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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That one tops my list of “Eek!” moments.
I notice the internet is being scrubbed of her “bouncy” moments. FOUR links I had have been scrubbed. One a few months ago and the three remaining I had are gone (one was AJ - yes AJ - on YouTube so that wasn’t much of a surprise).
[Manolo Blahniks]
Well, on Thursday nights, there’s “Blossom”. /Costanza
Mrs. 0bama can’t help being tall and big. She can choose her clothing more carefully. Big women can dress such that they still look feminine. Wearing tablecloths and alien-skin boots is NOT the way to go.
Wonder what man size Big Mike wears
Only for those guys on the down low.
If I had to imagine an Indonesian Transvestite Street-Walker, that’s the image that would make the most sense. /indirect reference to Barack’s Indonesian Nanny
No, not Big Bird. Nor SJP.
‘Behemoth’
Lol. So apt.
Never mind the boots. She wore an open bathrobe.
It was SaveFerris who used the word “Behemoth” in post 51.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3715431/posts?page=68#51
Looks like God emptied the entire Ugly Vat in a single pour.
Then He wrapped the thing in a giant, yellow tarp.
Can you set width with "75%" ?
Thanks. Was too quick to post!
Yes...............Just add: width =75% after the “ and before the >..................
Moochelle is going to Fart out loud now?
No more silent killers?
You go girl.
I’ll give her $100 of she paints my House.
Looks like a Beef Jerky Commercial to me.
Yes, she is free to continue to dress with tacky and ghastly taste, just as she did for the eight years of the Obozo presidency.
She looks like Shaq in a dress next to horse face, Sex in the City sleazebag.
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