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Michelle Obama chooses Carolina Herrera for state dinner dress
Washington Post ^ | 2/11/14 | Cara Kelly

Posted on 02/11/2014 6:47:29 PM PST by Nachum

The first lady chose a dramatic Carolina Herrera ball gown with a voluminous skirt and lace-overlay top. The blue and black gown is the first dress with sleeves Obama has worn to a state dinner. Previously she donned one-shouldered pieces from Peter Soronen and Doo-Ri Chung, and a strapless gown by Naeem Khan for the administration’s first official state dinner in 2009 for India. The dress includes a black hand-sewn beaded embroidery applique scallop-edged top over a liberty blue silk faille corset, according to a statement from the designer. A wide black velvet belt breaks up the top from the

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dress; herrera; michelle; michelleobama; michellephoto; obama; statedinner
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To: Nachum

The dress is beautiful and dignified and looks good on her. And for once she is not slouching (which, to be fair, is common for tall women). She must have a posture coach now.


41 posted on 02/11/2014 7:33:59 PM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Nachum

Millions of Americans lost their heath insurance, lost their jobs and no longer work full time...the Obama’s party hard on the tax payer dime. Two Americas right there!


42 posted on 02/11/2014 7:34:44 PM PST by RginTN
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To: Nachum

Did anyone else notice how they elongated the video to make Mochelle look tall and thinner?


43 posted on 02/11/2014 7:35:12 PM PST by heylady (“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
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To: Lorianne

“The dress is beautiful and dignified and looks good on her. And for once she is not slouching (which, to be fair, is common for tall women). She must have a posture coach now.”

Actually, it reminds me of this dress..-

http://www.batguano.com/vlbmarose3.jpg

or, rather the woman wearing it.


44 posted on 02/11/2014 7:38:01 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nervous Tick

It doesn’t pay to hold in your feelings like that.


45 posted on 02/11/2014 7:43:52 PM PST by Carl LaFong (The. Media. Is.The. Enemy.)
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To: workerbee

U.N. Blue bustle, with room for the pastry cart, and from the looks of it, five or six dwarves having a party. What more could one ask for?

Bless the starving pygmies in New Guinea.

46 posted on 02/11/2014 7:44:02 PM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: latina4dubya
i love Carolina Herrera’s designs... she is elegant, tasteful...

This must be a bad example then because this dress is hideous.

47 posted on 02/11/2014 7:44:43 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: Nachum

She should act like Laura Bush. She bought off the rack. Nancy Reagan did too. She actually purchased hers from the thrift store. Michelle buys the best of the best.


48 posted on 02/11/2014 7:46:01 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: Slyfox

Maybe they’re Republicans.


49 posted on 02/11/2014 7:46:37 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: Nachum


50 posted on 02/11/2014 7:48:41 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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To: digger48
"a “voluminous skirt” is needed to cover her voluminous backside."

In the short video at the source, it looks like she's got a bustle on the back.

51 posted on 02/11/2014 7:49:45 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Nachum


52 posted on 02/11/2014 7:50:34 PM PST by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: Nachum

I really don’t like the dress...cuts her in half...and the bottom is broad as a barn...trying to imagine Laura bush in it...hhmmmm...still don’t think I would like it


53 posted on 02/11/2014 7:50:35 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: nascarnation
There’s enough blue fabric in that thing to make a great boat cover if she recycles it...

There is a very good reason why the dress needs to be that big...


54 posted on 02/11/2014 7:54:21 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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To: Nachum

With the exception of Carter, all the women looked a lot classier than Michelle Obama; but she and Carter have never been classy.


55 posted on 02/11/2014 7:56:09 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Tax-chick

Are you talking about yourself or mischele as clueless?


56 posted on 02/11/2014 8:00:42 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: PistolPaknMama
This must be a bad example then because this dress is hideous.

i don't think so... it is likely because Michelle is wearing it... she is not elegant, lovely... she has the worst posture... someone with a touch of class could don this dress beautifully...

57 posted on 02/11/2014 8:01:18 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: GeronL

“Oh, just something I picked up at Omar’s.”


58 posted on 02/11/2014 8:04:42 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: goodnesswins

“...trying to imagine Laura Bush in it...”

I don’t know about Mrs. Bush, but it sure looks like SOMEONE is under there.


59 posted on 02/11/2014 8:06:50 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: ZinGirl

Wow!
How many dwarves are under that dress?

Well, now we know how the 0.001% live...

Queen of England doesn’t dress that fancy.

The Herself is showing one thing though...no matter how expensive$$$ an outfit, Herself is still her.

(she was great in the Star Wars movies!)


60 posted on 02/11/2014 8:13:17 PM PST by OldArmy52 (The question is not whether Obama ever lies, but whether he ever tells the truth.)
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