Showing posts with label Dictator Chic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dictator Chic. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2010

Dictator Chic: Pinochet

Of the 20th Century's Tin-Pot Dictators Augosto Pinochet clearly ranks at or near the top in terms of his sartorial sensibilities. Hell, you can almost understand why the CIA backed him: capes, double-breasted suits, a healthy dose of embroidery. He comes off more like your well-appointed grandfather who was Commodore of the Yacht Club than as a brutal dictator.