Posted on 04/04/2009 5:01:02 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Europe melts for Michelle By: Nia-Malika Henderson and Jonathan Martin April 4, 2009 06:33 PM EST
He was cool and understated, the slightest bit aloof. She choked up as she told young minority girls to follow their dreams.
He gave speeches. She gave hugs. And while Barack Obama came to Europe as the American president, Michelle Obama came as something entirely different almost an American tourist, but the kind even jaded Europeans could love, big-hearted, curious, sophisticated yet accessible.
They simply melted for Michelle.
Of course, the Europeans were eager to gush over a First Couple not named Bush. In fact, if one of the White Houses goals for this trip is repair the U.S. reputation abroad after the Bush era, Michelle was an equal partner in the effort, in ways different from her husband.
Barack Obama wins them over with a personal style and an embrace of internationalism that seems almost European. Michelle Obama is the approachable one, fashionable yet down-to-earth, and effusive (rubbing the Queens back!) in an endearing way.
She still seems to be wide eyed in the job and pinching herself as if she cant believe it, because who would have predicted this?" said Joanna Coles, who is British and is editor-in-chief of Marie Claire.
"And thats whats exciting about her, and thats what exciting about America, and thats what she represents, Coles said.
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Why even post this crap here?
She also wears shoes that don’t fit right. That sweater was tacky. Most of her clothes are strange and now anyone can compare her fashion sense to Jackie Kennedy is beyond me. There is NO comparison. I cannot believe how large of woman she is when they took the pictures from the backside. She needs clothes that flatter her not make her stand out as huge. Pretty bad when you cannot button a sweater.
I’ll be more impressed when they elect THEIR first African prime minister, etc., than I am with them melting. They’ve been melting for a long time, it seems to me.
LOL. I didn’t realize she was the Amazon woman.
This article deserves a projectile vomit alert.
What the heck is she wearing this time?
Gad, that’s awful.
Isn’t there a Michelle’s awful fashion sense ping list?
“Isnt there a Michelles awful fashion sense ping list?”
Ping.
LOL! Not a big list, I see.
That’s brilliant.
They need to first get rid of America, the ideal, the exception. THEN, there will be no invidious comparisons. Everyone will be the same.............enslaved.
I think I just got all the tenses wrong, above.
See post #79 The stitching in the jacket looks as if the tailor left his/her marks and the pants are anything but flattering imo.
Sorry, #69
Yeah, I trust the stories. So many do not even know what Yalta was. The progressive people around the world are thrilled with this turn of history. For them, it is not a failure.
If we are in the post-national era, then it makes sense for France to repudiate Gaullism. France was a NATO participant, but not in the military aspect. I would assume they are positioning themselves to take command of NATO.
He is 1000x worse than Carter.
I was just going to say — Where is the Bard Alert?
It all beats most of what she usually wears, IMO.
Accent stitching doesn’t offend me. It draws attention to her face. The pants are relaxed enough to fit over her hips and fall gracefully. The short jacket draws the eye upward, away from the hips. She’s standing in approximately 3rd position, which is good. Eventually, she will learn to also turn her hips sideways to the camera.
I think someone on her staff is reading these threads!
Telling, isn't it? Palin gets excoriated for wearing designer clothes. Giving them up didn't help her with the press, either. Michelle...All the designer labels in the world can't can't help a pinched face or deciding to stand at ease like a man. Yet the press would have you believe she has all the grace and poise of a Jacky-O or Audrey Hepburn.
But the real truth has nothing to do with fashion and everything to do with politics: the press are simply shameless shills for the Obamas.
There’s just no comparison: one has obviously been trained and prepared for such roles for her entire adult life. The other has just entered the program.
Thank you for the post and your insight. Getting really tired of the adoration of the press for everything obama.
Where IS this garbage coming from?
vaudine
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