FakeBook for politicans - Very Funny!

Sent in from kind FiP reader Ivor. Follow the link and keep on clicking; this is very funny!

http://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/statisch/fakebook/2

Oliver Stone + Hugo Chavez = American nightmare

Oliver Stone, the man who brought you the W movie, is back with South of the Border, a film where Stone interviews five South American heads of states about the situation in the countries and their relationship with the US. Next up, we hear, is Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...can't wait!

Ah-Ma-Dinner-Jacket + a noose = Perfect

Ahmenejad Uniform

Another picture from the campaign trail in Iran. Note how Ahmenejad's helper behind him wears the exact same outfit as the (outgoing?) President...Is this some sort of party uniform?

Fashion in Politics interview on Viceland.com

http://www.viceland.com/fashion/2009/05/some-people-really-want-to-be-judged-on-appearances/#more-3332

Whatever people claim, when it comes down to it, fashion is all about making people like you. Even if your personality smells like a glove compartment full of arseholes, you’re only one sexy pair of jeans away from popularity and power. Everybody says they hate politicians, but in reality most politicians are actually pretty good at getting people to like them – so much so that they get to control the world. Obviously, then, they use fashion to help their dominance. David Hellqvist links the two on his blog, Fashion In Politics.


Why it took so long for some blogger to link the two is anyone’s guess. Hellqvist’s blog uses all that crap we know about fashion to try and decode the inner-mind of all those people with egos so big they want to rule us — otherwise known as politicians.

Vice: Being interested in fashion and politics is pretty unusual. Most fashion people are pretty scared of politics, right?
David Hellqvist: Yeah, that’s because traditionally fashion designers aren’t meant to interfere in politics. The thing is, most politicians don’t understand what a powerful way of communicating fashion is, except the despots and dictators, of course.

Can fashion ever really be political?
A lot of the time fashion is square and predictable, but sometimes it’s anarchic and rebellious, which are political things. It’s easy to print slogans on t-shirts like Vivienne Westwood does, but that’s boring. The political standpoint should be made by the wearer, not the designer. For example, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wears a beige windbreaker and a white shirt to try and make out he’s one of the people, while Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is a master at showing off his socialistic convictions by wearing a red beret or a red lambs wool pullover .

Why did you set up the blog?
People say they find politics boring but they do care about who the people leading them are. Fashion is a big part of that cult of personality and celebrity. So I wanted a blog where I could write about all of that.

Do you wish you were a politics writer?
No, a politician! I’d style myself on Fidel Castro or Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, but not in terms of politics, obviously. I would rock the Fidel look with some khaki combats on my days off and wear a Pinochet-esque black cape from YSL for state openings. Throw in a pair of Cutler & Gross sunnies and I’m all set to go.

Who are the most stylish people in politics?
The evil politicians always outdo the good ones when it comes to style. People like the Ugandan leader (and rumoured cannibal) Idi Amin. Or Jean Bedel Bokassa, the ruler of the Central African Republic in the 60s, who spent a third of his country’s budget on his crowning ceremony and declared himself Jesus’ 13th apostle, or Zaire’s leopard-print loving leader Mobuto Sese Seko. But it’s not just dead despots who make snappy dressers. Muammar Al-Gaddafi is always matching his hats and dresses and North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, with his comedy hair, platform shoes and amazing over-sized sunglasses. Sometimes he even turns out in just his bathrobe — that’s a dictator with sartorial attitude.

DARYOUSH HAJ-NAJAFI

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad votes on X-Factor

All is well in Iran. Previous news on this blog about the failed health of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are clearly false.

Here he is in his prime, together with his closest advisers, priests, mass-murderers and mates in what appears what to be the very last episode of last years X-Factor. How do I know? Well, the subtitles above Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says "Allah is Great but Alexandra Burke is Better. Go Gurl!"

Get Well Mahmoud (or die)

These are not great days for rogue leaders. Both Kim Jong-il and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are feared to be unwell. The North Korean's health has been discussed here before and his status is still unwell. Mahmoud is, apparently, burnt out. The poor bugger has been working hard in his wind breaker, at least to look like a taxi driver on lunch break. 

His outfit is a clever attempt to fit into his electorate and to be 'one of them'. It's clever because, unlike Kimmy, Mahmoud is popularly elected and has to win the next election, scheduled for 2009. We say: Good health to you (kind of) and get yourself a tailor while you're at it...