Posted on 01/20/2009 11:21:09 AM PST by rightinthemiddle
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama wore a sparkling yellow-gold sheath dress with matching coat by Cuban-born American designer Isabel Toledo for the inauguration of her husband, a choice many applauded as a cheerful message of hope and a vote for the American fashion industry.
She paired the embellished ensemble with green gloves from J. Crew and green shoes.
President Barack Obama wore a red tie and white shirt with his suit, topped with an overcoat adorned with an American flag pin.
Their daughters were style icons in their own right, with 10-year-old Malia in a double-breasted periwinkle-blue coat with a blue-ribbon bow at the waist, and Sasha, 7, in a pink coat with orange scarf and satin belt, a coral-colored dress peeking out at the hem. Their coats were from Crewcuts by J. Crew.
The fashion industry has anxiously looked to the election of Obama for months, embracing his wife as an emblem and ambassador of modern American style. She has won praise for her penchant for lesser-known designers and bold fashion choices, mixed with her unabashed love for mass fashion from mainstream American retailers.
"She is single-handedly breathing new life into designers like Narciso Rodriguez and Isabel Toledo, who have had a rocky past," said red-carpet and editorial stylist Mary Alice Stephenson.
"What's so powerful about Michelle Obama is we all see ourselves in her. She's a modern woman who is fashionable and even flamboyant in her style and she is still taken seriously," she said. "She's wearing that dress today for all of us. We're all wearing that dress with her. The dress is elegant, appropriate and has the individual style stamp of Michelle Obama and is timely for a woman in her 40s — and she wears embellishment during the day. Hallelujah!"
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lol...the only word in this passage that contains more than an ounce of truth is "flamboyant."
Watch as Michelle, a vision in gold brocade and green accessories, descends the staircase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bOpJ5elW8
I couldn't help contrasting Laura's pristeen offwhite coat with grey suit......
..and Michelles strange colored outfit.
Barack & Michelle have tons of money....how did this yellow/green combo happen?
What a pantload of worshipful crap.
The only thing missing from her attire was the curatin rods.
Oh, snap!
The Obama’s have no SUBSTANCE so the media has to comment on their STYLE or lack of same.
What’s that saying about a silk purse and a sow’s ear???
This reads like a twelve year old girl writing about the
Jonas brothers.
Kind of reminded me of a circus tent.
How did it happen?
Dunno! But we have a walking almanac here at 668 (not me!) who directed me to look up the color isabella. Here’s the dictionary.com dish:
Isabella
Is`a*bel”la\, n., Isabella color \Is`a*bel”la col”or\ [Said to be named from the Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601 to 1604, in consequence of a vow made by her.] A brownish yellow color.
Trivia of the day. Isabella is the color one gets from not changing one’s nightie. (Merriam-Webster calls it gray-yellow.)
Ick.
Let’s face it: Michelle will never have the class of Laura Bush, no way, no how!
“The only thing missing from her attire was the curatin rods.”
That’s classic. I’m going to have to steal that one.
Can't wait to see the dress tonight considering how ill-fitted the bile green dress was...
I say pull the plug. That color dress does nothing for her. Although it does look ke she is doing her part for frugality by shopping at the local D.C. thrift store.
I say pull the plug. That color dress does nothing for her. Although it does look like she is doing her part for frugality by shopping at the local D.C. thrift store.
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