The Spanish first daughters Laura and Alba Zapatero managed to create a buzz in their first world appearance. The 13 and 16 years old girls took a memorial photo with their parents and the Obamas in NY appearing for the first time in international media breaking the Spanish laws of privacy concerning the politicians’ offspring and their exposure to the media. The White house had to remove the photo from its Flickr stream and the two girls photos were blurred by the request of the Spanish government despite it is too late , it hit the net.
The image created much more international buzz and it is not about privacy but about how Laura and Alba looked like or rather dressed in their photo with President Obama
I think Mr. and Mrs. Zapatero are very open minded to let their teenage girls meet presidents and Kings from all over the world like that. I understand it is their personal freedom to dress whatever they want but it is not a matter of personal freedom when you represent your country in a global meeting like that where all eyes are on you . I know that they are teenage girls but they are the first daughters !! Ironically I know that after several years both girls will regret this photo !!
My mom was shocked to see those two girls to dress like this in an official dinner not to mention a dinner attended by more than 100 presidents and ministers from all over the globe. If they want to wear black , fine , but there are some good black dress and shoes than these for such event !!
In the end I would like to share this link from an American Christian evangelist forum discussing this photo .
If they feel that goth style is what suits their persona where is the problem? I admire them and their parents for that. What matters is your ideas and personality not the stuff you wear to cover up your body
ReplyDeleteThey could wear burka or hijab which are often also kinda gothic.
ReplyDeleteAfter all the blondie does not look that different.
Come on Zeinobia, nobody gets shocked when the king of Saudi Arabia meets other world leaders with his thobe, ghutra and whatnot (which for western minds is like a man wearing a dress, women's dress i mean)
ReplyDeleteNot to speak about your libian "friend" ;) and his sense of fashion.
Surely in Spain we are not happy with these girl`s image representing us but as we say: Clothes do not make the man.
Nice blog, by the way, never comment but i am a regular reader.
Salams from Spain.
Masriya22
Goths are just another cult-style group. Goes to show you that having money doesn't mean you have STYLE,
ReplyDeleteThere is a huge difference between diplomats wearing their national dress, and teenage daughters wearing cult-style clothes, sometimes even frowned upon in their own country.
ReplyDeleteAn educated person would understand where an Arab diplomat comes from, and I'd personally appreciate the fact that these diplomats try to preserve their culture.
On the other hand, gothic clothes are neither cultural nor traditional. In fact, they resemble some kind of defiance against their very own culture.
All in all, I don't think it's a big deal as they're teenagers, but perhaps inappropriate for this kind of event.
Actually the daughters' last name isn't Zapatero. The Spanish Prime Minister's name is José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, his wife's name is Sonsoles Espinosa, and their daughters' names are Laura Rodríguez Espinosa and Alba Rodríguez Espinosa.
ReplyDeletefantastic!!!!!!
ReplyDeletejose may rule spain, but he is not the chieftain at home!!! his daughters are!!!!
fantastico!!!
Great photo most especially with the President himself, you really have to dress well to impress
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