India & US: A study in sartorial contrasts reflecting cultural identities

The US is now one of the world's most multi-ethnic societies. Yet when it comes to sartorial choices, everybody hews to type

The most interestingly dressed person at Donald Trump’s depressing second swearing-in ceremony earlier this week was Democratic Senator John Fetterman, who attended in shorts, hoodie and sneakers, oblivious to the sub-zero temperatures that brought the event inside the Capitol for only the second time in 40 years. Sadly, it was the First Lady’s Mafiosi pork-pie hat and buttoned-up English Governess black suit that attracted all the comment. At the very least, she upstaged Fetterman in the comic relief department. As a former model, the inscrutable Melania’s attire — she certainly played to form here — has  been the subject of