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With election day less than a month away, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is hitting the campaign trail to stump for Republican candidates. On Wednesday he’ll be in Virginia with Senate candidate Ed Gillespie and congressional hopeful David Brat. He’ll be in New Hampshire on Thursday with former Sen. Scott Brown. He’s been in North Carolina with Rep. Walt Jones and Senate nominee Thom Tillis, and Kansas with Sen. Pat Roberts and Gov. Sam Brownback.
But for Paul, fall is about something more than just laying the groundwork for a 2016 presidential campaign. It’s turtleneck season.
He’s taken his licks in the past. An otherwise flattering profile in Vogue mocked his “dad jeans” and “notorious sartorial taste.” That’s one way of looking at it. Another—more accurate—way of looking at it is that Rand Paul is the leading fashion visionary of DC, nay, the world. The Nebuchadnezzar of Normcore, Sultan of the Sartorial, the Thelonius of Threads.
Here’s a quick guide.
Pleated khakis, blue-grey Polo Ralph Lauren sweater, black turtleneck, in October 2010:
Billy Suratt/Apex MediaWire/ZUMA
Black blazer, black turtleneck, button, January 2012:
Charles Dharapak/AP
Blazer, black turtleneck, Ray-Bans. Burger by In-N-Out. En route to the Reagan library in 2013:
Rand Paul/Facebook
Olive-green sweater vest, black turtleneck, button, while discussing the mythical NAFTA Superhighway in Montana, winter 2008:
fatkidinabucket/YouTube
Trenchcoat, split-pea vest, black turtleneck:
Metallic tan blazer, black turtleneck, while discussing taxation on Kentucky Tonight in 2008:
Kentucky Tonight/YouTube
Pleated khakis, black blazer, metallic blueberry on creamsicle, fall 2010:
Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader/ZUMA
Royal denim shirt with gold-standard combo:
Billy Suratt/ZUMA
Christmas:
Boston Liberty Project/YouTube
Technicolor dreamcoat while grabbing lunch with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), August 2014:
Matt Hildreth/YouTube
Blazer, tie, JNCO jeans, 2012:
Charles Dharapak/AP
Candy-striped belt with JNCOs:
Jeff Blake/The State/ZUMA
So where does he get his style from? We’ve got one guess:
Charles Dharapak/AP
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