Tracey plans to wear a classic black one from the back of her closet, Cindy a blue favourite, and Lauren a grey number with blue pinstripes.

The Toronto women are part of a North-American wide movement called “pantsuit day,” women connected by a secret Facebook group, who plan to don the classic uniform of Hillary Clinton on U.S. election day, Nov. 8 in a quiet show of solidarity with her.

Tracey Nolan said she’ll also dress her six-year-old daughter in a pantsuit, in a “power colour” like red, if she can find it.

“I just thought ‘let’s do it, let’s pantsuit it up,’ she told Metro.

As a “global citizen” she’s been following the election closely, and sees the movement as “reclaiming” the pantsuit, often not considered the most high fashion of outfits.

“It’s utilitarian, it gets the job done, it’s sort of all the things people say about Hillary in a negative way,” Nolan said.

Cindy Perry, a dual citizen who has lived in Toronto for the past eight years, said she sees the pantsuit as a “symbol of the progress” women have made.

For Lauren Hay, an American citizen who has lived in Toronto since 2009, it’s about celebrating the fact that Clinton will be the first woman president, in addition to all of the other qualities that make her qualified for the role.

Plus when she wears pantsuits it takes the focus “away from her appearance,” Hay added.

The pantsuit has long been a “power symbol” of women engaging with the “public realm” of work and politics said Henry Navarro Delgado, an assistant professor at Ryerson University’s school of fashion.

But not all women see it, or Clinton as representing feminism, he noted, particularly younger ones.

“That’s also something that has played out in the election itself because some people see her on the one hand as a progressive figure in this sense, but also as a conservative figure in her political outlook,” Navarro Delgado said.

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