US President Joe Biden (78) drew special attention on Friday with a beige suit.

The whole thing has a history: It was a day in August 2014 when Barack Obama got parts of the public going with his fashionable choice.

The then president showed up in a beige summer suit at the first important appointment after returning from vacation.

The social networks rolled over: Even during its press conference there were thousands of messages about the outfit, on Twitter the "Tan Suit" ("beige suit") got its own account.

For many, what Obama had to say in terms of content was completely in the background.

Seven years later, also in August, the incumbent US President Joe Biden - Obama's former vice-president - now also appears in a beige summer suit.

When speaking about the latest labor market figures, the Democrat surprisingly wore beige trousers and a jacket instead of his usual dark suit.

That did not go unnoticed.

Biden's choice of the notorious "Tan Suit" caused a strong response in social networks.

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield commented on her boss's choice of clothes on Twitter with a - somewhat troubled - job market pun: "SubsTANcial growth in the job market today".

Some users rated the outfit as a tribute to Obama's 60th birthday a few days ago.

Perhaps Biden also found the beige ensemble simply suitable for his next item on the program that day: Immediately after the performance in Washington, he left for his home state of Delaware - according to the White House, the US President wanted to spend the weekend there in the beach town of Rehoboth Beach.