Posted on 01/24/2013 2:53:40 PM PST by blam
Fashion Editor Calls Out Michelle Obama For Acting Like An 'Indulged Starlet'
Ashley Lutz
January 24, 2013
A renowned fashion editor was not impressed with Michelle Obama's behavior leading up to the Inaugural Ball.
The first lady reportedly asked between 15 and 30 designers to submit looks before going with this red Jason Wu number, which was kept secret.
"Mrs. Obama isn’t an indulged starlet primping for the Oscars, nor should she behave like one," writes Bridget Foley, executive editor of Women's Wear Daily. "Women everywhere have big events for which they select a single dress in advance of the moment."
Michelle Obama's behavior is high-maintenance compared with that of first ladies' past, such as Laura Bush, Foley wrote.
Foley speculates that Mrs. Obama liked the attention.
"But let’s say Mrs. Obama enjoyed the public guessing game; she must, or it wouldn’t have happened," Foley writes. "The rampant speculation should have been handled differently."
The First Lady's dress selection process was unkind to the fashion world, Foley said.
"At the very least, with five minutes of attention she could have cut the list to a couple of finalists," Foley writes. "As it was, Mrs. Obama’s fashion team needlessly disappointed and possibly misled many hard-working people, some of whom hoped vainly for a much-needed commercial boost."
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“It could be attractive on a woman with a bosom———”
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Aw,come on Tax-chick,leave us less endowed women alone. God made me the way I am and so be it.
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I was sewing more complex outfits than that when I was in junior high. The fabric and the cut reminds me of one pattern I had that was a sort of a one piece wrap around that included pants. I may have to drag it out so I can be hip again.
I’ve been thinking that since I first saw the pelt on her head. Thanks for posting the pics.
But it for certain does not look like a First Lady should. Night club attire for a chanteuse, maybe. But too much skin - which Michelle Obama seems determined to show as often as she can - for the wife of a president.
Hey, some people need visual reinforcement; this is for them. You did good!
Lol!
I’m not round, myself, after losing 35 pounds. There are flattering dresses for every figure, but that one is not, for Michelle’s build. Halter tops are intended to show off large breasts.
Speaking up for de men who be lovin’ de niblets...
But not wookie niblets. Ptooie.
Meanwhile the serfs are being laid off or let go after being at their jobs or 20+ years all over the nation because of Obamacare and her husbands horrible economic policies, income has dwindled dramatically as employees have taken dramatic paycuts from their employers who have to cut wages to stay in business, and her husbands continues his assault on the very core foundations that made America great - marriage, Christianity, the Constitution, etc.... All so she can have more lavish parties, vacations, clothing, etc...than any former First Lady in history. The Obama’s are living high on the hog because we are footing their open-ended checkbook.
I was thinking along similar lines. Why focus all of the blame on Michelle? Her adoring fanbase, including these jilted designers, are part of the problem. There is a certain eagerness to please her highness, that isn't quite right.
Not to justify her actions, just thinking that it takes a multitude of enablers, for this sort of story to exist at all.
Good point.
Ouch! Can NOT stop laughing!!!!
Michelle Obama ... the fifth Beatle
I see her more as a pampered hog.
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