A reader asked our fashion critic: "Why do men, especially in D.C., suddenly seem so taken with electric blue suits? Is this a MAGA trend? Or something broader?" nyti.ms/44sjIL5
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No brown in town (men & shoes).
jul 1, 2025, 6:30 am • 0 0 • view
Am I the only one who thinks these are dark blue and not bright blue?
jun 30, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
They’re copyingTrump and his lack of style. Soon, they’ll all start combing strands of greasy hair over their balding heads, smearing orange make-up on facial frontage, & sneering frequently.
jun 30, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s maga.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Soylent Blue
jun 30, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Why show a picture with zero men in it. These are fascists.
jun 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 21 0 • view
So they can ruin the color blue too. Even the red white and blue flowers at Home Depot look ridiculous now.
jun 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
At least his X account pic shows him behind bars.
jun 30, 2025, 8:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Those shiny Chinese suits are from the Trump Signature Collection?
jun 30, 2025, 7:57 pm • 1 0 • view
He wasn’t seated front and center at the popes funeral, so brite royal blue had to do.
jun 30, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
At least it is not tan, god forbid!
jun 30, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump trying to cover his blue suit faux pas at the Pope's funeral
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 4 0 • view
I bought a new blue suit because my wife likes it. End of story.
jun 30, 2025, 8:19 pm • 0 0 • view
As utterly irrelevant as when the press prattle on about what female politicians are wearing. Nobody gives a f**k.
jun 30, 2025, 10:29 pm • 3 0 • view
jun 30, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
jun 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Because blue is a nice color
jun 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Especially royal blue.
jun 30, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
The question answers itself
jun 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 7 0 • view
Because black is terrible except at funerals or heist movies and gray looks bad on TV. This is the second season of Trumps west wing celebrity cabinet edition. Blue looks better on the tube. And no one, except maybe Bernie, could pull off tweed.
jun 30, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 1 • view
Following Dear Leader.
jun 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 7 0 • view
Total lack of spine, soul & obvious lack of fashion sense, darling
jun 30, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
How do the soft boy cooks feel about the blue suits?
jun 30, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
They don't swing their arms when they walk = robots.
jun 30, 2025, 10:30 pm • 0 0 • view
No nothing broader. Now, get back to work, NYT!
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Men?
jul 1, 2025, 5:05 pm • 2 0 • view
Maga conformity
jun 30, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
What was the Nazi color Of choice?!?
jun 30, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
NYT… you are pathetic rag of a newspaper. You don’t cover actual news of the world.. the starvation and using the crowds gathering for aid to shoot and kill, the Moscow airport incident where a Jewish man slammed a child on the floor.. do you report them as a journalist or as a Israeli asswipe.
jun 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Crap, so now I have to het a new suit to replace my blue one.
jun 30, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Numbness?
jun 30, 2025, 9:24 pm • 0 0 • view
No taste?
jun 30, 2025, 9:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Is it a new trend for Maggots? Well . . . it wasn't. Thanks NYT :-)
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
it's probably a Trump requirement. they probably have to down a diet coke before entering the Oval office too. Trump is mentally ill and dangerous.
jun 30, 2025, 10:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Is it because they are simple minded morons, who want to do their best to copy the 'eighties' style of a convicted sexual predator?
jun 30, 2025, 8:31 pm • 0 0 • view
It is the new rainbow flag
jun 30, 2025, 10:45 pm • 0 0 • view
This remake of the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive" is terrible! 🤣
jun 30, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Sucking up
jul 1, 2025, 2:47 am • 0 0 • view
“men” aren’t wearing bright blue suits. Sycophantic Trump Nazi Punk ‘men’ in Trump’s fascist government are wearing bright blue suits. Have at least a little journalistic integrity
jun 30, 2025, 8:27 pm • 7 1 • view
Are they all wearing ‘Depends’ too??
jun 30, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Because brown uniforms are a liiittle toooo obviouuuus...?!
jun 30, 2025, 7:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Asking the question infers it may not be a maga trend thus reinforcing hyper normalisation
jun 30, 2025, 8:19 pm • 0 0 • view
I had a pair of electric blue Paul Smith jeans as a teenager, bought with my own pocket money from Bicester Village. The were fucking awesome. Those suits aren't electric blue.
jun 30, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, well, well if it it isn’t the blowjob brothers all dressed in blue.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Fascism
jun 30, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0 • view
It's called the MAGA Eunuch Collection. Matching men's formal wear for the servile male poltroons of Drumpf's cult. 🫤
jul 1, 2025, 2:56 am • 0 0 • view
The people around Trump are sycophantic yes men. That is why they wear the exact same suit as their dear leader.
