Just 'Cause Akimbo // Bill

AnA LOVES Bill Clinton and his aged glory. Many of our quaintest Anna Sui numbers are spotted with his legacy! So in our opinion this New York Times article is just a hoot!

Clinton said he likes picking out gifts for his friends’ wives and girlfriends.

Ah yes. The best way for Bill Clinton to remain close with heads of state, champions of business, and billionaires in general is to buy gifts for their women. Say, perhaps, Leaves of Grass? We don't see how that could be inappropriate. Our own copy in the loft he gave us in our intern heydays during the 1996 reelection campaign. Great conversation piece!

Gays Akimbo

Here at the AnA loft we typically eschew the political -- we're saving ourselves for when we marry rich politicians -- in favor of dramatic neon palettes; but lately we cannot help ourselves from turning on this "CNN!" First, a lesbian named Johanna Sigurtdottir was elected as head of Iceland! Here she celebrates in a sturdy-looking white ivory vest:

Then the gays are one step closer to homo-marriage in New Hampshire! This on the stunning heels of Vermont's upgrade from civil unions to equal rights. To celebrate, here is a picture of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and some princess foreshadowing AnA's future as hot, tight-bodied First Ladies!