, Mrs Kirchner's "bling-bling" image can be a problem to her political career. Her numerous pairs of shoes, her branded sunglasses and expensive outfits are as many signs of a passion for fashion that many find excessive. A female politician from the centre-left engaged in a struggle against poverty showing her wealth is interpreted as an affront for some Argentineans, not all. Even more so when there were accusations of illicit enrichment made on the   Kirchners.

However, striclty fashion speaking, the president may be wearing very expensive branded outfit, but she still stays sober in her style. Her dresses are usually sleek and straight. 
So, is she a president ont top of fashion of an excessive fashionista ? Cristina Kirchner oscillates.

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(translated from French by Absolute B.)