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Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy speak, but don't fight, through fashion
The Washington Post ^ | 03-28-10 | Robin Givhan

Posted on 03/31/2010 8:17:57 AM PDT by GOP_Lady

The ongoing narrative that precedes every meeting between first lady Michelle Obama and France's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy anticipates a fashion smackdown.

Make no mistake; each woman displays an especially confident way with her wardrobe. Bruni-Sarkozy, the former rock-star-dating model, has used the elegant lines and soft shades of gray from the quintessentially French brand Christian Dior to transform her gossip-magazine image into a stately persona. And Obama has used style to forge an image that is one part contemporary, accessible Everywoman and one part august, high-fashion enthusiast.

Yet rather than declare fashion a common interest that might draw the two women closer, it has been viewed as a source of antagonism and rivalry. Fashion has been treated like an international wedge issue.

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1 posted on 03/31/2010 8:17:58 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: 007girl; 1_Rain_Drop; 2nd amendment mama; 6323cd; abner; afraidfortherepublic; Aggie Mama; ...
Michelle Fashion Police Alert Ping!

FReepmail GOP_Lady if you want on or off this ping list

2 posted on 03/31/2010 8:18:41 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

I think it is inappropriate for Michelle the horse to show cleavage....


3 posted on 03/31/2010 8:21:56 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: GOP_Lady

They can’t seriously be putting the two of them in the same category?


4 posted on 03/31/2010 8:22:58 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: GOP_Lady

Has the WH sealed Michelle’s pictures from the WH dinner?...or is it tonight?


5 posted on 03/31/2010 8:23:35 AM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: Sacajaweau
Wouldn't even be a fair fight. Carla beats her with one sash tied behind her back.
6 posted on 03/31/2010 8:23:58 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
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To: GOP_Lady

No respect at all or this woman. Media’s attempt to make her a fashion icon is totally absurd. The mere thought of her being eye candy is nauseating. Then the below skin deep stuff is all ‘tude, arrogance and meanness. Nothing good in this package. No-thing


7 posted on 03/31/2010 8:24:41 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Sash vs “boob belt”


8 posted on 03/31/2010 8:24:47 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: GOP_Lady

I don’t know about Madame Sarkozy, but Michelle Obama must have hired a dresser, because she had no style at all a short while ago. I must say, bouquets to her dresser!


9 posted on 03/31/2010 8:25:26 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( On the cutting edge)
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To: Sacajaweau
I think it is inappropriate for Michelle the horse to show cleavage....

Just pray we never have to look at her pants on the ground!

10 posted on 03/31/2010 8:25:35 AM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Carla would still look good wrapped in burlap. Michelle would look like a sack of potatoes. Is potatoes racist now?


11 posted on 03/31/2010 8:25:36 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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12 posted on 03/31/2010 8:27:36 AM PDT by PLD
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To: massgopguy
Is potatoes racist now?

Irish Potatoes=Not Racist
Sweet Potatoes or Yams=Racist

13 posted on 03/31/2010 8:27:56 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("We are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and we are all gun-men.")
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To: GOP_Lady
And Obama has used style to forge an image that is one part contemporary, accessible Everywoman and one part august, high-fashion enthusiast.

LOL

14 posted on 03/31/2010 8:28:24 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: shalom aleichem

I agree. Michelle could not compete for any fashion attention. Where did wide bodies get mentioned in the same breath with fashion?


15 posted on 03/31/2010 8:28:26 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: massgopguy

“Is potatoes racist now?”

Only if served with fried chicken.


16 posted on 03/31/2010 8:29:03 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: GOP_Lady
Yep - she's quite the fashion plate...


17 posted on 03/31/2010 8:30:43 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Entitlements will do to America what drugs eventually do to addicts)
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To: GOP_Lady
...each woman displays an especially confident way with her wardrobe.

Huh? Carla displays confidence and class with her wardrobe. MO displays__________ (fill in the blank)...extra credit for more than one word.

18 posted on 03/31/2010 8:31:50 AM PDT by azishot (J.D. Hayworth...U.S. Senator FOR Arizona...http://www.jdforsenate.com/)
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To: GOP_Lady
...the women might abruptly snatch off each other's brooches, collars and floppy bows in a kind of "I Love Lucy"-style, wardrobe-demolishing brawl.

Now THAT would be newsworthy.

19 posted on 03/31/2010 8:33:23 AM PDT by T Minus Four ("You do not have soul, you ARE a soul. You have a body." C.S. Lewis)
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To: GOP_Lady
every meeting between first lady Michelle Obama and France's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy anticipates a fashion smackdown

And it's invariably Michelle who gets the smackdown.

20 posted on 03/31/2010 8:33:32 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (my former tagline "We can, and we will prevail" doesn't fit with the usurper's goals.)
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