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.
I think that $3K is the amount I have spent on clothes/shoes/purses and etc. over the last 5 years maybe?
I think I’m splurging if I buy full price at WalMart!
I wonder how much she has “spent”/been given in clothing, shoes, clutches since Jan.2009??
Anybody? It would be fun to keep a running tab for Michy-O!
How to make a pair of shoes worth $2763. Ans, stuff $2730 in the toe.
Looks like a feminized version of a 1970’s Leisure Suit. But hey, as long as it’s her money and not taxpayer money, she can spend it anyhow she wishes...
Even the DOG is arrogant!
And just where are all those reporters that criticized Sarah’s clothes during the campaign hiding?
No, we got taken.
Hope she doesn’t wear it to any of the Wednesday night parties ‘cause it might get dirty.....
Of course it is expensive; it takes a lot of lipstick to dress up that pig.
Can they really afford all the vast amounts of personal spending that they do?
Wow. The press flayed Nancy Reagan for much less.
I laughed out loud. It really does look like an oven mitt, doesn't it. Hilarious.
On a more serious note, it certainly shows a major disconnect between the anointed first couple and the rest of the country. It won't be long and they'll be voted OUT.
Didn’t Captain Kangaroo have a coat like that?
Personally, I wouldn’t pay $2.73 for that thing at the Salvation Army! But who said ME-shell had any sense (fashion or otherwise)anyway.
I wonder if she’ll give all those clothes back to American people, like Sarah Palin was “encouraged” to do after the campaign!
And we’re supposed to believe “they’re one of us”.
What a joke!
She could have bought a “Bubble coat” at Walmart for 6 bucks.
LOL I almost bought one of those! I think it was $7.
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