And now for something completely different…
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as you may know, is visiting India.
While the trip has geopolitical implications — especially for India — a couple of stories in the Indian media on an altogether different topic have caught my eye.
India’s Mail Online has run two dispatches — so far — on Yingluck’s sartorial choices. They’re here and here.
The most recent story, from today, is headlined “Thailand’s Prime Minister scales down glam quotient.” It begins:
Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra continued with her demure dressing style on Wednesday, the second day of her visit to India.
Already having received a lot of attention for her fashion choices and immaculate hair and make-up abroad, especially on diplomatic tours like this one – her dressing style was recently discussed in the Indonesian Parliament, making her blush profusely – Shinawatra has decidedly been low-key on her fashion quotient on this visit.
We saw a dash of glamour during her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh early in the day – Shinawatra was dressed in a knee-length black skirt teamed with a dull ivory gold doublebreasted jacket. But she was quick to get into a boring pantsuit for her trip to Agra later in the day.
(All emphasis mine.)
(Image: Reuters/Mail Online.)