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White House denies manufacturer's boast that First Lady carried their $5,950 bag
Daily News ^ | 7/9/2009 | DAILY NEWS STAFF

Posted on 07/09/2009 7:49:28 AM PDT by NMEwithin

Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper? Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington food bank. Earlier this week (while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow), she carried a sexy black clutch, which Italian luxury house VBH boasts is their shiny black alligator manila bag – with a retail sticker price of $5,950. The White House flatly denies that Obama bought such a high-priced accessory, and says that she was carrying a patent clutch that retails for $875. The First Lady, who has impressed with her chic, affordable style sense, embracing Everywoman brands like Gap and J.Crew, flashed the shiny handheld while walking with her husband, President Barack Obama, during their Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana. Told that Obama's office denied the bag was the high-end VBH clutch, Kelly Vitko, a rep for the company replied, "It’s definitely ours."



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: auntesther; bigbargainatonly875; clowns; michelle; michelleantoinette; nwordrich; obama; purse; trailertrash; wheremycake
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To: NMEwithin

Photoshopped the pic. Under magnification, although rather pixelated it definitly dosen’t look like patent leather and has the look of some sort of gator hide.


21 posted on 07/09/2009 7:58:06 AM PDT by Leg Olam
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
These people are total phonies and hypocrites and liars.

Not to mention incredibly insecure.

22 posted on 07/09/2009 7:59:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: AnglePark

Yep, the whole hand bag and shoe thing I will never understand. I bought a red, patent leather purse on a clearance rack at Anne Taylor for $37 and I get compliments on it every single time I go out.


23 posted on 07/09/2009 7:59:24 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: NMEwithin
Yo, Allah! Can I get a ZOT, about two steps back?

24 posted on 07/09/2009 7:59:40 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: NMEwithin

I guess it’s good to be queen.


25 posted on 07/09/2009 7:59:56 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Have you punished an 0bama supporter today?)
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To: NMEwithin

26 posted on 07/09/2009 8:00:12 AM PDT by maggief
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To: AnglePark

She was able to afford buying the bag with the money she saved by using veggies from the ‘White House’ garden.


27 posted on 07/09/2009 8:00:19 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: Notwithstanding

The $5,950 shiny black manila alligator clutch, a smaller version is shown above, is part of VBH's Spring 2009 collection.

28 posted on 07/09/2009 8:01:27 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: NMEwithin

I swear I live in bizarro world. If the Bush’s were caught with this in hand, while droves of American people were losing their jobs and homes, there would be outrage in the media.


29 posted on 07/09/2009 8:01:29 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: mewzilla

Ethics rules and tax laws are for the “little people”....

Liberals:

“We don’t shop at Walmart, only trailer trash like the Palins and right wing America does”

sarc//


30 posted on 07/09/2009 8:01:43 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: NMEwithin

31 posted on 07/09/2009 8:01:45 AM PDT by Walmartian
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To: Eagle Eye

If you have to ask :-)

Haven’t you gotten the memo? Everything is relative. Relative to $5000, $875 is affordable. The Obamas are big leaguers. $875 is about right for Big Leaguers. We poor chumps couldn’t possibly understand what “affordability” is for Big Leaguers.


32 posted on 07/09/2009 8:01:53 AM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: jessduntno
So? Chewbaka got some nice sneakers and a shiny purse? Rest assured that the Sarah Palin wardrobe police are keeping a very close running tab on Her Highness's clothing allowance as well.
And dogs don't lick themselves inappropriately at times.
33 posted on 07/09/2009 8:02:55 AM PDT by DadOfFive (...wake me when it's over.)
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To: NMEwithin

Obama probably didn’t buy it for her.

THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS BOUGHT IT!!


34 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:10 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: NMEwithin

35 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:33 AM PDT by paulycy (Liberal DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE crimes.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Well, I’d like to know how the O’s are acquiring all this high end stuff? Are they paying for it? Getting a deal? Are they gifts? And are the O’s violating any ethics rules and/or tax laws if they ain’t paying full freight?


36 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: NMEwithin

A $6,000 purse damn well better come with $5,950 worth of cash in it.


37 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:59 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: Izzy Dunne
is it my imagination, or does BO's blazer not fit?

PS. I do miss the days when important men wore neckties.

38 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:59 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: jessduntno

Maybe they gave her one. That’s not unheard of. If that’s teh case, why not just say so?


39 posted on 07/09/2009 8:05:05 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: NMEwithin

A bag carrying a bag.


40 posted on 07/09/2009 8:05:35 AM PDT by Piquaboy (Military veteran of 22 years in Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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