London's Heathrow Airport (LHR) closed early Friday due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation, and it could be some time before it re-opens to passengers.
03.03.2025 - 07:55 / euronews.com / Winston Churchill / Donald Trump
When Volodymyr Zelenskyy exited his vehicle in Washington on Friday, he was greeted by Donald Trump with a handshake and a "You're all dressed up today". It was the first of several comments that Zelenskyy would receive on his style of dress that day, which ended in an aggressive questioning of his choices.
"Why don't you wear a suit," Brian Glenn, a reporter from the conservative cable network Real America's voice asked Zelenskyy, "You're at the highest level in this country's office, and you refuse to wear a suit."
The questioning did not end there. "Do you own a suit?" Glenn continued, adding "A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office".
President Zelenskyy replied simply: "I will wear costume after this war will finish." The word costume translates from 'kostyum' - the Ukrainian word for suit.
On his numerous international trips to try and secure military and financial support for his country, the Ukrainian President has chosen to forego the typical attire of a head of state. Rather than a suit and dress shoes, Zelenskyy has opted for simple sweatshirts, often black or olive green, bearing the Ukrainian trident symbol, cargo pants, and work boots.
This sartorial choice has been a constant since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022. During his first visit to the United States after the beginning of the full scale invasion, Zelenskyy addressed Congress in an olive green sweater which has now become one of his signatures. He has donned similar attire during numerous state visits, televised interviews, and meetings with soldiers on the front lines. His wardrobe has also been the same during talks with world leaders or when he's joined his compatriots to sing the national anthem.
Like all of his choices as a leader, Zelenskyy's decisions of what to wear are intentional. Since the outbreak of the war, his style has experienced a marked shift. The previous clean-shaven president has now sported a full beard for years, and, prior to the full-scale invasion, he dressed like any other world leader.
"This is the reality that we’re living in. Obviously, our president is going to reflect that," says Agatha Gorski, co-founder of the Shadows Project, an NGO and creative consultancy aimed at preserving and popularising Ukrainian culture. "If you’re walking around Kyiv then you see that people look like this," she adds.
"It shapes a narrative. A very important narrative that we are at war and that this is our reality."
But Zelenskyy is not the first world leader to don military attire in support of his country's war effort. Famously, Winston Churchill visited the White House in a siren suit, a one-piece outfit originally designed for use in air raids shelters. But
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