The artistic attire of those creative figures was unconventional and mildly exotic, worn with a mix of flamboyance and melancholy.
Wearing mildly fashionable clothes often overflowing in fur and never making "eye contact" with the works in the booth, perhaps the artist has intended for these sculptures to serve as metaphors for frivolous fairgoers, often more concerned with selfies and appearances than with the art itself.
By the end the candidates seemed worn out and mildly delirious, save Mr. Perry, who had cleverly managed to sleep through the proceedings with the aid of a pair of novelty glasses with eyes painted on the lenses — thus representing his most successful performance to date.
But the above topics are worn thin, dried out, and only mildly less entertaining to read about than tech bloggers getting into spats with each other.
His dress is anglophile and mildly eccentric: this afternoon, a beige suit and striped tie worn with red socks and leather-soled suede shoes.
Google's previous attempt to get us to wear something mildly ridiculous on our faces didn't end well.
As Hillary Clinton fended off further questions about her income, Biden told an audience in Washington that he was wearing a "mildly expensive suit," despite not owning "a single stock or bond" or having a savings account.
Someone who is willing to wear a mildly offensive t-shirt is also probably someone who is going to go straight to the press after being removed from a plane.
Last year, for example, former secretary of state for Wales Cheryl Gillan was mocked for wearing a mildly interesting leopard print outfit during prime minister's questions last summer, with senior Tory MPs making roaring noises behind her back.
There is comedy here too, of course: at one point, French lip-synchs A Whiter Shade of Pale with added Lee Evans-alike gestural tomfoolery; at another, a long anecdote about her desperation to be a bridesmaid is punchlined by an image of the infant Dawn wearing a mildly amusing dress.
