"So Amal Clooney, what's that you're wearing?" And other idiot moments in journalism

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"So Amal Clooney, what's that you're wearing?" And other idiot moments in journalism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/amal-clooney-fashion-question_n_6563992.html

Amal Clooney is definitely one of our newest style icons. But getting asked fashion questions while she's working? Amal is obviously SO over it.

Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) is an accomplished human rights lawyer who has previously represented WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange and been involved in many other notable negotiations, lawsuits and council appearances.

Clooney is currently representing Armenia's interests in a case against Doğu Perinçek, a Turkish politician who denies the Armenian Genocide. According to The Independent, Clooney appeared before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on Wednesday and some reporters took this time to talk about her style choices.

Bruno Waterfield, a correspondent for The Telegraph in Brussels, tweeted that he asked "Amal Clooney about the fashion speculation." Check out her reply:
I ask Amal Clooney about the fashion speculation. She laughed & pointed to her robes, "I'm wearing Ede & Ravenscroft"
That's right -- Ede & Ravenscroft -- AKA the tailors that make her legal robes when she's "busy" being a human rights attorney. **Mic drop**

So whose fucking idea was it to approach her with a laughably ignorant question about her CLOTHES? And it wasn't just one stupid reporter, it was apparently several.

I don't even know who Ede & Ravenscroft is but I can take one LOOK at Amal Clooney and deduce that those are judges robes, and her coming from another country would make me think hey, maybe those are what lawyers wear when they're in the middle of a high falutin' case. I certainly would not waste my limited resources (time) on a question about her clothes. I'd be asking about her case.

Bruno Waterfield, you're an idiot. Please stick with Britney Spears. Or better yet you should have given up your spot for someone else whose questions would center around Amal Clooney as a fucking high powered attorney pursuing a human rights case, not merely a celebrity.

Common. Damned. Sense.

Nobody has it anymore.