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Because they are silly servants of an orange fascist clown.
jun 30, 2025, 8:05 pm • 1 0 • view
And solid color ties. Thing is, they are no longer men, just pawns in a high stakes game.
jul 1, 2025, 12:29 am • 1 0 • view
Larry. Curly. And, Mo.
jun 30, 2025, 8:33 pm • 0 0 • view
To kiss 47's ass of course!
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Please stop trying to normalize maga as if it's a movement and not a cult. If right wingers all wear the same ugly suit as their dear leader, it's because they were told how to dress by said 'leader.' There's no room for originality in a cult. No one stands out, no one overshadows.
jun 30, 2025, 8:06 pm • 7 2 • view
First off, who gives a fuck? Secondly, what the fuck is wrong with the fan girl New York Times? People always wore blue suits. There’s nothing new here. The Nazi’s had nice uniforms too.
jun 30, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
It was a trend 10 years ago - I sent mine to a charity shop.
jun 30, 2025, 9:53 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm sorry. But that photo . . . 😂😅😂
jun 30, 2025, 8:42 pm • 1 0 • view
all following dear leader
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Because those aren't suits. They're formal professional wrestling wear for people who spend hours on their hair and makeup. .
jun 30, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Hey Vanessa, why would you pick the three biggest fucking losers on the face of this earth to showcase in your picture? And why would I care about anything else you’re a dumbass says afterwards? Next week you’re gonna write about how Laura Trump‘s lips are the envy of everyone in Hollywood…🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
jun 30, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Because Republican Red suits would look stupid.
jun 30, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
According to google, JD Vance is 6’2” and Hegseth is 6’ - clearly Trump is 6’3”
jul 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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jun 30, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Welp, until just now, dark blue was my fav color. WAS.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 2 0 • view
Now I have to change my new nail polish!
jun 30, 2025, 7:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Um, it's a cult. That is All this is. Sorry.
jun 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 48 0 • view
What?
jun 30, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
The color stands out on TV and they're two dimensional MAGA cartoon media characters, not real men
jun 30, 2025, 8:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Every generation of Nazis has it’s on trends. 1933-1945 brown Breeches now a blue suit with a red tie.
jun 30, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
I took my cobalt blue suit to Goodwill this past Saturday. I haven’t worn it in several years because I never want people to think about Trump when they see me.
jun 30, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Yep trump demands his followers to dress like him.Funny thing he couldn’t get musk to wear one..
jun 30, 2025, 7:58 pm • 2 0 • view
in DC these suits are becoming as ubiquitous as men with tote bags
jun 30, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
There’s gotta be a “Trump Patriotic Men’s Fashions” in there somewhere.
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
jun 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Seriously?
jun 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
With the white shirt and red tie combo? To prove how patr(id)iotic they are of course!
jun 30, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
jun 30, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Hegseth is 6'0". Vance is 6'2". And trump is 6'3"? My ass he is...he's shorter than the other two!
jul 1, 2025, 1:04 am • 1 0 • view
Only the small dicks men
jun 30, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes. It’s the “trump loyalty UNIFORM”. We saw it all the way back to his NY trial, when every Republican who attended wore the same. Now hosts on fox are doing it, along with administration officials.
jun 30, 2025, 8:07 pm • 1 1 • view
Who fucking cares???!!
jul 1, 2025, 4:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Because they have small Johnson’s.
jun 30, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Ties down to their balls
jun 30, 2025, 8:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Because their minds are not !
jun 30, 2025, 9:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Cultwear.
jun 30, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED: Another Democrat hero being defended by the media. You can't hate them enough.
jun 30, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s not complicated. It’s a cult.
jun 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
jun 30, 2025, 7:50 pm • 4 0 • view
Barry Blitt always hits perfect.
jun 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 1 0 • view
They should get Hugo Boss
jun 30, 2025, 9:40 pm • 0 0 • view
It better not be a MAGA trend. Had to buy my son a suit for my mother’s funeral and we went with a bright blue.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
It began with 007, which attracted Kennedy. And so on.
jun 30, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Does your fashion critic have suggestions for fun summer attire for people snatched off the streets by ICE?
jun 30, 2025, 10:44 pm • 0 0 • view
loose use of the word men
jun 30, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Those aren't men lol
jun 30, 2025, 7:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Men grappling with insecurities surrounding their masculinity often gravitate towards a uniform style of dress, seeking comfort in familiarity.
jun 30, 2025, 8:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Literally none of those suits can even charitably be called “electric blue.”
jun 30, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe this'll be their next fashion statement to celebrate the healing of his Miracle Ear.
jul 1, 2025, 2:18 am • 0 0 • view
He wears a blue suit to hide the fact that trally he wants to be wearing black leather and studs www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9O...
jun 30, 2025, 8:38 pm • 3 0 • view
Uniform for clowns.
jun 30, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
They must all dress like Dear Leader or face the Gulag.
jun 30, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
#UglyFuckers
jun 30, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
WHO FUCKING CARES!
jun 30, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Blue Suits are the new #brownshirts
jun 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 34 1 • view
Because they belong to a cult!
