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Michelle Obama didn’t like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes
Washington Post ^
| 11/23/2016
| Robin Givhan
Posted on 11/26/2016 3:59:17 PM PST by simpson96
At the Hay-Adams this fall, members of Washington’s diplomatic community gathered inside the historic hotel’s glass-walled loft, with its postcard views of the White House, for a conversation about fashion. About clothes and their place on the world stage. The program, hosted by the State Department and Elle magazine, included a panel discussion, in which I was invited to participate, that featured designer Derek Lam. When the conversation came around to first lady Michelle Obama — because how could it not? — Lam dropped his head in a mournful manner and lamented: Her departure from the East Wing signaled the end of a singular era for American fashion.
During her tenure, Obama brought widespread attention to Seventh Avenue. She energized designers, editors and stylists with her fashion-forward wardrobe choices. She made industry insiders stand taller both at home and abroad. She’s been an exemplar of modern, fit and confident middle age. She instilled pride and kinship among countless black women.
And she has been the most high-profile cheerleader for the sleeveless sheath as the 21st-century power uniform. “It’s been accepted everywhere,” says designer Maria Pinto, who created many of Obama’s 2008 campaign dresses, including the purple sheath she wore when she fist-bumped the presumptive Democratic nominee. “You don’t have to be in a suit. There’s other ways to get that power look.”
Lam is among the many Seventh Avenue designers whose clothes have been part of the first lady’s public wardrobe and whose life story has been fundamental to her version of fashion diplomacy.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bho44; bias; clods; fashion; flotusmichelle
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Just another objective WaPo employee.
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11/26/2016 3:59:17 PM PST
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simpson96
To: simpson96
Acme Tent and Awning Company.....
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11/26/2016 4:00:06 PM PST
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caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: simpson96
Aunt Ester is eye bleach when compared to this reporter and the FLOTUS.
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11/26/2016 4:02:13 PM PST
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right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: simpson96
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11/26/2016 4:02:16 PM PST
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al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: simpson96
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11/26/2016 4:02:38 PM PST
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NautiNurse
(Confucius says: "Never measure curtains before the votes are counted.")
To: simpson96
Caution! There are pictures at the link that can’t be unseen!!!
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11/26/2016 4:03:02 PM PST
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To: simpson96
This is like “The Empress has no clothes” right?
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11/26/2016 4:03:09 PM PST
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2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: simpson96
WHY the HELL are Democrats so FUGLY?? God did NOT make them that way.
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11/26/2016 4:03:13 PM PST
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Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: simpson96
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11/26/2016 4:03:32 PM PST
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meyer
(There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
To: al baby
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11/26/2016 4:03:40 PM PST
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Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: simpson96
Ha, the Post must be writing for readers who have never seen Michelle Obama...
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11/26/2016 4:04:37 PM PST
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W.
(Practice does NOT make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect pistolcraft!)
To: al baby
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11/26/2016 4:04:40 PM PST
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caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: simpson96
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11/26/2016 4:05:04 PM PST
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: simpson96
Michelle Obama didn’t like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes Yeah. They said, "I got dressed in the dark."
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11/26/2016 4:08:53 PM PST
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
To: ransomnote
After her white house gig she will be a Karl Malone lookalike
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11/26/2016 4:09:14 PM PST
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al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: simpson96
It is difficult impossible to dress a female devoid of grace and beauty with a dress of grace and beauty.
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11/26/2016 4:09:22 PM PST
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Fungi
To: simpson96
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11/26/2016 4:09:37 PM PST
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Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
To: simpson96
Wookiees of the world, unite!
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11/26/2016 4:10:11 PM PST
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House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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