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Hide and seek and fashion recycling champion: Angela Merkel in Salzburg

And once again the former German Chancellor Angela Merkelas they did on Sunday during their visit to the concert opera “Capriccio”, on Monday evening they were chauffeured to the Great Festival Hall in a black limousine, protected from the eyes and photographers.

She even covered her face with her hand. It is a mystery why the former politician is so camera shy this time.

One could catch a glimpse of her shiny gold blazer, as is often the case, not a new but a well-known item of clothing for the former Chancellor.

Merkel’s fashion style is much discussed. While her male political colleagues wear suits, either in black or dark blue, and probably always wear the same models, Merkel’s penchant for fashion recycling has been discussed again and again.

In any case, she wore the golden blazer in question at a state banquet in Berlin in March 2023 – she shook King Charles die Hand.

Angela Merkel and King Charles

“Fashion is not what drives me” or “I have a lot of blazers because they are practical,” she is said to have once said.

“She seems to me like someone who knows who she is. I don’t get the impression that she is trying to pretend,” said in 2019 Vogue-Boss Anna Wintour compared to the Time Magazine.

Such a tailor-made jacket costs around 1000 euros – it is understandable that you would wear it more than once on official occasions.

In Salzburg, the former Chancellor remained true to her usual habits. After the performance, according to the Salzburg News As usual, she went to the nearby Sternbräu for dinner. There, as usual, she ate a fried chicken, white wine and an apricot pancake. According to reports, together with the family Bartenstein and former Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.

Merkel’s husband Joachim Sauer is not in Salzburg this time. Today, Tuesday, the opera “Don Giovanni” is on the programme.

(kurier.at, LT)

06.08.2024, 12:16

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