The Rules of Style by Gloria Steinem

Yes, all turtlenecks.

And baby tees.

Belts!

And optical aviators.

Yes all hair.

Namely parted in the middle.

Possibly dyed at front, too.

Yes all polos

And henleys

Black t-shirts

And corduroy.

If it seems diminutive to reduce a practical totem of the women’s liberation movement down to her style, consider this: if a picture is worth a thousand words, an outfit might be worth two. And that’s power man. But I’m not done. Because, hello, this is Man Repeller — the safest place on the net — where we celebrate an inherent interest in fashion that does not, and cannot minimize intellect. That only further accentuates it. Using the clothes as exclamation points and accents, flashlights and megaphones that shine bright and loud on the words and their meanings.

So allow us, really, to take a moment in honor of the quiet, unassuming and impactful dressing choices of Gloria Steinem’s personal yore. The tight t-shirts! And belts! Glasses! And hair — it contributed, after all, to a culmination moment last September, when in the Grand Palais in Paris, Karl Lagerfeld sent 90-and-change proteges of the ineffable Steinem towards a finish line called victory (read: a Chanel-branded photo pit) in cropped, high waist pants and jackets and belts and sensible shoes and, of course, those aviators.

If it’s true what she said — that “the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off,” than so too should it be noted that style can do the same.

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