As the re-emergence of Adele continues with the one-two punch of an Oprah Winfrey interview and a “One Night Only” concert at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in front of a starry, starry crowd — all in prelude to an album release on Friday — so, too, does her mastery of the art the image; her message of post-divorce strength and freedom as told through every performative tool at her disposal.
Nancy Pelosi wore a white pantsuit when she stood in the halls of Congress to announce the House would begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Vanity Fair cover; Kamala Harris, when she became vice president-elect.
It is possible Adele simply liked the idea of wearing white, with its connotations of fresh starts and wiping the slate clean, or thought it would it would look good against the greenery of the garden where her sit-down with Oprah occurred — though maybe she wasn’t thinking about history at all.