Posted on 08/08/2009 5:28:43 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
This autumn, cardigans are going to be big, short and cute or long and elegant
Though I dare say Michelle Obama would prefer to be remembered for more than plumping up the sales of J. Crews knitwear, it is for her services to the cardigan that she will long be talked about on planet fashion. What shes done is to show us how to wear it with panache. Shes made it look fresh, modern and perfectly capable of holding its own in the highest of places. So it was that when the distinguished but stately designer Oscar de la Renta told Womens Wear Daily that You dont go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater, it was he who seemed foolish, not the fresh and breezy Michelle O.
As Amy Fine Collins, chief style correspondent for Vanity Fair, puts it, Its clever not to wear the jacket all the time, which can look stiff and proper. The cardigan covers up in the same way, but its soft and versatile.
The fragrant Martha Stewart was just as enthusiastic: If our First Lady wears J. Crew to greet the Queen of England, no reason I cant wear J. Crew to a business dinner. The great thing about this is its so freeing.
How you wear a cardigan matters. While the young royals, for instance, or funky models (Agyness Deyn) and the music set (Lily Allen), use the cardigan to dress an outfit down, flinging a cardie over a prom or ball dress as if to say, Im not really all dressed up, the 30-plus woman uses it precisely to dress an outfit up.
(Excerpt) Read more at women.timesonline.co.uk ...
That takes an XXL south pole parka.
You’re welcome to pass it on to anyone. All in fun.
You know, I do take that partially back. Please don’t pass it on to flag@whitehouse.gov. They already have my number.
you’d think they would give her clothes that fit
They should use a Mr. Roger's photo with a red cardigan (would be more apropos considering Pres. Obama's politics).
Yes, I remember that very well.....does that mean I am older than dirt....LOL!
If anyone thinks that outfit looks good ‘they need their eyes examined’..! I have seen her wear the worst outfits in the world. And the media lolligag all over themselves.
I enjoyed this whole thread, had some good laughs!
Great sweater, Daffy! I can accept her in that one....!!
ROFLOL!
If she’s not pregnant, she needs to suck in her stomach. Who is she to go around with her belly sticking out? Suck it in!
You know when the rubber hits the road that NEITHER of them will have the faintest CLUE as to how to either ‘suck it up’ or ‘soldier on.’
I can think of no one else, save Carter, that will make as big a mess of the coming crisis be it the economy, another attack on American soil, the pending overthrow of Government by the Clintons, etc.
We are so screwed...
I have worn many cardigans and I have NEVER looked as frumpy as M.O. does! She wears them too tight, too wrinkled, and too OFTEN! Yeesh!
Baby-bump? Left-over fat from the first two “babies” is my guess...or too many rich desserts at the Whitw House. :D
ROFL!!!
6. Try ironing or steaming your clothes before putting them on! Or not sleeping in them....
That’s the first person I thought of! LOL!
I developed a belly after having my thyroid removed. I work out every day but it's still there. I try not to wear clothes that show off the belly.
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