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Suiting Up Barack

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50 menswear designers sketch dream inauguration outfits.

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“With his lanky 6-foot, 2-inch frame, basketball-toned physique, and sophisticated élan, Barack Obama has all the makings of a presidential style icon”—so writes Women’s Wear Daily, which recently commissioned over 50 menswear designers to sketch out their ideal suit for Obama to wear for inauguration events.

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