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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Wonder who's paying for 'em? At almost nine hundred bucks, they ain't cheap. If Mrs. O's getting a deal, is that against gift rules? Not to mention the tax implications...
I would assume that you can only effectively wear thigh-high boots with mini-skirts.
Does this mean she plans to wear mini-skirts?
Kinky Michelle...
Yuck and is it me or do I see hairy legs?
My eyes are bracing for the sight of the garishly dressed wookie in her new outfit.
You can put fancy boots on a gorilla but she still looks like an ape.
So she gets those and is she ordering whips and chains and garter belts as well?
That will require the hides of two entire cows....
does she call Barry a fish-eyed fool while wearing them????
Wow! Lips on butt-cheeks, nose in rectum, adapt to stench of feces. This author is a real trooper!
Ah, I detect the proverbial “tin ear.” At a time when the rest of us are squeezing every nickle until the buffalo defecates, she’s buying very pricey boots. Maybe she’s just planning ahead as others have indicated — waders may be necessary before Dear Leader’s term comes to an end.
Leni
Ugh.
Michelle Antoinette...
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