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What Recession? White House 'Photo of the Day' Shows Michelle Obama Wearing $2,763 Coat
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | Kristinn

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.


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To: kristinn

That coat is UGLY. Omgosh if I were to own a dog I wouldn’t allow the dog to wear something so hideous.


161 posted on 01/21/2010 3:47:25 AM PST by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: itssme

And she makes me gag when she comes on talking about the need to give money for Haiti.....

I know - it’s something she is expected to do - but it still makes me gag.

Laura Bush NEVER made me gag.


162 posted on 01/21/2010 3:48:19 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt (Ronald Reagan: If we ever forget that we're one nation under God,then we'll be a nation gone under.")
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To: kristinn

Racial victimhood is big business.


163 posted on 01/21/2010 4:06:12 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: kristinn

What that saying about you can’t take the city out of a country mouse....or something like that....or is this more like “w’re movin’ on up ta the East Side?”

And $14K for Haiti...and what’s worse about it....they tell us...

I don’t recall the Bush’s telling the press how much they tithe....


164 posted on 01/21/2010 4:07:06 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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To: kristinn

I think it’s pathetic and sad that we waste all this bandwidth critizing our First Lady.

Here’s what she thinks of this.

http://www.foxarc.com/blog/stuff/sound-effects/animal%20sounds/MOOSE2.WAV


165 posted on 01/21/2010 4:13:28 AM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: kristinn

Whodathunkit...that all kinds of overpriced junk can really enhance the content of one’s character?


166 posted on 01/21/2010 4:32:21 AM PST by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: kristinn

167 posted on 01/21/2010 4:32:44 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: paulycy
To her loyal subjects:


168 posted on 01/21/2010 4:39:14 AM PST by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: kristinn

That “bathrobe” cost more than my car!


169 posted on 01/21/2010 4:42:46 AM PST by efs111 (Hasta La Vista, Baby!)
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To: kristinn

Let them eat cake


170 posted on 01/21/2010 4:42:58 AM PST by NavVet ("You Lie!")
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To: kristinn
If she is spending their own money, who gives a rat's patoot?

Does anyone really expect the First Lady (like her or hate her) while in the People's House (White House) greeting guests to look like a homeless bag-lady? C'mon people!!!

171 posted on 01/21/2010 4:47:13 AM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: Snapping Turtle

It’s Official! Michelle O. Is The New Jackie O., Say Fashion Pros
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-fuller/its-official-michelle-o-i_b_159511.html

One year ago...LOL.


172 posted on 01/21/2010 4:48:42 AM PST by EBH (An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced." ~~D'Aconia)
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To: Oceander
Not to be picky but I think she'd insist the cake be sugar-free, too. ;0)


173 posted on 01/21/2010 4:49:51 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: pillut48
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174 posted on 01/21/2010 4:54:29 AM PST by bushpilot1
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To: Kirkwood

axelrod is quoted here as saying IF Obama runs again...


175 posted on 01/21/2010 4:57:49 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: kristinn

I have a similar coat - one of my favorites. I got it for $39 after Christmas one year.


176 posted on 01/21/2010 5:03:30 AM PST by mom4melody
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To: ColdOne

There are ten comments about the coat photo on the Mrs-O website. All must have been written by her staffers. So warm, fuzzy, glowing,...best FLOTUS ever, etc


177 posted on 01/21/2010 5:08:38 AM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: kristinn

This and 22 personal assistants.


178 posted on 01/21/2010 5:09:01 AM PST by Postman
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To: Impy; TigersEye; floriduh voter; snippy_about_it; ovrtaxt; syriacus; TigerLikesRooster; ...

Related ....

Obamas fly chef 860 miles to the White House... just to make pizza ...Apr 10, 2009 ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1168940/Obamas-fly-chef-860-miles-White-House—just-make-pizza.html
Obama the elitist,once again failing to practice what he preaches. What’s the carbon foot print on that pizza? ...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090410194148AARuLnE
Apr 10, 2009 ... He eats Waygu beef ($100/lb) Has pizzas flown in … ... saying how Obama likes that cut of beef, at $100 a pound, and then he went on to say ...

[Link blast of other recent news in response to this post.]


179 posted on 01/21/2010 5:09:20 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (2010 HOUSE RACES! Help everyone get the goods on their House Rats. See my profile.)
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To: kristinn
Photobucket
180 posted on 01/21/2010 5:10:45 AM PST by bushpilot1
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