Posted on 12/29/2017 6:50:49 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Michelle Obama trumped Melania Trump in winning over the hearts of the American people.
Michelle Obama placed second in Gallup's poll of the most admired women in the US, while Melania Trump earned the No. 8 spot.
Trump has received backlash for wearing expensive outfits, which can make her seem out of touch with Americans.
Obama, meanwhile, used her fashion choices to represent social and political initiatives.
On Wednesday, Obama earned the No. 2 spot on Gallup's poll of Americans on the woman living anywhere in the world they admire most.
The No. 1 spot went to Hillary Clinton.
Obama became famous for her appreciation of Target and J.Crew fashion during her time as first lady. She used fashion to appear as an accessible yet aspirational "mom-in-chief."
Obama's fashion sense was often used to symbolize her social initiatives. One of Obama's best-known acts as a first lady was establishing the White House garden in 2009. It went hand-in-hand with her efforts to reduce rates of childhood obesity, with initiatives such as the school nutritional regulations.
Obama used the garden as a place to showcase her down-to-earth fashion. Vogue said in its review of Obama's 2012 book, "American Grown," that "throughout the book, the first lady, always beautifully coiffed, wears a different J. Crew sweater to match the season (marigold yellow for summer, argyle for fall)."
Trump, meanwhile, has come under fire for some of her more expensive outfits. The first lady has scaled back somewhat after her clothing choices sparked criticism but her wardrobe is still notably more expensive and has more designer labels than Obama's.
Still, Americans demand substance not just style. Obama managed to use her fashion choices as a way to make a political statement.
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Oh right. Like Barry could fill out the back.
Mooch wears size Jumbo Booty.
She sure did. LOL! (I don't think Melania needs to lose sleep over this :^))
I wish they’d change the name of “Business Insider” either to “Business Outsider” or “Communist Insider”.
To quote G. Gordon Liddy: the secret is in not caring.
She is an elegant and beautiful woman. That annoys the press. There is probably nothing she can do, and certainly nothing she should do to mollify them. It upsets the press greatly that the caption of photgraphs of Melania does not matter - the photo instantly conveys the message the First Lady of the United States is an elegant, poised, beautiful woman. That drives them nuts.
Hillary is the most admired woman in the planet,according to the poll.
Michelle is African
Melania will never be African.
Hillary lost because she was not really African
A bunch of BS.
Recall during Moochie’s early years, she had ‘da hood’ look in a lot of what she wore.
Many silently complained, but the sycophants applauded her look.
Instead of that ‘da hood’ look becoming trendy, eventually, ‘they’ got through to her and she started dressing more ‘designer look’ especially in public.
Those criticizing Melania would do so anyway, because they politicize everything.
My parents would have repeated the little ditty that they used to remind us of our manners: “Mabel, Mabel, strong and able, keep your elbows off the table. You’re not living in a stable.”
That's not very funny, Marvin. :-)
ROTFLMAO!
And everybody else was tied for first place.
Probably polled at Wellesley College.
I remember that hideous red and black dress that she wore during the last year. It reminded me of a poisonous spider.
Mike got caught between a bow and a curtsy.
In related news: 95% of Americans think polls are wrong.
Michelle Obama Wears $540 Designer Sneakers to Feed the Poor
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/05/01/michelle-obama-wears-540-designer-sneakers-to-feed-poor.html
The No. 1 spot went to the Hildebeast.
However, this was an open-ended poll....Pickles Clinton won the top spot with only 9% !
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