No matter which side of the proverbial aisle somebody’s on, if they’re truly into fashion, they seem to be incredibly interested in what the next First Lady wears, some even going so far as to dub her “Lady O,” an obvious reference to our last First Lady style icon, Jacqueline Kennedy. But here’s what’s interesting - her husband might be overshadowing her.

Not only has Puff Daddy (we refuse to call him anything else), proclaimed that Barack Obama’s elegance will be used as a point of reference in marketing his new Estee Lauder fragrance I am King, and not only did a Bosnian suit maker famously name one of his styles “the Obama,” but now Hart Schaffner Marx, the Chicago-based menswear company favored by the President-Elect, is marketing itself as the place to get a suit if you’re trying to dress “Presidential”, and even has an upcoming West Wing collection, according to WWD.

Michelle’s clothes may be racking up hits for J. Crew’s site, but has anyone named a dress after her, or claimed that a collection was inspired by her style?

Also, we can hardly think of any mainstream male style icons (does David Beckham count?), let alone those who were Presidents. Could this be the first time an American President becomes as known for his sartorial choices as for his political ones?

Guess we’ll have to wait and see. But in the meantime, we wonder if anybody’s submitting sketches for his inaugural suit…

The Wall Street Journal got us thinking this morning (did we just type that aloud?) about the often discussed interview outfit - what’s appropriate where, and the great continental divide between what you wear to a job interview in fashion, and what you wear everywhere else.

When first looking for a job, myriad people (all of whom do not work in fashion,) asked us if we owned a suit. A suit?!, we thought? We were told it looks “professional,” “sharp,” “put together.” But we knew in our heart of fashionista hearts that it was more like “ugly,” “tragic,” “geeky.”

There’s something about a suit (and we don’t even mean suits from Men’s Warehouse, we’re including designer threads in this), that screams, “Aren’t I so precocious?”

But we understand that most people don’t work in fashion, and that for those people, the suit is really the only option for work.

But we just have to ask all the fashionistas out there, the few who are not obligated to button a jacket every morning - would you wear a suit? And, if so, where?