Kennedy, and offering to move the United Nations to Libya to reduce jet lag for fellow dignitaries. Western is so last season: The president of Iran is not one for frills, opting instead for a relaxed minimalist aesthetic, what you might call "dictator business casual. His distaste for ties probably says more about Iranian dress code than any American-style attempt to identify with the common man.
In Iran, ties, no matter how chic, are frowned upon. Either way, those smoldering eyes and ever-present five-day stubble make Mahmoud our kind of roguish. Their classic olive-green and biege military uniforms , clearly pulled from some Batcave-like closet filled with rows upon rows of identical outfits, have been adopted across the globe.
Fidel, in his twilight years, occasionally dresses down a bit, perhaps reflecting his attempts to transform himself from pariah to statesman. Maybe it's just the elastic waistband: These days, you can even see the former Commandante rocking a Carl Lewis-like tracksuit.
Power and pocket squares: Only a true fashion icon keeps it together during the worst of times. After leading the fight for an independent Zimbabwe then called Rhodesia , Robert Mugabe dressed the part, heralding a responsible new era of African leadership that both looked to the West while embracing independence.
Let's just put it this way: This isn't exactly great advertising for living out your years wrapped in the communist dream. I really can't tell if Eyadema was rocking the clip-on shades or just needed to add some gold bling to his plastic black frames. Eyadema was the ruler of Togo for 38 years, winning numerous uncontested elections and rigging the rest.
What people don't realize when they misappropriate the word "hipster" is that it was originally coined by Arafat to encompass the individual elements of his style: military, tribal and nouveau riche all in one. Fashion aside, Arafat left an extremely controversial legacy. He did have one irrefutably dictatorial touch: he was massively corrupt, having amassed over a billion dollars in stashed wealth during his reign at the expense of continually-degrading Palestinian economic conditions.
One of the younger gents on our list, Nkunda prefers to be called The Chairman—a fitting title considering I'm not so sure he's not a cyborg. While not a dictator per se he's a product of the horrors of the Congo, having alternately been a general in the Armed Forces of the DRC and a rebel warlord.
But, like anyone involved in the unspeakable horrors Congolese conflicts, his small army has been accused of rape, murder and pillaging. Gaddafi, man, that cat had style. He mostly stuck with the frameless J-Lo style or the futuristic Eurogoggles he's rocking here. Shades were a key element of him styling himself "the Brother Leader" even as he turned Libya into what the UN once called a "pariah state. Who else did you expect? However, why do those dictators always wear sunglasses?
Sunglasses protect eyes from UV rays of sunlight and are also a kind of trendy accessories. Nonetheless, chasing the fashion might not be the top choice of dictators. The origin of sunglasses can be traced back to 12 th century in China, but only law enforcement officers wear them for shading eyes while listening to the confession in order to hide their expressions and maintain a fair public image.
In the 18 th and the 19 th century in the U. The historian Vanessa Brown explained in her book Cool Shades, which analyzes the history of sunglasses, that the men at that time used this glass to show their calm and seriousness.
The researchers from University of Toronto found out that the pedestrians with sunglasses have less chance to donate to beggars on the street, and the study indicated that the function of sunglasses to hide the identity and expressions encourages immoral behaviors in another way. Similarly, the sharp-edged, horn-rimmed glasses of Mobutu Sese Seko, the late dictator of Zaire, seemed to invoke every awful possibility of spear and bone. Mugabe has moved toward more modest wire frames, and Kim has been photographed without any glasses at all.
Nowadays innovations in totalitarian eyewear perch solely on the enigmatic beak of Muammar al-Qaddafi. In public appearances the sunglasses are there, too. A recent meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy saw him offset his white tuxedo and black silk shirt with a pair of large black frameless glasses sporting a prominent gold nose bridge.
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