Fashion leader says Barack’s the new ‘icon’

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Move over first lady Michelle Obama: It’s your husband’s turn as the nation’s fashion icon.

Paul Trible, co-founder of Richmond, Va.’s Ledbury premium shirts, tells Secrets that the snappy dress shirts favored by President Obama that feature a wider “mid-spread collar” or full “spread” have prompted a sales spike especially among politicians and reporters eager to copy his more youthful look.

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