Posted on 10/04/2010 11:36:13 AM PDT by Justaham
Michelle Obama’s sartorial taste is well-established at this point: bright dresses with bold patterns, shifts in colors that would send most women running in terror. Pantsuits? Only rarely: She’s left them to the likes of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. But when she heads out to campaign for Democrats later this month, will Obama tone things down to leave room for her message to ring loud and clear? When you’re practically a fashion icon, what’s appropriate for the stump?
POLITICO spoke with six tastemakers to find out how Obama can hit the right fashion notes on the trail. Their advice? Don’t get too conservative, dress to look approachable, and don’t be afraid of showing off those arms.
Lucky magazine Editor-in-Chief Brandon Holley told POLITICO that Obama should continue her habit of wearing “young designers and affordable elegance.”
“When she wears a J. Crew cardigan, it tells women across the country that she’s approachable,” Holley said.
Nor should she be afraid of re-wearing. Obama, Holley said, isa master at "shopping her own closet and not doing the Sarah Palin shopping spree." This also makes her more relatable to American women.
But need she ditch her signature dresses and go the more conservative route? For the Sept. 11 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Obama chose a relatively staid cornflower-blue silk suit by Narciso Rodriguez.
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I thought the Black Widow dress was particularly scary...
Shameful.
What does it say about one’s figure when the only thing admirers can find to complement is “the arms”. Prior to Michelle had you ever heard in your life someone complement a person on their good looking arms? (other than a competitive bodybuilder)
As if Michelle’s fashion choices are going to make any difference at this stage of the game.
This is like Eva Braun choosing new carpet for The Bunker. Looks like we can expect more trivial articles like this as the clock counts down.
Correct, indeed. In this particular instance the tailorship role is fulfilled by the New England Canvas Assembly Association [formerly primary tentmakers for Barnum and Bailey Circuses, Inc] bolstered by expertise from the the Alabama Double-Wide Mobile Home Transporters Association, or the ADWMHTA for short.
At the lower right hand corner, the poll has “I Don’t Care” at 86%. Americans are not all being fooled into distraction from the issues by this type of nonsense.
My suggestion: a burqua. It would save a lot of Americans from having to yank out their own eyes.
Barack,does this dress make my backside look big?
Sofa covers, grannies curtains, bedspreads oh my!!!
This is the real reason you never see the Obamas in a mosque. Imams know the wallcoverings would not be safe.
It’ a stupid article but proves once again that the “cultural elite” cares nothing about facts and just slanders conservatives at will:”Nor should she be afraid of re-wearing. Obama, Holley said, is a master at “shopping her own closet and not doing the Sarah Palin shopping spree.” This also makes her more relatable to American women.”
It’s Palin who shops at consignment shops and dresses like a normal, middle class American and Obama who is an expensive horror show with a wardrobe in the Hundreds of thousands even $500 sneakers she wears to feed the homeless.
PHEH on Politico.
LOL!
Like the advertisement with Abe and Mrs Lincoln!
As long as she’s dressed.
Who, outside of 91% of blacks, would want to "approach" Babygotbakka about anything? Geez, I've never heard so many kissing noises emanating from the Fashion Press.
I would ask the Fashion Press what those mile-wide boob belts tell women.
One look at that mean mug coming and most folks would switch to the other side of the street...
Who on earth could possibly think she’s a fashion icon? She usually looks terrible.
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