Hillary Clinton's Coat Of Many Colors: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Hillary Clinton ditched her usual monochromatic pantsuits for a jazzy jacket during her meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on September 25, 2009.

The coat of many red and orange colors was decorated with purple and gray zigzags, circles, and lines. Clinton accessorized with a beaded necklace and gold earrings.

A close-up of various parts of the print:

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[SolveigOriginals]

11:21 AM on 10/22/2009

We, the designers and staff at Solveig Originals are very proud that two of our creations were recently purchased by Hillary Clinton from our V&A Waterfront store. We are also humbled that the coat (actually named "Hluhluwe Core") is creating such a reaction. The Hluhluwe fabric featured in the coat is designed and woven in South Africa.
We have been making unique jackets and coats using African flavoured fabrics, and selling them exclusively from our store at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, for the past 17 years.
Hillary's other purchase is a jacket named "Namibian Sunset" inspired by the vivid African sunsets experienced in the Namib desert.
If ever visiting Cape Town please drop by our store. You'll be in for a treat !

[Fortune27]

09:22 PM on 10/12/2009

This is a great look for our Madame Secretary but wouldn't a pair of very sheer black pantyhose been a perfect finish?

[nrome]

06:47 PM on 10/12/2009

Brilliant, about time she got rid of the boring pant suits... Who made this glorious coat?? She looks much younger in less tailored clothes... anyone introduce her to Eileen Fisher - but not the filmy stuff...

Let's hope her diplomatic skills are as beautifully put together as this coat...

[SolveigOriginals]

11:45 AM on 10/22/2009

Made in Cape Town, South Africa by Solveig at the V&A Waterfront

[truthartbeauty]

08:37 AM on 10/01/2009

she looks great. love the coat.

[VOTER]

09:57 AM on 10/01/2009

Agree

[Klimb]

03:58 PM on 10/01/2009

Cosign! Very African in print.

[JoDeeVa]

04:27 AM on 10/01/2009

What is the obsession with the "fashion-police" and HRC? Jeez, she was a Presidential candidate and now she is the Secretary of State.. I don't care (and neither should anyone else) what she frakkin' wears! As long as she continues to do her job in the intelligent manner she has thus far, she could wear a gunny-sack and it should be good enough. We need look no further than Sarah Palin to know that you can't judge a book by its cover or a pim.ped-out wardrobe from Republican-idjets, who spent thousand of $$$ to clothe her.. it didn't affect those brain cells, did it?

Were she alive, I dare say Eleanor Roosevelt would be quite disgusted to discover that even with all of her accomplishments, she would today, still be subject to fashion-reviews and seen through a prism of how she dressed while accomplishing the historical feats she did! I read that she once saved a newspaper clipping noting how little she spent on her wardrobe and often met with reporters in her dusty riding clothes.. not realizing nor caring that she was making a fashion statement!
What's not to love and admire about that sentiment, yesteryear or in 2009?...

[Agentlady007]

11:59 PM on 09/30/2009

I'm not crazy about the coat, but she is a marvelous politician and a brilliant woman. I think she looks younger than anyone her age, too. She looks good in black pant suits and dark and light blues. Red is not really her color, IMO.

[2Bfair]

05:16 AM on 10/01/2009

Interesting. Based on seeing her in person, or photos?

[placpje]

09:49 AM on 10/01/2009

Both.

[Caliwoman]

10:31 PM on 09/30/2009

I like the hairstyle and she has a lovely face. She should stick to black, dark grey and navy pants with matching sheer socks and shoes, to form a more unified and leaner line, from pumps to boots depending. She should stick to collared blouses, classic blazers, and a bold necklace on her upper half. This looks like a 70's thrift store find, great for an art teacher but not secretary of state. Hillary needs a fashion advisor to select her clothes, she doesn't have good taste and doesn't seem to care that much, so select someone to prep her wardrobe and let her focus her intellect on the real issues. Red looks great on her.

[DontselltheUS]

02:20 AM on 10/01/2009

I agree Caliwoman, especially about the dark sheer hose. But I think the jacket is interesting and a step up from many of her pantsuits. She has never looked more attractive and younger than her years. I admire both Hillary and Michelle O immensely and there is something about their "non-cookie-cutter" appearance that makes me like them better.

[socalgal59]

08:46 PM on 09/30/2009

I love it. It's nice to see Secretary Clinton in sometime other than a matchy-matchy pantsuit.

I also love the softer, smoother hairstyle--very becoming on her.

[samjer]

02:38 PM on 09/30/2009

I love it. The colors and the paterns mesh nicely together and really looks good on her.

[sheaintsayin]

03:00 AM on 09/30/2009

Very nice, Madame Secretary!

[Klimb]

04:00 PM on 10/01/2009

Beautiful! Really makes her look young!

[FdeBear]

12:44 AM on 09/30/2009

Fits right in with the season: Halloween!

[coveark]

11:48 PM on 09/29/2009

Love that look............she looks great in it

[Bonny9]

10:56 PM on 09/29/2009

She looks great! I hope she keeps trying new looks.

[4evryoung]

05:44 PM on 09/29/2009

Ilike the print but it could have used a little better cut/tailoring.

[dkan71]

02:17 PM on 09/29/2009

Could we stop reducing powerful women to their clothes? It's an insult to Hillary and Sotomayor that these frivolous articles are getting published. They aren't fashion plates like Michelle O. They actually have well-defined legitimate jobs and should be treated as such.

[2Bfair]

04:26 PM on 09/29/2009

Really? What is Hillary up to these days? Haven't heard much from her sense she conceded... kinda.

[wreckdiver]

05:17 PM on 09/29/2009

Guess you haven't been paying attention.

Sort of a chronic issue with you ...

[PoliSci2008]

04:41 PM on 09/29/2009

Hillary made a news-worthy fashion change, that's all. I think you're reading way too much in the article. It isn't that serious.