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Posted on 11/24/2009 11:03:56 AM PST by traumer
Michelle Obama, once celebrated for her patronage of high street shops accessible to most American women, has raised the fashion stakes by ordering a pair of thigh-high leather boots from France.
The American first lady could give Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and a former supermodel, a run for her money once she receives the flat black boots, which have been specially ordered from Robert Clergerie, the French designer based in Romans, in western France.
Mrs Obama has also ordered a pair of calf-length boots in beige buckskin, according to Mr Clergerie, whose boots sell for hundreds of pounds.
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Robert Clergerie said the first lady's order had been sent in by a retailer in her hometown Chicago after Mrs Obama could not find the exact style she wanted. One of the pairs was modified slightly from the catalogue model at her request, he said.
With her fashion-forward move, Mrs Obama has kicked aside controversy over the $540 (£362) Lanvin trainers she wore to volunteer at a charity food bank last spring.
Critics were quick to question the appropriateness of wearing such expensive shoes to a charity event for the poor - particularly given the troubled economy.
During her husband's presidential campaign, Mrs Obama was lauded by US women's magazines for sporting affordable cardigans from J.Crew and reasonably priced dresses by Anne Klein.
Clergerie is one of the few remaining great shoemakers in Romans-sur-Isere, a small town in south-west France that has been renowned for its shoes for centuries.
He has previously made footwear for Madonna, Bianca Jagger and Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy.
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I’ve seen lots & lots of pics of women in the spotlight and I’ can tell you for sure this michelle person has absolutely no class or breeding. she should KNOW that if you are on the world stage you don’t make faces at people
she’ll be all set won’t she now with the boots and the belt
LOL! Well said!
So do I :)
It's her dishonesty and hypocrisy that bug the ever livin' HECK outta me.
They had to add yards of leather so they'd fit around her fat thighs.
Meanwhile, nearly 20% of the citizenry of our country are unemployed and many of them wondering how they are going to put a few presents under the Christmas tree for their children.
The WH crowd makes me sick and yes, I am glad that people are praying Psalm 109:8 about these horrible, horrible, evil people. They are the coldest, most inhumane people who have ever lived in the nation’s peoples’ house and I hope they are booted out (pardon the pun) after only four long destructive years.
More like Sour Puss in Boots.
Your feet don't look that big! Sooooo....she must wear a size 13!
I'm a size 10...and love my Crocs!
Probably because no tag for ‘Breaking News’ or ‘Front Page News’ was added. Sidebars make for great visibility.
Have you seen her thighs? They’ll have to kill a couple more cows to get enough leather.
I used walk by Robert Clergerie’s shop when I lived in Paris in the 80’s and 90’s. They were very expensive then, prices out of sight now.
A pair of thigh high leather boots, customized, would probably run close to $10,000.
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