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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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.
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.
This is THE FIRST elegant, nice-looking, flattering item of clothing I have ever seen her in.
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"
It’s about time she wore something that didn’t come from Ringling Brothers or BF Goodrich.
I don’t have drapes in my house, so it isn’t mine!
;-)
Sweatshop dress...?
DumBO has promised them card check in India.
Finally dressed like a first lady. Looks good. There’s no explaining some of her earlier experiments.
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.
Wait until you see the pictures of her glares inside the State Dinner — no one has taught her not to look mean!
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.
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 !
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.
The Prime Minister is having his snooze, but Michelle eats on!
Where’s the 12 ply radial Michelin boob belt to go with it?
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