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5/22/2010 11:03:34 AM

Save the blue dress, those are all hideous.

5/22/2010 11:06:45 AM

Are you being sarcastic??

Regardless, I do not give a shit about which donated outfit Michelle Obama wears on any given day.

5/22/2010 11:07:32 AM

Every second and penny she spends on fashion...
...could've been spent on helping the country (education, oil spill, poverty, etc.)

YAY CLOTHES!

5/22/2010 11:07:48 AM

1st two are hot, third is a edgy, last one looks like a period


^i sincerely hope you're joking

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM. Reason : .]

5/22/2010 11:09:09 AM

$5 says she'll have her own plus size clothing line by 2012

5/22/2010 11:10:03 AM

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5/22/2010 11:13:08 AM

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"Every second and penny she spends on fashion... ...could've been spent on helping the country (education, oil spill, poverty, etc.)"

Ron Paul would be ashamed you made that comment.

5/22/2010 11:13:36 AM

I like this one.



I kind of like this one too even though it's bright

5/22/2010 11:19:18 AM

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"Ron Paul would be ashamed you made that comment."

No he wouldn't. Plus, I wouldn't give a fuck what he thought. He's far from ideal.

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM. Reason : ]

5/22/2010 11:27:20 AM

Love her sense of style. Good role model.

5/22/2010 11:28:01 AM

^^^I like Mario's attempt at matching orange crocs



[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:31 AM. Reason : pic]

5/22/2010 11:29:56 AM

Seriously, she looks like she's straight off planet of the apes. As for the clothes, they don't look like anything special.

5/22/2010 11:35:48 AM

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"Love her sense of style. Good role model."

Really. I'm not trying to be a dick, but how is her style a good role model?
How does one gain anything from following that role? Is she the first lady or a fashion model?
(I'm really just trying to understand this -- it seems like such an incredible waste of time.)



Can anyone find me a photo of Michelle Obama in an outfit that costs less than $20?
(99% of my outfits cost less than $20)

5/22/2010 11:37:23 AM

you think she is plus sized, or will be in 2 years, d7?

5/22/2010 11:39:19 AM

^^ many of her clothes are from J.Crew and Gap. She's supports budding American designers. She reuses the same outfits occasionally. She also mix and matches designers within an outfit, which is very common for Americans but not for political figures.

http://www.letsmove.gov/taskforce_childhoodobesityrpt.html
"In February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation."

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:42 AM. Reason : ]

5/22/2010 11:41:08 AM

^^^ i think the point was that at least she doesn't dress like a $5 hooker

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:44 AM. Reason : ^'s]

5/22/2010 11:43:37 AM

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"Can anyone find me a photo of Michelle Obama in an outfit that costs less than $20? (99% of my outfits cost less than $20)"

somebody is mad at the world

RAWR RAWR RAWR I DON'T SPEND MUCH ON MATERIALISTIC ITEMS AND I AM THEREFORE THE SUPERIOR PERSON

get off of your fucking high horse

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM. Reason : .]

5/22/2010 11:44:48 AM

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"She's supports budding American designers. She reuses the same outfits... "

That's respectable -- I guess it could be much worse. (sorry to sidetrack your thread)
I'd just like to see her in no-name jeans and a t-shirt every once in while.
(Everything doesn't have to be a designer brand.... There is so much more to life.)


^^
lol


^
Basically, yeah. I spend less money on completely unnecessary crap. And, in my humble opinion, that makes me better.

5/22/2010 11:49:20 AM

You couldn't even find a photo of most people in college and beyond where the close is less than $20. The opinion of someone who is so unreasonable doesn't matter.

I wonder what would happen if you compared Obama and Laura Bush on the points of criticism raised here

5/22/2010 11:52:37 AM

More pics!

Sweater and Skirt from J. Crew

5/22/2010 11:58:28 AM

those clothes are hideous.

5/22/2010 12:14:22 PM

Far right: Firecrotch

5/22/2010 12:37:09 PM

opps!

wrong account



[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 12:45 PM. Reason : -ThePeter]

5/22/2010 12:41:51 PM

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Mario Batali got some hideous crocs. Also shorts + apron = skirt

5/22/2010 12:45:43 PM

That bitch is hideous

5/22/2010 12:47:08 PM

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"I wonder what would happen if you compared Obama and Laura Bush on the points of criticism raised here"

Same thing? Except Laura Bush is older? (What was your point?)

5/22/2010 12:50:02 PM

every politician ever spends more than $20 on an outfit because most people spend more than $20 on an outfit

you fucking hippie

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 12:56 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2010 12:56:02 PM

Okay, $30. (no coat or hat.)

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 1:04 PM. Reason : and not counting shoes]

5/22/2010 1:01:03 PM

i bet you shower less than them too

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 1:04 PM. Reason : saves water and all]

5/22/2010 1:04:45 PM

What the hell kind of $30 full outfit is a prominent figure who will be seen by at least thousands of people in every photo going to wear? Other than maybe a bathing suit.

We'll end up with politicians looking like the PM of Japan


[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2010 1:07:14 PM

^^
How did you get from, "I don't waste money on clothes, and think that's a better role model than fashion.", to "I'm a hippie that doesn't shower as often as most people do."???

