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Michelle Obama Wears $540 Designer Sneakers to Feed the Poor
Fox News ^ | May 1, 2009

Posted on 05/02/2009 12:56:15 PM PDT by Schnucki

It's a first lady faux pas -- wearing expensive, high-fashion French designer sneakers to a food bank.

Michelle Obama wore the sneakers, made by Lanvin, while helping feed the poor at a Washington food bank on Wednesday. The pricetag on the footwear? A cool $540.

Keds, they're not.

The sneakers, which come in denim and satin, are a favorite of comic Ellen DeGeneres and rapper Kanye West -- and they're "certainly not a reflection of the poor economy," said FOX News' Noelle Watters, host of iMag Style.

"She paired the kicks with a much more reasonably priced cardigan from J. Crew similar to the one she's worn in the past," Watters said. "And quite honestly, the usually well-styled Michelle didn't match. While her over-priced designer sneaks were gray and pink, her sweater was a gold argyle style. A definite fashion faux pas."

According to the New York Daily News, the first lady of style likely got her sneakers through Ikram, the Chicago retailer that usually outfits her.

Obama's style helped catapult her into the 93rd spot of Maxim's "eyeball-searing, fantasy-fulfilling, brain-exploding" Hot 100 list, which was announced Friday.

The first lady's sense of fashion has received considerable media attention. During her trip to Europe last month to accompany President Obama to the G20 summit, her fashion choices and protocol-breaking touch of the Queen of England nearly received as much ink as the summit itself.

The White House did not return a message seeking comment.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: charity; dvd; fashion; flotusmichelle; foodbank; gifts; gooniegoogoo; hypocrisy; ipod; obama; respecttheoffice
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61 posted on 05/02/2009 3:26:44 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja (His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
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To: Schnucki

That’s their convuluted thinking.


62 posted on 05/02/2009 3:48:46 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: TexasBud

“”We could go out and buy the same clothes if we wanted.””

Like the $1,925.00 dress she was pictured in this week?


63 posted on 05/02/2009 3:49:27 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: My Favorite Headache

You are so right. Nothing but a PR creation.


64 posted on 05/02/2009 3:49:47 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: The_Reader_David
Feeding the poor, even lending a hand in feeding the poor, is a praiseworthy deed.

The fraud was there for a five minute photo op and did no real helping the poor. I really hope you are not stupid enough to think these pieces of crap actually do any real work. It is all a show for the ignorant who love them.

65 posted on 05/02/2009 4:35:26 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: Iron Munro
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder... to me they look like *hit.


66 posted on 05/02/2009 4:45:30 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Schnucki
the first lady of style

Bwahahahahhahahahaha!!!!

67 posted on 05/02/2009 4:47:19 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: Schnucki

A Republican First Lady would have been branded “out of touch” by every douche bag with a keyboard. Not so Miss Thang (aka Thunder Thighs).


68 posted on 05/02/2009 4:48:05 PM PDT by Feckless (No Birth Certificate... No Peace)
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To: Schnucki

Those are some ugly sneakers. I wouldn’t pay $2 for them.


69 posted on 05/02/2009 4:51:10 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
The pricetag on the footwear? A cool $540. Keds, they're not. The sneakers, which come in denim and satin, are a favorite of comic Ellen DeGeneres and rapper Kanye West -- and they're "certainly not a reflection of the poor economy," said FOX News' Noelle Watters, host of iMag Style.

70 posted on 05/02/2009 5:46:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Eaker

Then rip her for bugging out without putting in any substantial work helping the poor, not for failing to shed her expensive footware.


71 posted on 05/02/2009 6:05:26 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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Marked to read later


72 posted on 05/02/2009 6:12:07 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: Schnucki

She gifts dvd’s etc, and spends lots and lots and lots for herself.


73 posted on 05/02/2009 6:14:40 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: CaptainK
The last speech of Ceausescu
74 posted on 05/02/2009 6:18:57 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Trajan88
Romanian Revolution of 1989
75 posted on 05/02/2009 6:21:31 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Schnucki

$540? There’s a sucker born every minute.


76 posted on 05/02/2009 6:21:47 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: randita

Michelle seems to prefer the look of a cheap sofa.

77 posted on 05/02/2009 6:25:58 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: Schnucki

Look, man.. if you were that ugly and could spend some bucks to try to look better....


78 posted on 05/02/2009 6:28:10 PM PDT by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
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To: The_Reader_David

She is married so quit sucking up to her.

I’ll rip the POS bitch for everything she does as the stupidest voters in the world put her into the position of representing America so maybe she will quit acting like a ghetto crackhead.


79 posted on 05/02/2009 6:40:39 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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