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Michelle Obama looks chic in Jason Wu... AGAIN! First Lady chooses sparkling crimson cocktail dress by trusted designer for President Obama´s State of the Union speech
Daily Mail (UK), by Deborah Arthurs
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Posted By:JoniTx, 2/13/2013 10:55:30 AM
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| They don´t call her the First Lady of Fashion for nothing. And last night, As Michelle Obama played host to honoured guests at her husband´s State of the Union address, she proved that she can do glamorous power dressing with the best of them. Wearing a shimmering crimson and black cocktail dress by Jason Wu, she looked every inch the perfect politician´s consort. Wu of course is one of Michelle´s most trusted designers. He not only designed the white gown she wore for her debut as First Lady at the President´s inaugural ball back in 2009,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
pomom, 2/13/2013 10:58:58 AM (No. 9174029)
We do not care.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
msjena, 2/13/2013 11:02:23 AM (No. 9174035)
Sparkles and no sleeves at the SOTU? Inappropriate. She dresses like a child. Odd for such big woman.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
gator, 2/13/2013 11:02:58 AM (No. 9174036)
Gagged on the headline! No way I could read more.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Subal, 2/13/2013 11:09:33 AM (No. 9174052)
I used to think she looked liked James Brown in a drag queen dress. However after seeing her with the wig on several times she now reminds me of an out cast from the Huli tribe from Papua New Guinea known for their ´wig hats´. Google ´Huli tribe´ for more info.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque, 2/13/2013 11:10:03 AM (No. 9174054)
I feel sorry for the woman, I really do. Wookie face, basketball player arms, no decolletage to speak of, and her hips...well, bless her heart.
But its obvious the trailer park sensibility has never left this woman. I cant decide if the fashion designers are scared to tell her that her choices just. don´t. work. Or if they are incapable of finding a style that fits her...or if they are merely incompetent. Its a hard call.
As for myself, I´m taking a Downton Abbey perspective...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
HerbVA, 2/13/2013 11:11:30 AM (No. 9174057)
The welfare queen hits another home run with the media ho´s.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn, 2/13/2013 11:16:42 AM (No. 9174068)
Anything to divert the eye from the huge elephant hanging on her back.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Coy860, 2/13/2013 11:18:15 AM (No. 9174071)
Doesn´t she know that business attire is appropriate for this event? It is not a cocktail party. She doesn´t have a clue. AND she should dump that wig.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
owl, 2/13/2013 11:19:40 AM (No. 9174074)
Chewy always wore a bandolera . The Brits find chic in the wierdest places . Pink and Green hair will be next .
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
CEP, 2/13/2013 11:32:21 AM (No. 9174093)
A cocktail dress for a State of the Union speech? I guess you needs lots and lots of cocktails to listen to take the garbage he was spewing out.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lylacat, 2/13/2013 11:34:22 AM (No. 9174095)
I always wonder who writes this stuff. Michelle has no sense of fashion whatsoever. That wig is hideous and out of place; her cocktail dress was inappropriate at the state of the union, and bare arms are horrid and shows she has no class at all. I am so embarrassed to say she is our first lady. Michelle has no class and no common sense.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Muncssister, 2/13/2013 11:35:16 AM (No. 9174098)
I´m sure Beyonce was so proud of her!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
CentralFLMom, 2/13/2013 11:39:45 AM (No. 9174104)
The costume department of "Planet of The Apes" just called... The want that dress back!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mazeman, 2/13/2013 11:41:29 AM (No. 9174106)
She now looks more like Flip Wilson.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ginadee, 2/13/2013 11:41:57 AM (No. 9174109)
Mooch looked like Geraldine last night. The dress was out of place. A business suit or conservative dress would be more appropriate. After all, the sotu isn´t about her. Poor taste IS about her. Actually I thought she looked silly. This wasn´t the prom Moochie girl, it was the sotu!!!!!!
