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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ellie Violet Bramley

UNCOVERED: Designed for uncertainty windbreakers are a hit in turbulent times | History Defined

Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, waves while standing at a lectern. He is wearing a bright blue windbreaker
Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, made his case against US designs on Greenland in a bright blue windbreaker. Photograph: Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

Power dressing usually comes in the form of a suit or a wide-shouldered wool coat. But right now, things look a little different. This week, Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, appeared at a joint press conference with Denmark’s leader to say that he had no intention of acquiescing to Donald Trump’s stated desire to “own” Greenland – all while wearing a glacial-blue windbreaker.

It is a garment Nielsen wears regularly but, in this shifting geopolitical moment, it took on a new, loaded and striking messaging.

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