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Designer Patricia Field has created an Obama t-shirt that reads "Elegance. Dignity. Obama. Statesman." In glitter. It comes with a "controversial flag lapel pin" and a big question: Is an endorsement from the woman who dressed Carrie Bradshaw really the best thing for a candidate who's been accused of frivolousness? [Patricia Field]