Kamala Harris Wears Dark Blue Power Suit to Accept the Democratic Presidential Nomination

Though she’s been on the campaign trail for weeks, making appearances across the nation, Vice President Kamala Harris hadn’t officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination—until tonight.

On Thursday, Aug. 22, Harris stepped onto the Chicago stage at the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) once more to secure her role in the upcoming election. Of course, she did it stylishly; the potential President was dressed in a deep, dark blue Chloé power suit with a slew of coded meanings.

Harris’s look, custom-designed by Chloé’s creative director, Chemena Kamali, featured a navy wool two-piece suit and a matching pussybow blouse. Her color choice may very well speak to what the Vice President—and now official Democratic nominee for President—wanted to convey as she made arguably the most important speech of her political career.

In what is referred to as “color psychology,” dark blue represents and can evoke feelings of “tranquility and deep reflection.” It can also bring about emotions of trust and reliability—what Vice President Harris would certainly want people to feel as she re-introduced herself to the nation’s electorate.

Dark blue can also symbolize elegance, authority, and intelligence, which is why the color is often preferred by those in positions of power.

The Democratic nominee’s matching pussy-bow blouse also carries historic and feminist meaning after becoming an alternative to the suit and tie in the ’60s and ’70s, when women stepped out of the kitchen and into the corporate world. In the ’80s, it became a symbol of female power when Margaret Thatcher became the first female U.K. Prime Minister and adopted the pussy-bow as a staple of her political image.