The humble wardrobe of Facebook founder and multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has come under attack, after he was named GQ’s ‘worst-dressed in Silicon Valley.
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2011 was awarded the ‘honour’ by the fashion specialists at GQ for his dubious casual style, which mixed flip-flops with baggy hoodies and shuns formal attire.
‘Nerds run the world. But with their notoriously horrid fashion choices, some dotcom entrepreneurs could use a style IQ boost. While their tech innovations deserve kudos, their outfits are one giant leap back for mankind,’ began GQ’s piece on the entrepreneur.
‘Oblivious to the fact that jeans and ties come in skinny sizes — or that suits exist — the father of Facebook (and we do mean father) loves to recycle the fresh-from-Stats-class look.’
“It’s not necessarily the casual nature of his look – wealth doesn’t insist on suits and opulence. Look where that got the Winklevoss twins. It’s the fit and the form that put him at the top of our list,” GQ’s online editor Sean Fennessy told the Daily Mail.
“Tailor. Tailor. Tailor. The man has an estimated worth close $18 billion. He could buy Saville Row if he wanted.”
In contrast, former Facebook president Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network) has been singled out on numerous occasions by the fashion Bible for his stylish sense of fashion.
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