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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Bows, beards, politics: Examining the messaging behind 2024 election fashion

    From Vice President Harris’ bespoke suits to Senator Vance sporting the first beard in decades, KCRW looks at the messages politicians are sending through their fashion choices.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 26, 2024 • 1 min read

    From Vice President Harris’ bespoke suits to Senator Vance sporting the first beard in decades, KCRW looks at the messages politicians are sending through their fashion choices.

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    Electric Lady Studios, abortion laws, political fashion
    1. 0:00What did Garcetti know about his aide’s reported sexual misconduct?
    2. 15:41Ohio judge rejects abortion laws, citing new constitutional protections
    3. 24:57Bows, beards, politics: Examining the messaging behind 2024 election fashionYou’re reading this
    4. 34:28‘It’s bloody magic’: Inside Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Stephen Gregory

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      Vanessa Friedman

      fashion director and chief fashion critic for the New York Times

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Electric Lady Studios, abortion laws, political fashion
    1. 0:00What did Garcetti know about his aide’s reported sexual misconduct?
    2. 15:41Ohio judge rejects abortion laws, citing new constitutional protections
    3. 24:57Bows, beards, politics: Examining the messaging behind 2024 election fashionYou’re reading this
    4. 34:28‘It’s bloody magic’: Inside Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand