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A story on Roll Call Thursday night cast aspersions on Janet Yellen,fashion hot cat President Obama's pick to head the Federal Reserve, for,Cheap Relaxing Cherry Bikini Set on sale of all things, having an insufficiently varied wardrobe. The consensus on Twitter was that such an article would never have been written about a man.Those stories have been written about men, and they're unfailingly praised for being decisive leaders who don't waste brain power on frivolous things like fashion. Take, for example, Obama, or Mark Zuckerberg, or Steve Jobs. 

Obama famously told Vanity Fair that he wears only blue or gray suits. "You need to focus your decision-making energy," he told Michael Lewis. "You need to routinize yourself." The headlines praised him for decluttering his mind and cutting down on "nonvital" choices. " Barack Obama's Secret Weapon? Routine," read a headline in The Guardian.Zuckerberg, who wore the same Facebook T-shirt almost every day for years was lauded for saving time in the morning. "He's extremely busy,Cheap Navy Metal Chain Bikini Set on sale and picking clothes takes time out of his day that could be spent doing other things," notes a post in The Wall Street Journal. 

Meanwhile, Steve Jobs's decision to wear a black turtleneck and jeans every day had him being praised as a "fashion visionary." Jobs's uniform,Cheap Black V-Neckline One Piece Tassels Swimsuit on sale observed one writer, "has heretofore seemed less like a sophisticated sartorial choice than a savvy excercise in personal branding, a symbol of ascetic devotion to technology.cheap fashion indian costume" Acclaimed designer Ralph Ruccinhas has called it one of the most "wholly original" ideas in modern fashion.And when Ben Bernanke, Yellen's predecessor at the Fed, told Time in 2009 that he favored relatively inexpensive threads at Jos A. Bank over designer suits, he was hailed for his pragmatism.There are hundreds of powerful men on Capitol Hill, and every day they wake up and put on a suit and tie. They all look the same. Day after day after day.If you are a woman, the closest you can come to wearing a suit and tie is to wear a black dress with a fitted black jacket. That is exactly what Yellen was wearing.

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