Get the Bernie look, or something like it, with Vermont knitter's mittens

　ジョー・バイデン米大統領就任式でのバーニー・サンダース氏が着用した「リメイク・ミトン」が話題になり、注文が殺到している。

　今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders may be an unlikely fashion trendsetter but memes of his Inauguration Day mittens sparked demand for lookalikes that is keeping a Vermont knitter busy and helping take charitable donations toward $2 million.

　unlikely fashion trendsetterは「予想外のファッションリーダー」サンダース氏は格差是正を訴え、富裕層を激しく攻撃してきたサンダース氏の質素なイメージを踏まえた表現・

　memeは「ネットを通じて広まる写真や情報、ミーム」

　このtowardはご注意。「～に迫る」

　以下の『研究社　新英和大辞典』の語彙定義と例文が参考になる。

　[数量] …近く, …くらい (nearly as much [many] as).

　･He is toward fifty.

　･There were toward a thousand of them. 千人に近い人がいた.

The independent senator from Vermont wore a facemask, parka and recycled wool mittens as he sat bundled up against the cold at President Joe Biden’s swearing-in on Jan. 20 in Washington. The look, in cozy contrast to the formal garb worn by those around him, struck a chord and internet photos of him were transposed onto countless scenes from history, art and popular culture.

　strike a chordは「琴線に触れた、共感を生んだ」