Democrats at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago arrived in the Windy City sporting creative fashion choices to try and stand out in the crowd of more than 50,000 people.
Kamala Harris fans turned the United Center into their own catwalk with a sea of stars and stripes and the expected red, white and blue, but also much more.
The green ‘Brat’ caused a sensation with its predominance of sparkles and sequins. The main motto: the more exaggerated, the better.
Attendees celebrated the historic moment of nominating the first woman of color to head the presidential ticket with tributes to other trailblazers. A Taylor Swift-inspired outfit made waves among other tributes to female legends.
Kelly Jacobs, a Swiftie delegate from Mississippi, told DailyMail.com that she plans to wear a different outfit for each night of the convention.
On Monday night, she rocked a reversible caftan with Taylor Swift on the back forming a “blue wave.” Tuesday night’s outfit had Kamala Harris on the front and Hillary Clinton and Taylor Swift on the back.
Mississippi delegate Kelly Jacobs has a different Kamala Harris-inspired outfit for each day of the convention
On Wednesday, she will wear a dress shaped like a Kamala Harris coconut, and on Thursday, her outfit will include a white dress featuring the women running for president.
Jacobs also wore a pair of Converse sneakers, a brand the vice president often wears, but his were decorated to honor Harris.
America went from a summer of “spoiled brats” to a convention of “spoiled brats” after pop star Charlie XCX endorsed Harris a few weeks ago.
The campaign celebrated the British post “Kamala IS brat” on X by using the exact same shade of green for its KamalaHQ social media.
“Kamala said, ‘Ladies, watch your feet, there’s glass on the floor,'” Jacobs said of her Harris-inspired Converse with a reference to breaking the glass ceiling. Her dress also featured an image of the White House.
Jacobs’ accessories included friendship bracelets and a hat each from Kamala Harris and Taylor Swift.
This week, clothing and accessories inspired by chartreuse and the “brat” style were on display, from T-shirts to pins. Some women even chose to paint their nails in the striking green color for the event.
“Kamala IS a spoiled brat,” said Harris supporter Grace Thomas of Indiana, wearing a lime green shirt she created herself. Some green pins simply said “Kamala,” while others said “Democrat.”
Chartreuse joined red, white and blue as one of the main colors at the convention as Democrats embraced “brat summer” and singer Charlie XCX posted on X that “Kamala IS a brat.”
Grace Thomas of Indiana (left) wearing a brat green “Kamala” T-shirt
As a 2023 clip went viral in which the vice president imitates her mother saying “Do you think you feel like you came out of a coconut palm tree?”, coconuts and palm trees also had a fashion moment.
Coconut temporary tattoos sold out on the first day of the convention
A booth for content creators at the convention even gave away temporary coconut tattoos, which sold out on the first day.
The vice president is the first woman of color to become a major party presidential candidate, and the historic moment was not lost on convention attendees.
Some wore outfits to mark the occasion this week featuring images of leading women, including U.S. senators and Supreme Court justices.
Connecticut delegates Dita Bhargava and Kristen Hamlin said the women in their dresses, from a series called “sheroes” by artist Tina Duryea, are those on whose shoulders “other women now stand.”
A group of Connecticut women wearing dresses designed by TL Duryea featuring images of American women leaders. The dress worn by Kristen Hamlin (right) also included a solitary image of President Biden to honor him at the convention.
Reproductive rights also took center stage at the convention, as Democrats seized on the overturn of Roe v Wade.
Abortion rights and reproductive health have not only been the focus of attention during events and speeches, but also in clothing choices. One bag bore the legend “Prohibitions off our bodies.”
Support for LGBTQ+ rights was also front and center with a number of rainbow-inspired accessories and outfits.
A bag with the slogan ‘Bans off our bodies’ was seen on the floor of the United Center on the first day of the convention
A rainbow ‘Kamala’ jacket with small dolls of the president and vice president and a full rainbow outfit were seen during the Democratic National Convention.
Jeweal Cannada-Wynn of Pensacola, Florida, was attending her first convention. As a former educator, she went to see her former students to help her create a hat for the first time there.
“I just said get creative,” she said with a laugh as she sported a two-foot-tall hat emblazoned with American flags, donkeys and an airplane and topped with a sign that read “Kamala for president.”
Matthew Rothschild of California’s hat wasn’t as big, but it was just as festive, featuring a Harris-Walz sign, fireworks and a bobblehead of the vice president.
Star-spangled hats, fireworks and American flags were a big hit on the convention floor.
Wisconsin delegation members wearing cheese hats for celebratory roll call
Members of the Nebraska delegation wore T-shirts featuring notable figures born in the state, including Malcolm X, Sitting Bull and Willa Cather.
As is the case at almost all conventions, some delegations wore matching outfits, making it easy to spot them on the convention grounds.
The Washington state delegation wore cowboy hats with blue sparkles. The Nebraska delegation wore T-shirts with images of Malcolm X, Sitting Bull and the author Willa Cather, all of whom were born in the state.
The Wisconsin delegation was all dressed in cheese heads.
Apparel featuring images of Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, also proliferated across Chicago, as did star-inspired clothing and accessories.
Pins are a very popular choice at the Democratic National Convention.
Some prominent speakers have worn white suits to the convention in a nod to the women’s suffrage movement.
The vice president opted to wear a tan suit during her appearance on the first day of the convention, sending people online into a tizzy recalling Obama’s tan suit scandal.
Several female speakers, including Ashley Biden and Hillary Clinton, wore white pantsuits, a nod to the women’s suffrage movement.
Kamala Harris also made a statement and raised questions on the first night when she stepped away from the traditional red, white and blue and opted for a tan Chloe pantsuit, perhaps unintentionally reminding people of former President Obama’s tan suit controversy.
