Karl Stefanovic wore the same knockoff Burberry suit for a whole year…
…AND NOBODY NOTICED!
They probably didn’t realize because they were paying closer attention to what his female co-anchor Lisa Wilkinson was wearing — which is exactly the point that the Today morning news anchor was trying to make!
Speaking to an Australian newspaper, he said:
“No one has noticed; no one gives a sh*t. But women, they wear the wrong colour and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there’s thousands of tweets written about them. Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear. I’ve worn the same suit on air for a year ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ except for a couple of times because of circumstance ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ to make a point. I’m judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they’re wearing or how their hair is … that’s [what I wanted to test].”
On the one hand, men’s suits are typically boring enough that nobody really cares about them anyway.
On the other hand, women’s clothing shouldn’t be such a huge issue of contention when they’re simply at work doing their jobs.
Red carpets are a different matter, of course!
Watch the video (below) for Karl and Lisa’s take on the clothing comparisons!
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