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 thought that was her skin sans hose...
blech
Hmmm ... the coat is no longer at the Net-A-Porter.com via polyvore.com links???
let us not forget that she had to have a $540.00 pair of sneakers to go to a food bank with!
But the MSM isn’t interested in that, she is just too wonderful
Heck, even Hillery dressed better than this clueless oaf, and Hillery has cankles!
My Gosh! A $2700 Coat and We still Look like Hell!
Nothing new. The 1867 Reconstruction legislature of the State of Louisiana voted itself $250,000 in Christmas hams.
Shall we discuss SARAH PALIN’S wardrobe now? Gee, I wonder if the taxpayers are shelling it out for her new clothes? At least w/Palin, the people donate to the GOP VOLUNTARILY. Just sayin’.
Hmmm, indeed. The image for the coat is still live, but the listing for the dress is gone, gone, gone. Sold out...or cover up?
I meant the listing for the coat is gone, gone, gone.
Note how it looks on Missuz Zero and on the model?
Seems like she lengthened it to cover dem hips.
Why are there never any white children in these photographs?
Just curious, thats all?
Saw one just like it at the Goodwill store the other day.
I wouldn’t begrudge the price tag if it only looked GOOD on her. blech
>I despise this family. I hope one day things bounce back to bite them, and they are left hopeless and penniless.<
Remember Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos?
We are talking about the very same situation and types of people.
Got into power the same way, destroyed the country the same way, robbed the national treasury the same way, acted like royalty spending on themselves while people went hungry and without jobs. ETC ETC ETC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos
It is amazing how similar the two families are.
they will end the same way as well. What goes around comes around.
It’s been pulled, IMHO.
You may want to upload while the image is still available. It would not surprise me if it also disappears soon.
Gosh! You are so right! When compared together, one can only note a vague similarity! Michelee’s Version looks like it was fabricated by ‘AHAB, the Tentmaker!” Not only are her hips huge, but she always looks like she is wearing one of those wire frame bustles on her rear from the 1800’s or earlier.... Her butt appears to stick out at least a yard straight back......
Boy, I really, really miss Laura Bush......
I’ll bet the one You saw at the Goodwill Store sure looked a heck of alot better than this one!......:-)I think You could spend a Million on a Outfit for MaBelle and it wouldn’t help!
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