Dress was ugly. So was Geraldine!!!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Namma, 2/13/2013 11:46:17 AM (No. 9174116)
isnt time for Mitch to tell us where she is going on the next vacation that she deserves...now that she and "hubby" will be installed as our pResident for life...it should be a biggie vacation destination..
looks chic...not so much
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 2/13/2013 11:49:06 AM (No. 9174120)
What difference does it make?!!!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rinktum, 2/13/2013 11:50:22 AM (No. 9174125)
It is obvious that Mrs. O has no sense of decorum. A cocktail dress is inappropriate attire for the SOTU. What next, a ball gown? I am sure that no one tells this woman anything negative including her husband. She is more in the vein of The Queen of Hearts than she is the First Lady. Off with their heads!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/13/2013 11:58:41 AM (No. 9174143)
Mrs Obama with her bare arms is either ahead of all the other ladies present in the room fashion wise, or was out of place fashion wise. We will have wait until the gay fashion designers weigh in to find out.
It may have been the camera angle, but it sure looked like her wig was a little out of calibration with the front of her head. Then again maybe that´s the way it was designed to be.
Does all that really matter compared to what President Obama said he wants to do to America?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 2/13/2013 12:00:34 PM (No. 9174147)
Hmm. Nice dress, but I don´t think it´s quite appropriate for the venue.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
provide, 2/13/2013 12:01:46 PM (No. 9174151)
"I´m Popeye the sailor man..."
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
SnowQueen, 2/13/2013 12:08:46 PM (No. 9174157)
#19 is right! Michelle´s wig was CROOKED ... just like the Obamas.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lou E Brown, 2/13/2013 12:18:59 PM (No. 9174172)
Let me be clear: are we paying for all of the stuff that makes her "stunning?" I am also stunned, but not in a polite and adoring way. I do not want to be told that she is keeping all of those ugly outfits, and the accessories , and jewelry, and shoes...and is more concerned with those things than just sitting down somewhere and being quietly seen from a distance. She is making a mockery of "First Lady" at least as I see that honor.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino, 2/13/2013 12:22:51 PM (No. 9174181)
Exactly what #3 wrote - - -
Gagged at the headline - - could not possibly read the story.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mitzi, 2/13/2013 12:27:22 PM (No. 9174185)
I´m guessing that she doesn´t realize how much she resembles Helen Bonham Carter in one of her 2001 movies.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Whamdbambam, 2/13/2013 12:41:21 PM (No. 9174197)
Looks like she´s off to the Imperial Storm Troopers ball, complete with nice hair.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 2/13/2013 12:43:27 PM (No. 9174200)
Let´s all agree - she looked fine- now write about important matters that interest informed, thinking people.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Rolfnader, 2/13/2013 12:46:55 PM (No. 9174205)
I rejected that same shower curtain recently at Bed, Bath and Beyonce.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
enuf8, 2/13/2013 12:52:31 PM (No. 9174209)
Cocktail dress????? Please someone tell her the SOTU is not a coctail party.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
msjena, 2/13/2013 12:53:41 PM (No. 9174215)
She didn´t look "fine." She looked like an attention-seeker, with her bare arms and sparkly, little-girl party dress.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
garnet, 2/13/2013 1:14:07 PM (No. 9174251)
FTA----"Dr Jill Biden sat two seats over from the First Lady, and her husband Vice President Hoe Biden was seated behind the President at the front of the room..."
