First Lady Michelle Obama greets a young visitor touring the White House during a surprise visit in the Blue Room with family dog Bo on the anniversary of the inauguration, Jan. 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Posted on 01/20/2010 7:59:31 PM PST by kristinn
With the nation still mired in a deep recession that has millions of Americans experiencing economic ruin, the Obama administration marked Barack Obama's one-year anniversary as president by displaying a photograph of First Lady Michelle Obama wearing a $2,763 designer coat as the 'White House photo of the day' on the front page of WhiteHouse.gov.
First Lady Michelle Obama greets a young visitor touring the White House during a surprise visit in the Blue Room with family dog Bo on the anniversary of the inauguration, Jan. 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Nola Weinstein, Fashion Editor for Glam.com noted that Michelle Obama was wearing a "mat lurex Moschino coat with a matching cap sleeve dress from the brand's Pre-Spring 2010 collection."
Sharon Haver at FocusOnStyle.com gushed over the outfit, calling it "very Camelot-ish".
Haver noted that Moschino sent out a copy of the White House photo with the bragging caption:
Moschino is pleased to announce that First Lady Michelle Obama wore a mat lurex Moschino coat with a matching cap sleeve dress while celebrating the year anniversary of the inauguration at the White House.
Freeper maggief discovered the coat at Net-A-Porter.com via polyvore.com
Moschino | Bouclé tweed coat | NET-A-PORTER.COM
# $2,763 (1.935 EUR) (dress not included)
The Obama's are not shy about lavishly spending exhorbitant amounts money on themselves in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The First Couple took a ten-day Hawaii vacation over Christmas and New Year's where they stayed at a $4000 per day $8.9 million estate. Michelle Obama was photographed wearing $635 per pair shoes while out for dinner in Hawaii.
A recent study of five pairs of footwear worn by Michelle Obama shows an average price of $700 per pair.
It could not be readily determined how much the matching dress for the $2763 Moschino coat is selling for.
A woman lucky enough to have a job in this economy that pays the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would have to work nearly 380 hours without taxes withheld to be able to afford Michelle Obama's Moschino coat seen on the front page of the White House Web site as the Obama's photo of the day.
That thing is $3000.? Seriously?
Since Michelle is so tall, she might have to pay and extra buck or two for X-long. I’m sure that they have flattering colors.
Thank you, Backhoe — good links. I wonder if she has a special clothing fund to buy that coat with? As I understood it, the pricy beef and pizza were tax funded. If BO uses his own money, even then he’s a hypocrite anyway for nitpicking corporations that already paid off their debts with interest.
My two favorite snarky blog comments on The First Clydesdale?
( Hattip to The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, who, if anybody cares, is a black guy himself. )
“I ain’t hittin’ on any chick that wears the drapes & furniture...”
“Accessories? That dress needs end tables...”
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
Her rule seems to be
NEVER WEAR THE SAME THING TWICE
How much time does it take her to try on and choose the garments she wears?
Very time consuming ...
and that does not consider all the shoes she has chosen ...
Why are they being excessively extravagant?
BECAUSE THEY CAN. NO ONE DARES TO STOP HER OR THEIR CONTINUAL TRIPS WITH MULTIPLE AIRPLANES TO MANY MANY VACATION LOCATIONS.
Moschino is pleased to announce that First Lady Michelle Obama wore a mat lurex Moschino coat with a matching cap sleeve dress while celebrating the year anniversary of the inauguration at the White House.
Instead the photo is now credited to the White House.
Hmmm.
Thanks for the slideshow!
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Net-A-Porter.com cleaned out more than half the Moshino merchandise they had listed ... after you posted this thread.
BTW, Sean Hannity mentioned Michelle Obama wearing the $2763 coat during the top of his radio show today.
Wookie mitts
NOT TRUE!! NOT ALLOWED! You are wrong.
Seems to me her bro’s don’t seem that thrilled to see her.
Why is she wearing a coat INSIDE the WH?
LMAO! Hands down the most nauseating 46 minutes of film ever. Phoney baloney, trying desperately to do anything to try to help those plunging ratings. Sorry Wookie, it’s not gonna work.
One kid said it was hot so why in the hell is she wearing a coat?
35:40-35:45.... LOL LOL LOL!!!!!
Ditto! I despise them all too. They remind me of the Jefferson’s.
That’s because you it was found and she was outed.
The one that looks like Michael Jackson only with a big caboose?
slim? Not hardly. Spanx works wonders. Oprah taught her well.
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