World / Kim Jong Il Worst-Dressed World Leaders Time lampoons the decadent, inept or just plain weird fashion decisions of the powerful By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted Aug 12, 2009 6:28 PM CDT Copied In this image issued by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting in his office in Tehran June 25. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamushi) Not all world leaders are world fashion leaders. Time pokes fun at the most inept: Kim Jong-Il. He mainly wears khaki suits that call attention to his paunch and “Kanye West-sized” sunglasses. Vladimir Putin. Not a bad dresser—when he wears clothes. Unfortunately, he's often snapped shirtless to keep his strongman image intact. Augusto Pinochet. Chile's dictator dressed like a Hollywood villain: shiny jackboots, army uniform, and the occasional cape. The result was somewhere between a Nazi general, Dracula, and Street Fighter’s M. Bison. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He forgoes a tie as per Ayatollah Khomeini’s declaration that the accessory is un-Iranian. In his signature khaki windbreaker, then, he recalls the '80s “Members Only” fad. Fidel Castro. He spent his convalescence from recent surgery in a colorful Adidas tracksuit. He looked sharp, but should a Communist leader really embrace an international clothing brand? Click the link for the complete list. (More Kim Jong Il stories.) Report an error