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Fascism is on the verge of seizing power, but you are reporting on the color of the fascists' suits. Bravo!
jun 30, 2025, 8:16 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm sorry, but with so many Americans being snatched, kidnapped, food prices soaring, women's rights being taken away, the Supreme Court going full Nazi, the very existence of Nazis in the White House, I guess I missed this fashion statement- so tell me why I should even care about this BS?
jun 30, 2025, 10:18 pm • 5 1 • view
Hard hitting journalism
jul 1, 2025, 12:42 pm • 2 0 • view
How is this worth reporting on? Report on the fascism.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 18 1 • view
This is a fashion critic.
jun 30, 2025, 8:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh, it's all fascism. Nothing about this regime isn't fascist.
jun 30, 2025, 9:59 pm • 3 0 • view
If you talk fashion, who told them that brown shoes are a good idea when wearing a blue suit? If you talk fascism, tell them to at least wear brown all over.
jul 1, 2025, 6:25 am • 1 0 • view
The 80s and 90s had a pinstriped version.
jun 30, 2025, 8:08 pm • 0 0 • view
🧐 I can't see any men
jun 30, 2025, 8:33 pm • 4 0 • view
Men? Those three?
jun 30, 2025, 10:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Could it be that everyone in maga is a sycophant?
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
The real problem is that they also think alike...
jun 30, 2025, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
And why are all those women dressing like whores? Same reason, standing on the left.
jun 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 2 0 • view
I wish the media would stop taking stuff from everyday life and try and make it a maga symbol
jun 30, 2025, 11:28 pm • 2 0 • view
I can't even count the number of f#$ks I don't give about this.
jun 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s the MAGA political uniform.
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
IT IS THE UNIFORM OF FASCISM!!!!
jun 30, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
MAGA stooges who have no fucking clue. @dieworkwear.bsky.social would have something to say on this surely..
jun 30, 2025, 8:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Thanks for the hard-hitting analysis, NYT.
jun 30, 2025, 9:53 pm • 5 0 • view
Nice looking suits, actually.
jun 30, 2025, 10:58 pm • 0 0 • view
It is the new uniform for fascism....
jun 30, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Deference to their ‘dear leader’ - like every other thing they do.
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
… for the same reason they’re all suddenly orange hued.
jun 30, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
@nytimes.com just can't help themselves; they just have to normalize fascists. Ha, ha, Trump is going to go full Stalin on you while making Fox the State Sponsored Media.
jun 30, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Saw this in London a few years ago.
jun 30, 2025, 10:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Blue suit, blue blood. They consider themselves to be aristocrats...
jun 30, 2025, 9:59 pm • 0 0 • view
It's a uniform.
jun 30, 2025, 9:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Donald J Trump Collection men’s suits. He probably has thousands in a warehouse from his failed biz so he’s ordering all his subjects to buy and wear them.
jun 30, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Same reason people wear the band's shirt to the concert
jun 30, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
that's dark blue.
jun 30, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
actually, it’s white.
jun 30, 2025, 9:06 pm • 1 0 • view
They think it makes them look manly but it doesn't work 😀
jun 30, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Perhaps the bigger question is why so many men in DC seem hell-bent on extinguishing human rights and demoralizing everyday Americans. IDGAF what they wear while doing it.
jun 30, 2025, 7:59 pm • 9 1 • view
"What Insecure Men are Wearing" #FixedIt 😆
jun 30, 2025, 8:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Second question if Trump is 6’3”why is he shorter than JD Vance. It’s reported that Vance is 6’2”
jun 30, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
What a stupid question. Why don’t eask why Trump has a tie that goes down to his crotch. I think it’s to cover up his small dick.
jun 30, 2025, 7:50 pm • 4 0 • view
There was a tik tok on this. He doesn’t know how to tie a tie so he has someone do it for him and over time loosening and redoing causes the tie to get longer and longer. He’s got no one to fix it for him or anyone that’ll tell him he looks stupid.
jun 30, 2025, 8:52 pm • 0 0 • view
LOL- Better get Fahrenthold to try and figure this mystery out.
jul 1, 2025, 1:15 am • 0 0 • view
Every era has its own uniform. In 1936, for example, the uniform in Germany was black, red, and white.
jun 30, 2025, 10:22 pm • 1 0 • view
Cult
jun 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
really?? this is why after 40 years, i’ve cancelled my subscription. you effing teabagging losers. 👹
jul 1, 2025, 2:12 am • 0 0 • view
Last century they dressed like this. Call it fashion trends......
jun 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
trump is short 😆
jun 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
They call each other in the morning so they can match outfits. So masculine.
jun 30, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Because Orban bought all the black ones?
jun 30, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Republican “uniforms”. 🖕😑🖕
jun 30, 2025, 8:40 pm • 0 0 • view