Are they freakin’ serious? Now we understand why those Condes read the New York Times Styles section. Such puke-inducing fashion stories must serve some kind of purpose, right?

Still, with Fashion Week right around the corner, we expected something more than this insane speculation. Did you hear? According to political reporter and first time fashion writer Juan Forero, everyone is going to start dressing like Evo Morales.

Do these people — from the section that criticized the folks sporting coats on their transit strike walk over the bridge — really expect us to believe that the “first indigenous president of Bolivia” is starting a trend with his Mr. Rogers sweaters?

Yep, yep they do.

The question is: Will Mr. Morales, a strapping Aymara Indian with a Roman nose, an infectious smile and a shock of long black hair, catch on as a durable fashion influence? It may be too early to tell, but he is following in familiar footsteps.

Too early to tell? Too early to tell that if this trend ever ever takes off in New York we will all move to Cincinnati? At least over there when people dress like this, they know they’re not fashionable at all.

Plus, Gisele wearing a Che Guevera bathing suit is where we drew the line at Latin American political figure fashion.

The Fashion of the Populist [Juan Forero, New York Times]