Posted on 12/26/2018 12:32:13 PM PST by simpson96
In one appearance, Michelle Obama did for Balenciaga boots what it took a hit TV show for Sarah Jessica Parker to do for Manolo Blahniks. During the most recent stop on the book tour for her bestselling memoir Becoming, the former first lady dropped by Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Wednesday night for a discussion with Parker.
While the Sex and the City star was clad in a holiday-appropriate sequin dress, Obama’s sparkly $3,900 Balenciaga boots got all the attention. In fact, by Thursday afternoon, the boots were trending on Twitter and were nearly sold out on the Balenciaga website.
As a two-term first lady, Michelle Obama was without a doubt a style influencer. The clothes she wore routinely sold out, whether they cost thousands of dollars or fewer than a hundred.
Her successor, Melania Trump, a former model, has repeatedly made headlines for fashion gaffes — such as wearing stilettos on her way to hurricane-ravaged Texas, an “I don’t really care. Do U?” jacket on a trip to see detained migrant children, or a colonizer-style ensemble to a trip to Kenya. But Michelle Obama stood out by embracing young designers and championing retailers that middle-class families could afford to wear, like J. Crew, the Gap, and Target. Obama, after all, served as first-lady as the nation rebounded from an economic recession.
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Who can begrudge that of someone who is near the extreme of masculinity. Maybe the boots just makes him feel a little more feminine.
So damn drag queen butt ugly.
My apologies to drag queens.
“...as re-affirmation that leftists truly are mentally disordered.”
My feelings exactly.
Imelda Marcos had more Class and better Taste than the Mooch.
for everybody, it coulda been a mini skirt. I’m grateful she covered up her lower half in a long frock.
Previous posting of Michelle and her boots if anyone be interested
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3714174/posts
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“I am surprised that they make them in men’s sizes.”
Pretty sure that for that price, they’ll make them in whatever hoof size you want
Saigon hooker
Best description I’ve seen yet.
Yep, she should stick with sweats and running shoes, it’s much more appropriate.
VOX acting as a press poodle.
I still think that’s her actual reptile skin
Looks like she has her leg up SJP’s hinder!
Dreadful. Ghastly.
“I think I’ll wear this lovely outfit today” said no mentally competent person ever.
Remember the cat’s reaction in Pillow Talk? That’s the appropriate reflex upon seeing this get-up.
The woman who wants to pair it with a sickening shade of billowing yellow satin around so much “plumage” she becomes “Big Bird”, Michelle Obama.The only thing she lacked was the orange beak.
Mooch knows the suck ups are going to love whatever she wears.
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