I kid you not.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/13/2013 1:16:25 PM (No. 9174257)
Something strange here - and cameras don´t lie:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aFGSGH59SNw/URug1UAeXZI/AAAAAAAAzTA/vDHY8MAo42k/Screenshot-Studio-capture-759_thumb1.png?imgmax=800
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
pouncer, 2/13/2013 1:29:11 PM (No. 9174285)
I´d wager her "stylist" fried her hair or skin and that´s why the banged wig. But those hair relaxer products are like crack. Addictive & dangerous. Her clothing style seems immature and misguided. Her facial expressions are very telling but no doubt she is still in grooming classes from Hollywood syncophants.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Pinons, 2/13/2013 1:29:11 PM (No. 9174286)
No matter how she dresses, she still looks like Sasquatch.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/13/2013 1:34:36 PM (No. 9174297)
Covers all the cosmetic surgery scars. Anna Wintour probably tipped her off to this trick
As for the dress, here is the original:
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/2013PF-JASONWU/#18
Black pleather top. Woohoo.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
dman, 2/13/2013 1:42:28 PM (No. 9174319)
Me too, #3.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
JudithC, 2/13/2013 1:43:19 PM (No. 9174323)
She´s a chic? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha to the nth power. This middle line backer looked like an orangutan in a dress. We should all be thankful that she wasn´t sitting in a place where we had to look big oiled llegs she´s so fond of crossing any chance she gets. The woman is trailer trash and has the manners of a hog. But, I do thank her Just seeing her standing there with that lower lip pulled up enough to cover her six inch teeth gave me the last reason I needed to switch to watching Westminster and dogs one can enjoy watching.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
msjena, 2/13/2013 1:49:29 PM (No. 9174332)
Her dresses are like tents--small at the top (because she is flat-chested) to make it look like she is thin and flared out at the bottom to cover her hips and thighs. All we see are her sinewy arms and the bottom part of her legs. It is really a remarkable feat of camouflage.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 2/13/2013 1:58:38 PM (No. 9174355)
Those who could not read the article: please do. The Mail is notorious for its tongue-in-cheek coverage of Michelle´s fashion "sense."
For example:
Putting on the glitz: The otherwise simple tweed dress was shot through with sparkling thread
The key to the TIC is the emphatic "otherwise." A "simple tweed dress" (with at least three-quarter sleeves, preferably a jacket) would have been entirely appropriate for the occasion. A woman with class would immediately wrinkle her nose and gasp, "Ruining a good tweed with sparkling thread??? Ugh! Woman´s only taste is when she´s stuffing her face."
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
rocco49, 2/13/2013 2:05:17 PM (No. 9174370)
What an UGLY beast!
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 2/13/2013 2:09:32 PM (No. 9174377)
"First Lady of Fashion" ??? Bwaaa haaa haaa haa haa LMAO!
The Media Toadies who swab her rump and sit in her lap are just as disgusting and hideous as her and Barry. GOD help us out of this UGLY mess we´re in with these two at the helm and the ass-press at their feet!!!Chewbacca the ugly mooch is an embarassment to this nation and everyone knows it! Wise up ass-press toadies!
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Jloophole, 2/13/2013 2:28:31 PM (No. 9174411)
#32, could that picture be due to the stiffness of the fabric? It looks like it has no give at all. Very odd. She never, ever looks comfortable in her own skin.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/13/2013 2:44:42 PM (No. 9174442)
Re #42, this dress is soft crepe:
http://s240.beta.photobucket.com/user/freebirdny/media/michelle-obama-bulge-.jpg.html
I rest my case.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 2/13/2013 3:17:38 PM (No. 9174498)
My idea of class and elegance runs more to Downton Abbey too. After all, I find the increasingly tighter, shorter cocktail party attire on the FOX NEWS anchorettes ridiculous too. Mooch looked like she always does - hopelessly out of place.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX, 2/13/2013 6:24:35 PM (No. 9174816)
It appears as if she´s wearing a bustle.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 2/14/2013 1:47:27 AM (No. 9175322)
#37 Has it covered except the trailer trash part. I think it´s ghetto trash going to the prom over and over.
Who in their right mind goes to anything in Washington except a ball, sleeveless in the winter in DC ? Sparkle ? Really ?
Her kids should be embarrassed by her, but they are too busy wearing a different outfit every day.
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No one is more preoccupied these days with Hillary Clinton´s 2016 plans than the Beltway political class—not even the former presidential candidate herself. To hear some tell it, her decision will be dispositive for all other Democrats thinking of entering the race. And pundits and reporters aren´t the only ones positing the "The Hillary Factor": No less than the House Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, told BuzzFeed, “I don´t know that anybody would run against Hillary…. If she runs, she clears the field.” It´s an understandable conclusion, given Clinton´s stature in the Democratic Party and her 70 percent
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Obama critic apologizes for his ´poorly chosen words´ on gay marriage
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM
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Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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