From Washington With Love? How Hillary Clinton is styling herself like a Bond villain



Perhaps it was the austere Mandarin collar. Or maybe it was the slicked-back hair.



Either way, when Hillary Clinton arrived at the United Nations this week, to discuss the Arab League's peace plan for Syria , she came off looking just a little sinister.

In fact, some might say this unfortunate photo of the Secretary of State bears a bit of a resemblance to an old-school Bond villain.

New look: Hillary Clinton's Mandarin collar and swept-back hair gave her the unfortunate appearance of a Bond villain, when she was pictured at the United Nations earlier this week

The comparison that comes most naturally to mind is that of Rosa Klebb, the icy Russian agent who faces down Sean Connery's Bond in From Russia With Love.

Like Klebb, Mrs Clinton is a woman thriving in a male-dominated world - and she's willing to do anything to beat her rivals.

However, while Mrs Clinton can be a sharp dresser, she has never to our knowledge gone as far as Klebb, who famously equipped her shoes with poison-tipped blades.

Austere: The Secretary of State's new look (left) is a far cry from her usual tweed jackets and pearls - though she did look slightly less fearsome when she smiled (right)



She also bears a surprisingly close resemblance to Max Zorin, the villain of A View to a Kill who is played by Hollywood legend Christopher Walken.

And while neither of them will necessarily welcome the comparison, looking at the photos side-by-side suggests that they could almost be brother and sister.



If Mrs Clinton decided to dispense with her luscious locks, she might even bear a passing similarity to the granddaddy of them all, perennial Bond adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld.



Resemblance: Mrs Clinton can be compared to Rosa Klebb (left), who also wears a grey outfit with a high-neck Mandarin collar, or the flaxen-haired Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken (right)



Inspiration: But the Secretary of State needs a cat if she is to match up to Ernst Stavro Blofeld (left) and is some way off the villainous power of Blofeld's right hand man Emilio Largo (right)



While she may not have a cat to stroke, there is a glint in her eye which suggests that world domination may not be entirely off the agenda - even if she has promised to leave politics at the end of this year.

But maybe the closest resemblance is not to a villain at all, but to a hero (of sorts) - Austin Powers. Mrs Clinton's bold jacket and sly grin conjure up the lascivious 60s super-spy played by Mike Myers.



Those concerned for Mrs Clinton's sartorial welfare can rest easy though - her new look appears not to be a permanent one.



Back on form: Yesterday, for her meeting with the President of Georgia, Mrs Clinton was pictured with her hair worn down, in a tweed jacket with a pearl necklace and earrings

Yesterday, for her meeting with the President of Georgia, she was pictured with her hair worn down, in a tweed jacket with a pearl necklace and earrings.