Dare to not brush your hair? Or thinking about making a bold fashion statement on the Hill? Watch out for Speaker-elect John Boehner, who might want you to reconsider. Call him the Mr. Blackwell of the 112th Congress.

For years, the well-groomed Republican leader famous for his gray suits, bright ties and perpetual tan, has been known for his criticisms of others’ duds and tresses, not to mention footwear. And no one - not colleagues, staffers or reporters - seems safe from his sartorially conservative eye.

Earlier this month, Boehner channeled Tim Gunn and teased Utah Rep. Rob Bishop for sporting a three-piece suit. "I told Mr. Bishop on the way in that just because he inherited this suit from his grandfather didn't mean he had to wear it," Boehner said at a news conference. He conceded, however, that while Bishop lacked good judgment in the clothing department, "his hair looks good."

Boehner's disapproval of Bishop's throwback suit was tame compared with comments he made in 2009 about Fox News's Chad Pergram's black-on-black ensemble being "too metrosexual." Pergram described his outfit in a piece he penned after he became a Boehner fashion victim. "My getup: a black and white houndstooth jacket, a black shirt, a black tie and black pants. I finished everything off with a black pocket square," he wrote.

Pergram said that the first thing the speaker-elect, then the House minority leader, commented on was his dislike of the reporter's black shirt. During a media briefing, he brought it up again: "If you haven't seen Pergram's outfit..." he said, looking at the reporter. Later, he took another shot at Pergram, chiding him for making his debonair district look bad. "For someone born in the 8th District of Ohio, you don't look like it."

Boehner’s criticism goes from head to toe, and in between. In 2008, he pointed to a reporter’s scuffed shoes and simply said, “polish.”

To some, like Washington-based stylist Lauren Rothman, Boehner is simply flexing his fashion muscles, a rarity inside the Beltway. "I think that he's enforcing the idea of dressing for the job you want and not just the job you've got. In D.C., there's nowhere else where that's more of a true statement," said Rothman.

Boehner often jabs reporters and colleagues for their attire, but his digs toward untamed 'dos trump his colorful clothing commentary.