I thought it was hideous! The top was pretty but, to me, didn’t go with the bottom half
the color had to do with France... so i read... i also read that Michelle added the black velvet belt to the dress... she should have left well enough alone...
I saw a shot of her walking and apparently there was a voluminous over skirt over a much slimmer skirt. With just the slimmer skirt the dress would have been quite elegant. Too bad. I could only tell in that one pic.
You are right, the dress was comical at best. It was an attempt to hide the disproportionally big azz Michelle is endowed with. The bottom part of dress looked like a tent and did not match the top.
As for who paid for the dress.....I am sure Barry did not pay it from his personal checking account. It could have been paid by a donor. But a donor donates because he/she gets some type of favor back from the politicians. So we all pay, directly or indirectly.