How the media's covered "the mad dog"'s clothing through the years
1986: Colonel el-Gadhafi sometimes chooses a “stone-washed denim ensemble created for style, comfort and the unexpected” when traveling on a tractor, but opts for “a Cookie-Monster blue jumpsuit … with a tradition-true military hat and saucy swagger stick” when he’s looking for “playful comfort and ease”.
1987: Colonel el-Gadhafi … “sometimes changes his outfit three times in a day, from his naval uniform with the gold braid and medals to his Arab headdress or to his powder-blue jumpsuit with a complex array of zips and buttons.”
2009: Time names Colonel el-Gadhafi one of the world’s ten worst-dressed leaders. [He] “is frequently seen swathed in bright, rainbow-coloured silk drapes, Bedouin robes, dashikis and animal skins … which might be better suited for the cast of The Lion King.”
2009: Vanity Fair puts together a slide show in honour of the “most unabashed dresser on the world stage”, one who draws “upon the influences of Lacroix, Liberace, Phil Spector (for hair) and Snoopy”.
