Posted on 03/19/2022 1:39:41 PM PDT by simpson96
While the last few first ladies have reworn outfits to different official events, the practice used to be unacceptable. Rosalynn Carter committed this then-fashion sin when she wore an off-the-rack blue chiffon and gold-embroidered dress and matching coat to her husband President Jimmy Carter's inaugural ball in 1977.
What sent the media into a tizzy was that the first lady had worn that same dress twice before, including when her husband was elected governor of Georgia in 1971, according to Time.
"Rosalynn set fashion back on its ear," Edith Mayo, then-curator of the first ladies exhibit at the Smithsonian, told The Washington Post in 1997. "The industry really wanted her to wear a fashionable gown."
One of the Smithsonian's current curators, Lisa Kathleen Graddy, backed the first lady's decision, though, saying, "It enhanced the incoming Carter presidency's notions of modesty and frugality," according to Time in 2013.(snip)
In an April 1996 trip to Japan, [Hillary] Clinton's wardrobe "baffled the Japanese," according to an archived Washington Post story. Was she too immodest? Too flamboyant? No. She wore all black.
During the short visit, the first lady wore black on Air Force One, to a dinner with the prime minister, a state dinner at the Imperial Palace, and on a car dealership tour. Many felt this was out of character or symbolic, but her spokesman Neel Lattimore denied this to The Post.
Although black is a staple in women's wardrobe in the US, that is not the case for Japan. "Culturally, black, especially when worn alone or with white, represents mourning and misfortune (funeral attire…ring any bells?)," wrote the Washington Post in 2015.
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LOL! Good one!
It looks like her legs are getting beamed up.
Yes, that dress would make anyone look fat.
How hideous.
I had forgotten just how ugly that blue dress was. Rosalynn Carter should have been brought up on charges of Crimes Against Humanity for wearing that thing in public!
I like the one of Hilary in the giant octopus tentacle.
My personal fav isn’t on here....it’s the one in the Middle East when her green “dress or pants” were way too long and she’s gripping it, and that scarf!! OMG!
That yellow dress is the worst one yet! For some reason Michelle Obama’s willingness to wear anything with a designer label, no matter how awful it looks on her, has been called “fashion sense.” She has no fashion sense whatsoever. That yellow dress would look great on the right woman. She’s not that woman.
Don’t forget Hilary and “Old Crusty”.
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