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Melania Trump Is Fashionable, But She's Unlikely To Become A Fashion Icon Like Michelle Obama
forbes ^ | 20JAN17 | Rachelle Bergstein , CONTRIBUTOR

Posted on 01/23/2017 6:49:45 PM PST by vannrox

Today, America gets a new First Lady. She’s beautiful – a former model! – with an impeccable wardrobe and the money to buy all the couture she wants. So why, when President Trump and his family are long out of the White House, and his administration is enshrined in the annals of history, will Michelle Obama – a woman with no connection to the fashion industry before she came into public view – be remembered as the more iconic of the two?

It’s simple. Becoming an icon is about more than just a pretty face and an international platform.



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KEYWORDS: bias; fashion; first100days; flotusmelania; melania; melaniamichelle; melaniatrump; obama; popculture; tabloidpress; trump; trump45; trumpfamily
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To: vannrox
...will Michelle Obama – a woman with no connection to the fashion industry before she came into public view – be remembered as the more iconic of the two?

Boob belts *are* iconic. That point cannot be argued.

However, a woman whose fashion sense is completely absent, who was as likely to wear something mildly attractive as something hideous, is hardly a fashion trendsetter.

I think the narrative that Michelle is an unsurpassingly beautiful fashion symbol is just more of the same tired old liberal propagandizing. Like the narrative that all conservatives are racist sexist bigots, it has little basis in reality.

161 posted on 01/23/2017 7:59:18 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: vannrox

In other words, the media won’t let her become iconic. As if they actually control it.

The media thinks (!) They made Michelle an icon. They are loons!


162 posted on 01/23/2017 7:59:38 PM PST by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: vannrox

When the media writes this crap, they are digging the hole deeper. Pretty soon they will be in China and that’s is when they become beyond help.


163 posted on 01/23/2017 8:00:04 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: vannrox

/snort!/


164 posted on 01/23/2017 8:00:42 PM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: vannrox

Whoever the flip you are, you are some kind of ignorant fool!


165 posted on 01/23/2017 8:05:57 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: 48th SPS Crusader
"Were they drunk or stoned at the time?"

The Forbes editorial staff must be taking L.S.D. Their minds are projecting images of Michelle on the wall and they think she is Lucy in the sky with diamonds. I'd hate to live with the flashbacks.

166 posted on 01/23/2017 8:07:41 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: vannrox

Rachelle Bergstein

Cute girl, but that outfit is not exactly something special. So I question her taste in fashion.

167 posted on 01/23/2017 8:10:21 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: offduty
"You know, the kind of booty where you can set your beer bottle while slow dancing and not worrying about spilling any."

I am afraid with the rolly polly of the hip action, your beer would foam up and leave you dry.

168 posted on 01/23/2017 8:10:43 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: vannrox
FAKE NEWS = false prophecy

It used to be I laughed at Mad TV and took the news seriously. Now I equally laugh at dishonest news.

169 posted on 01/23/2017 8:12:13 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Garth Tater
I think because of Trump's policies on NAFTA and TPP, Forbes is going the way of the National Review when they were all in for Cruz. Forbes needs to go on all company cruise and chill out, eat lobster and spend some Jacuzzi time.
170 posted on 01/23/2017 8:16:35 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: Vision

it’s funny, but at the same time, not.


171 posted on 01/23/2017 8:16:44 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day"m)
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To: vannrox

FULL RETARD!


172 posted on 01/23/2017 8:17:51 PM PST by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
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To: P.O.E.

After this thread, my fellow FRiends will have to wash their eyes out in the kitchen sink.


173 posted on 01/23/2017 8:17:56 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: vannrox

I assume the Author submitted her Article in Braille.


174 posted on 01/23/2017 8:19:28 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: VideoDoctor

That’s an insult to Edsels. More like a John Deere 4020.


175 posted on 01/23/2017 8:19:53 PM PST by technically right
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To: vannrox

Understand all the clothes she wore during the last eight years has been donated to the TV production “What Not to Wear”.


176 posted on 01/23/2017 8:27:24 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Rome2000

Is true, Mrs. Trump will never become a fashion icon in the same category, a category of fashion icons which includes Mrs. Obama and Chewbaca.


177 posted on 01/23/2017 8:32:05 PM PST by OldArmy52 (The Democrats have not been this upset since 1863 when the Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: Indy Pendance

I’ve been struggling with this for a long time and finally it hit me: Aunt Jamima!


178 posted on 01/23/2017 8:33:38 PM PST by technically right
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To: MtnClimber

I predict that the Mooch will put on about 50lbs in the next year. Partying and vacationing 24/7 will do that to you.


179 posted on 01/23/2017 8:33:53 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Mears

“The strange thing about all of this fashion nonsense is that I don’t think Mrs. Trump really cares what they think about her,Michelle does. Melania is VERY comfortable in her own skin,Michelle needs the attention.”


Well, it is easier to not care about fashion nonsense if one has more than just beauty.

Melania has both physical beauty, a beautiful personality and brains (speaks 5 languages, etc).

Mrs. Obama has a fresh shave(twice daily?).


180 posted on 01/23/2017 8:36:56 PM PST by OldArmy52 (The Democrats have not been this upset since 1863 when the Republicans freed their slaves.)
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