Btw, if you had read more posts you'd see that I have been saying she looked lovely in her wedding photos. She's getting really bad advice on clothing. She's our First Lady and needs to get better advice. Sorry if you can't take a group of honest lady freepers. This thread would make you cry I guess. And there's a ping list.
It's possible to be honest without being insulting, and I see a lot of just plain insults on this thread.
I'm not being "mealy mouthed". I intend to criticize Obama's beliefs and policies whenever I disagree. I just refuse to act like a 3rd grader or someone from DU and insult people because I don't like their fashion sense. That reflects poorly on FR and the conservative cause.
I think her inaugural wardrobe is overcompensation for the election night disaster.
1) The Black Widow dress. On election night, somebody in the campaign thought she should look “on fire” as in smokin’ red hot. They wanted to send the message of burning energy. The problem is that she looked evil and almost devilish especially in contrast with the rest of her family clad in black as if in mourning.
As a result, the Obama people decided to do the polar opposite.
2) The Grandmother-of-the-bride outfit. The swearing in suit was as matronly and as fussy as something the Queen Mother wore in 1975.
3) The Quinceañera dress. For those who don’t know, a quincenera is the name given to a “coming out” event in certain Hispanic traditions. I think the dress is sweet and angelic, but the age limit should be 17 .. maybe, just maybe 20 but that’s pushing it.
So now that Mrs. Obmama has gone from one extreme to the other, she can now settle on her own style which is quite nice from what I’ve seen.