Double standards

There has been a bit of a splash in one of the Sydney newspapers over the last week about fashion faux pas (what is the plural of faux pas?). Seems Janet Howard, wife of our current Prime Minister John Howard, has "over-co-ordinated" her wardrobe with visiting dignitaries - first with the Queen where both wore similar lime green outfits, and then, the following week, she and Cherie Blair (wife of the British PM) stepped out in similar white outfits. Of course, I always thought there were wardrobe co-ordinators to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen - but I could have been wrong.
The double standard bit comes in because on both occasions their husbands were dressed very similiarly (to each other - not to their wives, heh heh, that would have been just a bit too silly, although it may have been visually interesting) - and no-one batted an eyelid or commented about that!
I'm not sure the same could be said of friend Cory's appearance at a black tie function last week. He was MCing and wore a bright red tuxedo (with shirt to match). The amazing thing was that he was able to talk a couple of mates into following suit (pun intended).