Sim apologized for wearing sneakers and a parka on Remembrance Day, but says his outfits are meant to make himself more approachable and ‘break down barriers’
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is attracting a steady negative stream of attention for his apparently unshakeable fondness for athleisure wear. Mr. Sim talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while walking to a neighbourhood coffee shop in Vancouver on March 2, 2023.Vancouver has never been a city famous for its power dressers: Gore-Tex jackets and performance fleece are at least as common as business suits on downtown streets.
Mr. Sim’s decision to wear a polo-type shirt, jeans, bright white sneakers and a knee-length puffy outdoor jacket to the city’s Remembrance Day ceremonies set off a round of dismayed comments on social media. Mr. Sim’s casual dress is in contrast to a long line of mayors before him who routinely made all their public appearances in business suits. Even former mayor Gregor Robertson, who rode his bike to the majority of council meetings and city events over his 10 years in office, wore a suit.
“It’s hard to imagine Kamala Harris would have worn anything like what Tim Walz did when she got the call from Joe Biden to be vice-president. She would have come off as slovenly, incompetent” Mr. Guy said.
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