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PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton Commits The Crime Of Wearing A Scrunchie

Sometimes, when you’re busy, all you really want to do is keep your hair out of your eyes. So we can appreciate that Secy. of State Hillary Clinton swept her hair behind her head and corralled it into a ponytail during a meeting with Peruvian Prime Minister Salomon Lerner. Only one problem: she did it with a scrunchie.

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Yes, a scrunchie, one of the many things we don’t miss about the decade preceding the aughts. Yes, a scrunchie: the universally unflattering elastic vice grip of tonsorial doom, designed specifically to make people look like they have bad taste — or worse: no taste at all. Surely this accessory has no place on the head of one of the most powerful people in the world?

And yet, there it is, glaring at us with no sense of irony or shame whatsoever.

We know Clinton has a lot more pressing concerns than her personal appearance — and so do all of the politicians we’ve written about here at Styleite — but we’d be appreciative if Clinton and other people like her realized that what they wear (and how they accessorize) matters. And not only is that scrunchie just not cute, it also communicates a sense of carelessness and general fatigue that, well, frankly would make us very uncomfortable if we were in Prime Minister Lerner’s shoes. (Our friends at The Huffington Post point out that this isn’t the only time Clinton has committed this egregious offense.)

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Take a look at the scrunchie below and try not to bemoan it as a failing of American foreign policy. Maybe Clinton was just having an off day.





  • Ricci Dats Me

    Well, maybe with Bill having all of that time off he has now, he’s taught her about how to keep the hair out of her face??? ROFL

  • Anonymous

    Hillary is a skank.   Always has been.

  • Anonymous

    OMG so what!!!! talk about snobs , who gives a crap if she used this and I’m not a supporter of hers, you sound awful. What do you say to people who are poor and wear one of those. Shame on you.

  • Anonymous

    you know, i kind of like her hair long but now she needs some work done on her face. 

  • Anonymous

    I’m definitely NOT a Clinton supporter but do I care how she wears her hair, let alone what sort of ponytail holder that she uses?  This is a woman that actually works hard for a living, unlike starlets and idiot celebreties whose fulltime job is to shop and fiddle mindlessly with themselves.

    Behold an intelligent working woman of substance.

  • BJ L

    Wow look at the trash who post in response to a trashy site and a trashy blog post by right wing inbred slugs.

    HIllary Clinton has spent her entire life, from the time she was 18, contributing to the community and others.. maybe some of you fat hillbillies should really read up on her and not listen to faux news.

    She’s a great Sec of State, she looks great and the scrungy is fine.. wtf is wrong with you people..  this is the kind of stuff you write about?   Disgusting, just disgusting.  

  • Anonymous

    Is it 1950?  I must have gone back in time…

    OMG what about her nails, her outfit and her shoes.  Sure she’s America’s chief diplomatic official, but this is 1950 and if this were high school, boy would I talk about her fashion choices.  Because that’s how women should be judged.   

  • NB

    No one gave a crap about the tackiness of scrunchies until that stupid episode of Sex and the City. Then it became this thing. I’m more concerned with Hillary Clinton’s focus on her job than how she pulled her hair back for a meeting. 

  • Claudia Higginbotham

    Hey, I think this site is pulling our legs! This must be an article whose author has their tongue firmly in their cheek, especially in light of what Hillary said the other day about if there is another national crisis or something, she will just get her hair cut,and it will take the bad news right off the front page. Am I right??

  • Anonymous

    Justin Fenner, you’re a disgrace to your profession. How you managed to land, and keep, a job with styleite, is baffling. A child of 4 could do a better job. Why you seem to think the drivel you report is of interest is also baffling.  If you were part of my staff, you would have been out the door long ago. 

  • Grayce

    There are days, bad bad hair days, when first-aid is needed if you are going to get to meetings on time. So, if whe prepared for the meeting–mentally–at the expense of the scrunchie, it was a good choice. I agree with all the people who remarked that she actually works. And her work is not all about her looks. So, pay attention and pay for tickets to the movies. Pay respect for the others.

  • gerry

    it’s not the appearance that matters most, IT IS THE PERFORMANCE. Hillary Clinton is doing a great job as Secretary of State. 

  • Kapow6

    Much ado about nothing! Get a life.

  • martin

    i admire Hillary Clinton not because of her looks but because of her commitment and dedication to her work and for all the great things that she has done for her country. She is very popular and well loved all over the world. I have learned to love and appreciate America because of her. The whole world loves her, you Americans should be proud of her..

  • jacku89

    I am not an American but I have a great admiration for Hillary Clinton. I don’t care what she put on her hair, I do appreciate what she has been doing for America and the rest of the world. We love her here in the Philippines.

  • Anonymous

    Hillary’s a walking, talking cunt of an embarassment.

  • Moni Pili

    OMG!!!! This women travels all over the world…..one day she is in the middle ease the next she is in South America and then the next she is in Asia. Then next thing you know, she is back in the USA for a cabinet meeting. Come on…..you got to be kidding me!!! You try being the most busy diplomat and up to par with fasion Every DAy!!! Thoughts So…..Fashion is seriously the at the Top of her Mind. I am glad it is not. Imagine if it was……lol. Leace her alone!!!

  • Anonymous

    Until women see a nationally-elected executive office, rags like Stylelite need to keep their sexist drivel to a minimum. But, what am I saying?? This is ‘Stylelite.’ My loose stool is more interesting than ‘Stylelite.’

  • LK

    this is how women SHOULD be judged? are you a moron?

  • Kb2562

    The scrunchie probably is made of silk; she looks polished, balanced and the scrunchie won’t break your hair. Been there, just sayin’.

  • HawkCW4

    Wow, I read this and said to myself,  Please,  dont let this sleaze bag be an American.  You are an embarrassment to the world, and I can only hope your family,  if you have one,  does not read your crap.  No I do not particularly like H Clinton but it certainly isnt because of how she dresses. 

  • http://www.styleite.com Verena von Pfetten

    Thank you, Jayson, for the really enlightened and thoughtful comment! Unfortunately for you, Justin isn’t a part of your staff. He’s a part of mine. And he’s staying.

  • sarcasm

    Your sarcasm detector is broken.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a woman’s JOB to keep up with fashion, so shutup with the excuses. Since men have no choice but to look at you, you’re ogligated to make yourself easy on our eyes while we tend to important matters. You also should make us a sandwich whenever you sense we might be hungry.

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