[afraidfortherepublic]

That's a very nice dress -- quite flattering -- but I don't see $12,000 there.

[Kaslin]

To be honest it is a nice dress, but the reason it is so expensive is because it is a designer dress. If you have the pattern, you could probably sow it $500 or less

[Political Junkie Too]

Someone is missing their burqa.

-PJ

[bgill]

You really think that bustle is flattering?

[jughandle]

That looks like a big time “hide the caboose” dress

[ottbmare]

That's a very nice dress -- quite flattering -- but I don't see $12,000 there.

And that's the funny bit. Carolina Herrera is very smart, talented, and hard-working; she creates beautiful stuff that women want, so she has built up a very lucrative business and can charge whatever she wants. That's called capitalism. It's the opposite of what the Obamas and Hollande believe in.