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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: Munz

We can only Hope! pardon the use of that word, please...


261 posted on 01/21/2010 9:37:29 AM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: RummyChick

My, My! What big Feet! Can anyone estimate the size? I am going with a Man’s 15! They would be proud specimens on an NBA Court!


262 posted on 01/21/2010 9:41:44 AM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: All
Recession is only for the `little people`. Hey, she is the ever-lovin` First Lady... She has a right to a coat like that
263 posted on 01/21/2010 9:54:50 AM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: RummyChick
Those are her Copenhagen going-for-the-gold, "take no prisoners," "sacrifice ... to come for these few days," Chicago 0lympics shoes.


264 posted on 01/21/2010 10:01:41 AM PST by maggief
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To: kristinn
Not much different from Dali's. I guess in the recession they had to cut back...


265 posted on 01/21/2010 10:07:59 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Keep on truckin', Senator Brown.)
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To: bigbob

LOL! And probably so true.


266 posted on 01/21/2010 10:22:37 AM PST by Vor Lady ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." JFK)
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To: a fool in paradise
HILARIOUS!!!

267 posted on 01/21/2010 10:28:43 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: reagan_fanatic

Great find.


268 posted on 01/21/2010 10:31:29 AM PST by bushpilot1
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To: kristinn

“Milk and apples contain substance absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brain works. The whole management and organization of this farm depended on us. Day and night we are watching over our well fare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat these apples.”

—Napoleon the pig
—George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”


269 posted on 01/21/2010 10:43:52 AM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: kristinn
"Oh my, first lady, WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE!"



"The better to eat you with my dear. Your Little Red Sweater will be of no protection when Useful Idiots are not so Useful anymore..."
I wonder what kind of price the Kenyan's ancestors would have gotten for the little tyke...
270 posted on 01/21/2010 10:52:47 AM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: kristinn

Looks like she got the coat at the Goodwill store.


271 posted on 01/21/2010 11:10:44 AM PST by Palladin (It's a new day in America. Welcome, Senator Brown.)
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To: GinaLolaB

Do you think the dog is tranquilized, to sit there so quietly when there are kids in the house?


272 posted on 01/21/2010 11:13:18 AM PST by Palladin (It's a new day in America. Welcome, Senator Brown.)
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To: kristinn
Reminds me of another famous coat.

Captain Kangaroo

273 posted on 01/21/2010 11:14:26 AM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: NCLaw441

” Is this dog named BO because of Barack’s initials?”

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Nah, “Bo” is how you say “boy” in the deep South. ;)


274 posted on 01/21/2010 11:15:39 AM PST by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: kristinn
She is just plain ugly....and no coat, no matter how expensive, is going to help.

However....a boob belt might??

275 posted on 01/21/2010 11:17:37 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (Keep your friends close......keep your enemies closer!)
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To: kristinn

I believe this is a picture of the “first “lady”” welcoming yet another “progressive” registered voter, yes??


276 posted on 01/21/2010 11:20:33 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (Keep your friends close......keep your enemies closer!)
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To: kristinn

When we said “Redistribute the wealth”, we didn’t mean ours.

Now pay your taxes and have a nice day. :)


277 posted on 01/21/2010 11:27:13 AM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: a fool in paradise
Some designer...all he did was sew together a couple of rugs from Pottery Barn and add pockets:


278 posted on 01/21/2010 11:27:19 AM PST by Palladin (It's a new day in America. Welcome, Senator Brown.)
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To: backinthefold

Now I wasn’t gonna say that......I was thinkin’ it but I wasn’t gonna say it......LOL!


279 posted on 01/21/2010 11:39:37 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I posted #273 before I read your post.


280 posted on 01/21/2010 11:40:01 AM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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