She could have bought 12 kids’ school wardrobes for what she spent on a dress she will never wear again
I think that Michelle actually foots the bill for the dress. This same TV interview also suggests that she pays a deeply discounted price for the advertising afforded the designer. I like to buy nice things and have no problem with her purchasing this dress for herself.
The problem comes because her and her husband preach to others that they should not enjoy the same freedom when spending their own money and it should redistributed in as many creative ways as possible.
I know I will catch heat for this here but I don’t have as much of a problem with the cost of state dinners as I do say for their Hawaiian vacations and especially that jaunt they took to try to secure the Olympics for Chicago. State dinners serve diplomatic purposes and help us appear as a generous country. Reagan hosted 35 of them. Elaborate first family vacations all over the world on the taxpayer dime on the other hand are absurd and offensive.