Comments on: That ball gown: does Michelle Obama read neo-neocon?

By: colagirl

colagirl — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:17:48 +0000

Hm. The color is good, but that’s about it IMO. I agree with whoever up-thread said that the “one-strap” style just looks like something broke and she had to wear it anyway. The material of the dress looks cheap and tacky and the hairstyle is doing her no favors at all.

By: sweet[ea

sweet[ea — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:56:10 +0000

I don’t think she or her handlers took your excellent advice. She looks freaky. What is with the belt ?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:37:37 +0000

I’m another whose reaction was “Lipstick on a pig.”

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:41:53 +0000

rickl:
don’t worry, there are no belts completing the ..er…garments there.
We all can heave a sigh of relief.

By: Nancita

Nancita — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:47:03 +0000

Who dresses this woman? Could they not see that her upper right side is slopping out over the edge? Couldn’t someone do some tailoring to make this stuff fit? This is actually gross.

By: rickl

rickl — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:34:51 +0000

For the love of God, don't let her see this.

By: Judith L

Judith L — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:19:55 +0000

When I saw pictures of this gown, all I could say was “OUCH!” I cannot imagine enduring an entire evening with boning jabbing the top of my breast. No wonder she isn’t really smiling. IMO, the closest MO ever came to true elegance was in the dress/hairdo of the state dinner for the Indian prime minister. I thought the dress was beautiful, her hairdo appropriate and the over all effect worthy of the wife of the most powerful man in the world. (Or COULD be the most powerful man in the world if he would stop groveling to everyone who hates us.)

By: RickZ

RickZ — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:37:04 +0000

I’m sorry, but Me-chelle’s hair looks like Medusa’s with all the snakes. And considering the snake she’s married to, the cut is appropriate.

By: expat

expat — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:04:44 +0000

Michelle is still trying to prove she’s good enough to get into Princeton. She hasn’t figured out that her striving turns people off. Laura Bush is and always will be the librarian from Texas, no matter how far she goes or what she achieves. She is happy with herself, which to my mind is real class. In the same way, Jackie never pretended to be a farmer’s daughter, but she pointed out the values she shared with Americans in her WH tour. We were proud that she could wow the French and didn’t begrudge her her designer clothes because she was who she was. Americans are pretty accepting of differences if you don’t try to use them to game us.
I think we would all stop remarking on Michelle’s looks and clothes if she would chill out a bit.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Sat, 22 May 2010 05:56:28 +0000

Even I can see that the Oleg Cassini dress is a masterpiece.

As for the “rag on Calderon’s wife Margarita Zavala”, it’s obviously a maternity dress.