Elon Musk's power dressing: decoding the tech mogul's Washington wardrobe

Elon Musk's choice of baseball cap, black t-shirt with large acronyms, and black jacket at the White House signals a deliberate break from traditional Washington dress codes. While he wore a suit and tie for the inauguration, his everyday look mixes Silicon Valley casual with bureaucratic formality. The article contrasts Musk's style with Donald Trump's lifelong commitment to Brioni suits, a lesson learned from his mentor Roy Cohn in the 1970s. Trump even had a clothing line, the Trump Signature Collection, sold at Macy's until 2015. The piece notes that Silicon Valley culture has dismantled traditional power dressing since the 1990s, culminating in JPMorgan Chase's 2016 dress code update allowing casual wear. Washington remains the last bastion of suits and ties, as evidenced by Republican strategist Roger Stone's 2018 book "Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style." Musk, now leading the Department of Government Efficiency, uses his ambiguous wardrobe to project power while disrupting bureaucracy.