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Naeem Khan gown worn by Michelle Obama wows state dinner crowd [creating jobs, took 40 to make it]
NJ.com ^ | 11-25-09 | Vicki Hyman

Posted on 11/25/2009 5:42:06 AM PST by SJackson

Naeem Khan has dressed Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Katherine Heigl, but it appears to have taken First Lady Michelle Obama, who wore his custom-made strapless silver-and-cream gown to a state dinner Tuesday night, to make him a household name. (If Khan gets a smidgen of the press that Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo got for designing Obama's Inauguration Day ensembles. we'll be thrilled for him.)

Khan, an Indian-born designer who shows at New York Fashion Week, consistently turns out jaw-droppingly gorgeous eveningwear, though he has been branching out in recent seasons. His signatures are ethnic embroideries, dazzling colors, and bold embellishments, like this stunner worn by Keys to the BET Honors last year.

Khan says the gown took 40 people three weeks to complete at the designer's family workshop in India.

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To: mewzilla
From 1989....

Gigts (sic) and Loans to Nancy Reagan Stir I.R.S. Interest in High Fashion

61 posted on 11/25/2009 6:26:00 AM PST by mewzilla (Voter fraud is treason.)
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To: SJackson

Well I hate to say it but she does look very nice.....of course there was nowhere to go but up for her considering some of the clown school garb she’s been wearing.


62 posted on 11/25/2009 6:26:42 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: SJackson

For the first time in my adult life I can honestly say she doesn’t look terrible. Except for the huge bustle in the back. I thought they went out of style long ago.


63 posted on 11/25/2009 6:28:03 AM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: OpusatFR
He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy in that one picture. You can almost see George Soros’ hand stuck up his behind.
64 posted on 11/25/2009 6:35:16 AM PST by Barb4Bush (God bless Glenn Beck!)
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To: SJackson
...took 40 people three weeks to complete at the designer's family workshop in India.

39 to hide the belt from Michelle and 1 to sew the dress.
65 posted on 11/25/2009 6:35:24 AM PST by HighlyOpinionated (Abortion-Euthanasia kills the very people for whom Social Justice is needed.)
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To: rhombus

This is THE FIRST elegant, nice-looking, flattering item of clothing I have ever seen her in.


66 posted on 11/25/2009 6:36:08 AM PST by bboop
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
Why do they need to touch everyone. They are pushy, ill-mannered, and inwardly ugly. In every manner, they manage to offend as many as they can...

OTOH, she did manage to outsource American jobs. I wonder how much per day they pay the needleworkers?

So it took over two person-years of work to make one dress for Michelle Obama to wear for a couple of hours, never to be seen again? Gee, was any child labor involved? Did the people get paid a living wage? Were working conditions monitored? Imagine if Palin wore something that took two years’ worth of labor! The AP would send a dozen people over for weeks to try to find an underage, underpaid, overworked seamstress. -RedState.com/ "Clothes: Sarah Palin’s vs Michelle Obama’s"

67 posted on 11/25/2009 6:38:29 AM PST by WVKayaker (www.wherezobama.org / Obama's Excellent Adventure ...)
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To: SJackson

It’s about time she wore something that didn’t come from Ringling Brothers or BF Goodrich.


68 posted on 11/25/2009 6:38:49 AM PST by Sloth (Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

I don’t have drapes in my house, so it isn’t mine!

;-)


69 posted on 11/25/2009 6:39:28 AM PST by Grammy (Politics. .......( poli ) many ( tics ) blood suckers)
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To: Dead Corpse
"KHAAAANNNN!!"


70 posted on 11/25/2009 6:39:51 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Socialism is hip until somebody loses a paycheck)
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To: SJackson
Khan says the gown took 40 people three weeks to complete at the designer's family workshop in India.

Sweatshop dress...?

71 posted on 11/25/2009 6:45:28 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Why isn't the International Ladies Garment Workers Union shrieking with anguish and rage?

DumBO has promised them card check in India.

72 posted on 11/25/2009 6:56:40 AM PST by depressed in 06 (ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
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To: SJackson

Finally dressed like a first lady. Looks good. There’s no explaining some of her earlier experiments.


73 posted on 11/25/2009 6:57:01 AM PST by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson)
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To: SJackson
The gown is beautiful, and the First Lady looks lovely. About that there is certainly no question.

BTW, didn't the Propaganda Machine (the "mainstream newsmedia") give Nancy Reagan a fit about her clothes? Now the same Propaganda Machine is gaga over Michelle Obama. The rock-bottom standards (standards?) of those people never cease to appall the truthful.

The degeneration of the American Free Press into a Propaganda Machine worthy of Nazi Germany and The Soviet Union is probably the single most dangerous event in U.S. history in the past 50 years. Honest, decent people recoil in disgust.

74 posted on 11/25/2009 6:57:13 AM PST by Savage Beast (If you throw a rock over a fence, itÂ’s the hit dog that hollers. -Mike Huckabee)
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To: OpusatFR

Wait until you see the pictures of her glares inside the State Dinner — no one has taught her not to look mean!


75 posted on 11/25/2009 6:58:54 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: sofaman

The Indian PM is Sikh and Sikhs, very often, have the last name Khan.

No they don’t. Khan is a muslim name, so is his first name.


76 posted on 11/25/2009 6:59:55 AM PST by indianyogi
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To: OpusatFR

Laura BUSH looked way more decent than Michelle O. who is dressed like a diva(fake) or other celebrity...

Smartness and decency are things largely ignored by average socialist activists...When they grab the power it’s a disaster.

I would not play the self-righteous fair dude there.
OBAMAOS are still on the campaign mode...NO MERCY ! NO TRUCE !


77 posted on 11/25/2009 7:00:52 AM PST by Ulysse (a)
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Re: pic at #50:
The hat is a nice touch.
I did not notice finger food on the menu.
The Prez of India, beside her, is apparently meditating his way out of the evening.


78 posted on 11/25/2009 7:04:56 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (He is the son of soulless slavers, not the son of soulful slaves.)
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To: PhiKapMom

The Prime Minister is having his snooze, but Michelle eats on!

79 posted on 11/25/2009 7:06:35 AM PST by They'reGone2000 (PALIN*BECK 2012)
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To: SJackson

Where’s the 12 ply radial Michelin boob belt to go with it?


80 posted on 11/25/2009 7:08:49 AM PST by OB1kNOb (All FReepers need to pray Psalms 109:8 daily for Barack Obama. (No, really. I'm serious.))
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