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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Your PETA beat my PETA! LOL!
But you tagline is perfect.
Them boots should be made from snakeskin ....there are so many snakes in the WH and Congress - KILL THE SNAKES AND.......SAVE OUR HIDES!!!!
“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,..”
Maybe, if none of us opens our eyes...
Well they saw her coming when she spent $500.00 for sneakers so I would expect her to pay $1500.00 - $2000.00.
You did mean boots ... didn't you?
Of course they had to be special order, normal sizes
only go up to 9.
LOL. I don't think so
hahaha... damn’t. You made me laugh too loudly at the office.
“Movin’on up”
Yep. She’s ghetto.
hooker boots for the first lady?
first the hair, now the dominatrix boots- she is apparently trying to channel Grace Jones. Waiting for a hooded cowl to cover that scowl.
ROFLMAO! That is so true...What is with those freaking belts? It’s so..and I hate to say this..GHETTO. It is.
Didn’t they freak out about Sarah wearing knee-high black boots to a dinner in DC last year?
Yeah, thought so.
Not gonna go there.
Wouldn't be prudent...
...considering my shoe size ain't exactly dainty :)
The bamer already has them ... just ask Larry!
Do they come in linebacker thigh sizes?
They probably didn’t make them in Size 13 xw.
I wish she would have ordered top of the head boots.
I can’t wait for the photos!!!!!
I just hope they can hold up under hundreds of pounds - they're gonna need to!
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