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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not many flags make for stylish outfits.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

I don't see what you're talking about

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DB5B0K/paul-ross-wearing-a-union-jack-suit-at-the-itv-studios-london-england-DB5B0K.jpg

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depends in the targeted level of abstraction. If you want to be able to fly your outfit from the flag pole, yeah, not a lot of flags can be styled as outfits, because most flags are stripes and (heraldic) ordinaries. However, if you're satisfied with matching colours, the fashion world is open to you. And there's a lot in between.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just the colors is cheating. You could fly this woman and it would still be 80% to spec!

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now I feel challenged. What about a black suit with a golden yellow shirt and a red tie for Belgium or red shirt with golden tie for Germany? Would that be representative enough? What about a red dress and a green cape over the right shoulder fixed with a golden brouche, would that be Portugal enough? For UK I think of a blue suit jacket with red and white striped lapels.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's no way you can pull off a stylish Union jack outfit.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Spice Girls, about 1997ish?

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The missing button is the U.K.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

It's under the flap but ok

Damn, that jacket is stately. I'd follow just the jacket into war.

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

In this picture she looks exactly like Prince Charming from Shrek.

[–] Rokin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Looking sharp!

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Could you please explain what mean with that? Why would the CEO of Pfizer have paid for that?

EDIT 2025-03-26: Bloomcole was referring to the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizergate. It refers to when von der Leyen directly negotiated a big contract with the CEO of Pfizer with very little transparency and later refused to share any information about it.

Nobody embodies the EU’s elite-driven nature better than its incumbent president, Ursula von der Leyen. And no action of hers embodies its warped excesses better than her decision, in April 2021, to single-handedly sign off on a €35-billion deal for the purchase of 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. According to one analysis, the price per dose she agreed was 15 times higher than the cost of production β€” meaning that the EU overpaid the vaccines by tens of billions of euros. Adding fuel to the fire, the New York Times later reported that von der Leyen had personally negotiated the deal via a series of text messages and calls with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.

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