Monday
Oct042010
Must Read Mrs. O
Monday, October 4, 2010 at 10:14 AM Some of you may enjoy this Politico piece, which makes predictions about the first lady's campaign wardrobe as she hits the political circuit in the weeks ahead. (Look for a few of my picks in the story, too.) Hope everyone is having a great Monday!
Reader Comments (16)
Nice article. I agree with your picks Mrs T.
I, too, agree with your picks, especially the dress with the origami neckline. Also like the idea of something from the Tory Burch 2011 Prints collection. Several of the printed fabric dresses are in beautiful colors with a obi-style belt in another print or solid. Mrs. O. would be a knockout in the blue and orange combination prints.
I would like Mrs. O to wear a few of the DNC dresses while she is campaigning. The teal dress would remind us of her terrific speech. I agree with the article that a few J. Crew pieces would resonate with budget conscious voters - for that matter - she could pull out a few H&M items from their current fall collection.
I think she should dress with the same fashion "sense" as she did during the 2008 campaign; she was energetic and approachable; I witnessed it first-hand at the rally in Pensacola. FL.
Love your quotes!
Disagree with the person that said we need to see aspirational clothing to inspire us.
I think we have all the aspiration we need just trying to keep and find jobs, we don't need expensive clothes to remind us.
I liked your picks. I LOVED the Beckham dress. It would be perfect. And I didn't like the blue blazer idea, at all.
I think you hit the nail on the head, Mrs T. Your picks (IMHO) were perfect!
Mrs. T, I totally agree with your picks--they are so realistic. The people from Glamour and the others are delusion about aspirational clothing. FLOTUS just got pulled over the coals in August over the Spain trip and they want her to wear haute couture??!! They really are fashion people, because no reasonable person who knows Mrs. O and the fine line she has to walk would recommend that in an election season. I do agree that the Victoria Beckham dress would be perfect for Mrs. O's body, but not at that price point/designer. She should get a dress of that type from Talbot's, H&M, etc. Mrs. Obama should stick to what she has done thus far sartorially, and she'll be just fine. Your picks reflect that, especially that Ponte sheath.
Totally off topic...... please check out the moving anniversary video on "Obama photo and video diary"Beautiful tribute to a wonderful couple.
http://theobamadiary.com/page/2/
I like that others have noticed our little community and appreciate Mrs. T's accomplishments. Great job! This was a really good and insightful article that drew from various sources. I don't agree with the one that said she should pull from Jean Paul's ready to wear collection by Hermes. My God, The Republicans (Tea Folks, too) would be running through the streets screaming and gnashing their teeth while calling her Marie Antionette again. Just the appearance of anything that may have come out of that famous orange bag from Hermes would send those folks into an anaphylactic shock. This is a good read and full of ideas, thanks for posting it.
How about she wears what she wants like she has been doing. She is an adult.
Just interesting to see how we feel we can dictate or give suggestions on how or what she should wear. WE never engaged in that conduct with other first ladies. Just interesting.. I guess people are fascinated, protective and like to visualize themselves in her. Interesting though.
Actually, I love to look back at former first ladies fashions.
Jackie Kennedy is obviously a fashion icon and had women all over America coping her style.
I think Nancy Reagan was quite stylish and of the moment. I am sure if the internet was as accessible as it is now you would have many sites dedicated to the style of Nancy Reagan.
Laura Bush, though not one I would look to for fashion ideas, can wear red lipstick like no one else.
I don't think admiring these things takes away anything from these women.
@Briana
Michelle has a unique role in history as people are most interested in her than practically any other First Lady ever.
Part of that is her fashion sense and since the beginning of time when it comes to fashion people have suggestion clothes that people they admire should wear, yes EVEN adults.
This is no different.
Mrs. O also won an award!
"First Lady Michelle Obama Wins The 2010 Blueberry Award for Excellence"
http://www.examiner.com/raw-food-in-national/first-lady-michelle-obama-wins-the-2010-blueberry-award-for-excellence
As usual Mrs. T your'e just amazing. Have a great day.
this whole thing is all wet -
the inaugural outfit was trying to hard to be on the cutting edge -
laura bush looked great in jan 2005 as did jbk in 1961
michelle has bought into this fashionista thing and it's wrong - her long dresses are not hemmed higher so she looks awkward - inaugural, at the nobel, correspondents dinner - these people can lift the clothes for her -
the cleavage has been all wrong - we need a return to modesty in this country and she is the true love and life companion of the coolest guy on the planet - save the sexy stuff for when it's just the two of them
her inaugural gown was iconic but needed to float, not drag all over the floor for barack to have to avoid stepping on
the alaia square neck black date night dress was superb with choo lantern open-weave sandals
the lanvin polka dot cut short with the flowers dangling from her left shoulder
deplaning in a goldish dress with un-buttoned belted black coat was stunning
the view dress
all black and white prints - very crisp and elegant always -
the fun cardigans and full skirts at kid events -
cropped pants - they're young and move and are slimming
she should be tailored on top, floaty on the bottom -
NO knees showing after 40 - convention dress, visiting white house dress, date night dress were all below knee - elongating her fab tall sleekness
the gimmicky faddy mistakes have been horrendous - the yellow j crew was an awful outfit, hideous on her -
pops of color? why? it's nice when people can see her easily - but she is a pragmaatic reasonable person - not a celeb -
the time for playing dress up Is Over at 2 years - jan 20 2011, time to settle on a true style that uniquely enhances who she IS, very few outfits, repeated often - as jbk did -
fashion jobs are our least important now - organic farming and restaurants, geothermal and solar and retrofitting - enough with the shopping already - time to fix this mess of a country -