TObad Clooney chose Bangkok to show a decidedly unusual side, both in style and manners. Last June 10, the lawyer spoke at Chulalongkorn University for the Cartier Dialoguesthe meeting that precedes the annual awards ceremony of Cartier Women’s Initiative. On stage she did not appear with the classic dark office suit, but with a pair of red stirrup trousers deep by Stella McCartney. What was most striking, however, was a passage in his speech.
Amal Clooney, the escape from the war and the joke about her mother
In front of the thirty female entrepreneurs who were finalists for the award, the activist and wife of George Clooney, 48, put aside form to remember her childhood. The passage on the escape from Lebanon moved the audience: «If I was able to live, grow up safe and get an educationAnd only thanks to my mother’s courage in taking me away from a war zone.”
Once the emotion was over, Amal immediately changed tone, joking about it his relationship with his mother Bariaa Miknas: «He supports me in everythingbut I am absolutely certain that, immediately after this speech, I will receive a slew of detailed criticisms from you». A rare moment of spontaneity for a character of his caliber, but which showed his more human side.
The stirrup pants and the ultra-voluminous hairstyle
The choice of wardrobe was designed for this first day of debates, which preceded the actual awards ceremony. The images show a Stella McCartney outfit in a shade of deep and saturated red. The highlight of the silhouette are the stirrup pantsi Equestrian-inspired trousers with elastic stirrup tucked under the shoe, visible thanks to a slit on the ankle. The combination includes a soft white silk blouse with wide, classic sleeves nude pumps pointed.
The element that balances the sporty cut of the trousers is precisely there the hairstyle curated by Dimitris Giannetos. The hair stylist has structured a Nineties-inspired ultra-voluminous creasewith a deep side parting and layered locks that frame the face. A choice of personal and impactful style for a formal appointment, before official change of clothes for the gala evening of the following day.
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