^
A bit tacky, but I'll take it. It looks comfortable and functional -- and that's all that "everyday clothes" should be.

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2010 1:09:29 PM

5/22/2010 1:11:37 PM

you have thrift store clothes and don't shower, so you are a hippie

how about you go smoke some pot and listen to a jam band you wookie

5/22/2010 1:12:57 PM

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"How did you get from, "I don't waste money on clothes, and think that's a better role model than fashion.", to "I'm a hippie that doesn't shower as often as most people do."???"

You're probably just trolling, but many people consider clothes to be an investment as others judge you on your appearance. That isn't meant to suggest that you can't look good on the cheap, but most political figures and their families need to look better than just alright. For them, it's not wasting money because it serves a purpose. You would expect the manager of a given business not to wear Goodwill suits, so it sort of goes without saying that the president and the first lady should dress better.

5/22/2010 1:54:18 PM

^^
lol


^
Yeah, but a public figure wearing no-name clothes (and not as a stunt,) would also serve a purpose.
As it turns out, Michelle Obama is someone aimed at that -- using "lower" designs such as L.L.Bean,
but it would be nice for a political figure or executive to wear, as m52ncsu put it, "thrift store clothes". (He's the one trolling.)

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2010 2:30:24 PM

I love Michelle Obama's sense of style. It's refreshing to have a first lady in the White House with such an eye for clothes. I really liked her choice for this year's state dinner.

5/22/2010 2:34:43 PM

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"Really. I'm not trying to be a dick, but how is her style a good role model? How does one gain anything from following that role? Is she the first lady or a fashion model? (I'm really just trying to understand this -- it seems like such an incredible waste of time.) Can anyone find me a photo of Michelle Obama in an outfit that costs less than $20? (99% of my outfits cost less than $20)"

As a teacher, I am glad to see the young women cotton to styles like Michelle Obama. She IS a role model because she is still sexy and sophisticated without having to spend thousands (ex. Palin) or dress like she needs attention (ex. almost any young starlette). I have used her as an example a lot when my classes discussed appropriate styles of dress for interviews.

Congrats that you can buy clothes on the cheap. However, this thread is not about your frugality.

[Edited on May 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM. Reason : back on topic - more michelle pics please]

5/22/2010 2:47:10 PM

What's all this fascination with Michelle's looks and clothes?

Because honestly, her style is weird (not always, but in many of the pics in this thread), and she is not good looking.

Praise her for being a good person, a good mother, a good wife, a good daughter, you know, things that count.

But no, the media always wants to praise people for superficial things (and in this case, even those things are not there).

5/22/2010 3:51:35 PM

^she's...black. that's about it.

I love how they're trying to be all "OMG SHE SHOPS AT J CREW JUST LIKE US!!!! SHE'S SO STYLISH"

really?

[/racecard]

5/22/2010 3:54:34 PM

i think people appreciate having a first lady that can dress well. hillary during the white house years and laura bush were not the most style conscious women.

and the fact that she wears clothes that are affordable to everyday women is what gets her the label of a style icon.

it has nothing to do with race - it's the fact that she's a first lady. first ladies are often scrutinized and picked apart for what they wear.

5/22/2010 3:56:35 PM

This thread has gotten off topic. I don't care what you think about what she needs to wear in terms of cost. The first lady is basically the 'hostess' of our country.
^^really? It's barely even worth taking your comment seriously. J.Crew was an example for the hippie to understand that she purposely tries to wear clothes easily accessible to the general public.

5/23/2010 9:32:25 AM

That dress wouldn't be so bad if it didn't cause her to have a weird flap of skin hanging out on her left.

5/23/2010 9:35:05 AM

The dress doesn't cut into her in all of the pictures of her in that dress. I love the dress sans that.

I think that she's a very attractive and well dressed woman. It has been a long time since we've had such a first lady in the white house.

5/23/2010 9:38:40 AM

lol is thepeter saying michelle o is hideous when bmel looks like her in the face

scrunchy faces + fiveheads transcend racial boundaries, but color em black and thepeter can't stomach it

5/23/2010 10:03:13 AM

1. Good
2.
3. Good
4. Eh

I really wish she'd drop the one-shoulder-strap thing. Not a good look.

5/23/2010 10:10:45 AM

There is an entire blog devoted to Michelle's style.
http://michelleostyle.blogspot.com/

5/23/2010 10:24:36 AM

This is another one: http://mrs-o.org/

5/23/2010 10:28:57 AM

You can say a lot of nice things about her but she is NOT attractive. I also have no problems with how much a first lady spends on clothing, as mentioned she is the hostess of America and should dress well. Can you dress well without spending a ton of money? Yes of course. But it doesnt bother me, as long as its her money and not tax payers money she' spending. I also believe she doesn't have to set the fashion sense of the country. Just dress well and stop trying to be Jackie Kennedy every time you get dressed.

5/23/2010 10:30:59 AM

Jackie Kennedy did not dress in clothes that we easily affordable to the average american. Michelle Obama doesn't all the time, either, but at least she tries.

5/23/2010 10:33:42 AM