Posted on 12/07/2011 6:21:02 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A fashion and beauty maven says women should look to the first lady for inspiration on how to stock their own closets with style.
Mikki Taylor, the editor at large for Essence magazine, even bestows a new title on Michelle Obama in her new book, Commander in Chic: Every Woman’s Guide to Managing her Style Like a First Lady.
Taylor, who first became attracted to Obama’s fashion sense while working with her on a 2006 magazine story, says that unlike other presidents’ wives, “Michelle Obama effectively dresses for Michelle Obama. She dresses to delight herself. She’s not so influenced by the trends.”
Even when that means rebelling against one of the most blatant fashion faux pas around: wearing the same outfit again and again. Obama, 47, has been known to rock the same frock twice (or sometimes three times). She donned the same Thakoon floral dress at an October event that she had worn two times before in 2009.
But Taylor calls it making a “repeat performance,” and says, “You’ve never seen that before, and you really don’t see it from women in the public eye. A great dress is a great dress. A great look is a great look. Why not wear it again?”
And the author, who has worked with countless models and celebs, has some tricks of the trade that she’s picked up from studying the first lady’s style to help Washington women become their own Capitol Hill fashionistas.
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The biotch looks like Patrick Ewing in a dress!
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Uh, I would think YOU are somewhat lucky that Patrick will probably never see this comment.
I mean, what do you have against Ewing?
My son just took a look at Michelle and said “I didn’t realize that Michelle was a Dolphin’s fan.” LOL!!
I know it’s photo-shopped, but that picture just never gets old! Two backsides with a PhD and one with a sixth grade education!
commander in chic?....WTF?
is this woman blind?
I guess big arses, no style,classless, can’t sit down with her legs closed, showing her ;panty lines always looking angry and eating fry ups is chic to her then
I remember the same things being said about Hillary Clinton 20 years ago.
Yet, Laura Bush was “frumpy.’
the wife of the socialist commander is more like it...
LOL Yeah, we can tell she dresses to delight herself.
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She’s taller than two men, and uglier than fifty. Really, truly without grace. Very sad.
It’s all politics.
These are the same people who say Sarah Jessica Parker is a looker and that Madonna is cultured
“She dresses to delight herself. She’s not so influenced by the trends”
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No, honey, she’s not so influenced by TASTE and CLASS! As my mother has ALWAYS taught me......”_____________ , dear, one cannot BUY good taste and class. It’s TAUGHT.”
Didn’t somebody get thrown out of school for saying that?
I am not kidding, that person (and I use that term loosely) on the left looks a lot like the NJ Nets coach Avery Johnson! No offense to Mr. Johnson intended. If one of you photo shop genius’ could put their pictures side by side you would see.
And why should we care what his “man” thinks?
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