Barack Obama, David Cameron and numerous entrepreneurs no longer use it so often, but singers Justin Timberlake and Jay Z lead a counterattack
ByJohn Ortved
Something was missing.When Barack Obama met with Vladimir Putin in June during the G8 summit made in Northern Ireland, the friendly tone was not the only thing that shone by his absence: neither of them had put on tie.The gesture was apparently initiative of the British host and prime minister David Cameron, who pressed to relax the two -day international conference protocol.The new fashion did not go unnoticed by the British press.
However, this was far from being Obama's first public appearance without a tie."Obama uses his suit without a tie.Can you? "It was a question raised by the magazine Esquire at the beginning of your mandate.In 2011, the president granted an interview with the collapse of the unbuttoned shirt.He even convinced the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to put aside his tie during his mid -year meeting.When the most powerful president of the world in the world throws the tradition for board and establishes a new standard in fashion, it is worth asking: Has the tie died?
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