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]]>Designer Nina McLemore knows how to dress to impress. Her clients have included Elena Kagan, Maxine Waters Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, and others. She explains why clothes matter for candidates, and why that could be an advantage for the female contenders.
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]]>Nina McLemore designs clothes for powerful women: Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Janet Yellen, Elena Kagan and others. She talks about how fashion can help women stand out in political office.
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]]>Nina McLemore doesn't dress the weak.
Her clientele is a roster of the Beltway starting lineup: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, journalist Gwen Ifill, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. At least a quarter of female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, including PepsiCO Chief Executive Indra Nooyi, have appeared publicly in McLemore's clothing, according to a 2014 story in The Wall Street Journal.
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]]>It’s an unfair and brutal truth: “The more women talk, the more men turn off,” says Nina McLemore. “One of the challenges for women is to learn to say fewer words in a lower voice.” [...]
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]]>Nina McLemore has dressed some of the most powerful women in the world, from Hillary Clinton to PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Her work has established her as the go-to designer for women seeking style that complements, rather than distracts, from their authority. A former executive at Liz Claiborne, McLemore grew up in Mississippi, studied economics in college, and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University. In 2001, she launched her own self-titled label, offering timeless staples that were damage resistant, flattered all shapes and sizes, and appealed to women looking for a revamped, high-end alternative to the pantsuit. Today, McLemore has 14 stores across the country. Here, the 69 year-old designer shares her inspirations [...]
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]]>You won't hear her name at Fashion Week or in red carpet coverage. But Nina McLemore designs for some of the most influential and affluent women in America: Hillary Clinton, DuPont Co. CEO Ellen Kullman, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman [...]
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]]>Exiting a television appearance recently, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill stopped and had a laugh. They were wearing nearly identical blue jackets by a designer named Nina McLemore [...]
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]]>Attending a Washington trunk show of fashion designer Nina McLemore is not like stepping into Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. Instead of bright lights, shiny floors and overzealous salespeople, McLemore’s Georgetown row house, which doubles as her showroom, is like taking a brief respite from a hectic day. [...]
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