Some people can wear a shimmery blue dress...some can't

[SoCalDem]

[Spinzonner]

1. Can we not get catty about her appearance or fashion sense

It's her ugly soul that really matters

[SoCalDem]

23. Here's the thing..

She is the SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES...she's on an official visit to a foreign country.. She KNOWS she's going to be photographed...A LOT...

Fabrics like satin, refect a lot of light and shadow.. a snug fitting dress when you have a bit of a tummy bulge is never a good idea.. She's in FANTASTIC shape and is not nearly as ugly outside and she is inside..,,,but she could have made a better choice

She needed to wear an understated , modest dress..Indian women cover their arms to some degree in most of their fashions.. Surely with the money and influence these bumpkins have, someone could have made up some gowns for the "ladies" that had a slight Indian influence, and were tasteful..

I have an image of Condi, frantically rooting through her closet..trying on old bridesmaid dresses..and the blue one was the closest to a fit..

[Coexist]

36. that "bulge" is too high up to be her tummy.

What the heck IS it???!

[ContraBass Black]

38. Hanging cloth, I think.

[Gormy Cuss]

40. Yes, that's what I find hard to understand.

She's dressed for the prom. That outfit would be fine if she were there in the capacity of arm candy but she is an official representative of our government. The color of the dress is flattering but the choice of fabric and the cut was just not well thought out. Laura's dress would be more appropriate for the Secretary of State. Perhaps they should swap.

[mondo joe]

43. I don't believe in souls. But I do believe in mirrors.

[leftofthedial]

2. looks like the boy wonder and the joker in drag

[seabeyond]

5. looks like both have beer bellies to me. and i hate critiquing

our females in politics. bad form. bad me

[skylarmae]

3. and, I'm sorry, but what is pickles wearing

saw another shot of that dress and oh my, my, my!!!

[Sal Minella]

7. I keep thinking, Pickles has to figure out sometime, sooner or

later, how much her dressmaker hates her. Doesn't the woman ever see photos of herself?

[kskiska]

29. Here's another shot of Pickles' dress

Looks like she's in her bathrobe.

[SoCalDem]

30. Is that a flashlight hanging from her utility belt?

:)

[beam me up scottie]

32. Oh how romantic...

he just can't keep his eyes off her, can he?

blech

[Aristus]

4. I can't wear a shimmery blue dress either.

My shoulders are too broad, and my chest hair makes the scoop-neck look...well...icky. :+

[Canuckistanian]

10. Absolutely!

Hairy décolletages went out in the mid-1970's!

[az chela]

14. LOL would love to see THAT

[RagingInMiami]

6. I wonder how Condi will look in this blue dress?

[DELUSIONAL]

8. That looks like a really ugly bride's maid dress

Funny the frump laura almost (almost) looks better that ConHerLiar.

[Canuckistanian]

9. She wears it like a mechanic's smock

It looks like it was cut from a single layer of drapery. (insert your own symbolism here)

[0007]

45. It's from a Wall-Mart lamp shade!

[Stephanie]

11. Jackie was like, what? 28?

Isn't that insane to think about? Think how young they were!

*edit* okay she was born in 1929 so she was like 32-33. Still wow!

[az chela]

12. Jackie takes my breathe away

Laura looks like a designers worst nightmare

[Wheezy]

13. Condi's carrying

the baby pretty high. Must be a girl.

(Laura's dress looks like my kitchen countertop)

[Patsy Stone]

15. Worst. Bridesmaid's Dress. Ever.

OMG. I can't imagine how much she paid for that, but it's a mess. She must have bought it mail order. Hello??? Tailoring??

Jackie: :loveya:

Pickles, did Cheney shoot the couch so you could make a dress?

[mikeytherat]

37. Fitted clothes! Fitted clothes!

All that money and she buys off the rack? And then doesn't even get it fitted?

Most bridesmaid dresses I've seen fit better than that. Hell, most PROM dresses I've seen fit better than that!

mikey_the_rat

[linazelle]

16. Wrong color--she's definitely not a "spring"... nt

[babylonsister]

17. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has always rated, and will

forever in my lifetime. Show me a 'first lady' as elegant, smart, or private.
Actually, show me anyone who measures up.
How nice is that?

[Warchild]

18. Bras are often too formal for daytime

Bras are often too formal for daytime. Instead, I simply tuck my breasts into the elastic waistband of my Dress Barn skirt (to keep them from giving me a black eye when I gallop through the West Wing). In case the French Embassy has its air-conditioning set too high, I complete the outfit by slinging a white, terrycloth Marriott bathrobe over my arm.
--Laura

[beam me up scottie]

25. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

:spray:
:rofl:

Bad BMUS!

Laughing at catty humour! :spank:

I'll take my laughs wherever I can find them these days, and that one was priceless!



Oh, welcome to DU!

[Warchild]

27. Republican Glamour

While lie-berals and demon-crats pay homage to Jackie O's so-called "sense of style," I ask Christian ladies everywhere: "Do you really want to emulate a woman who sold herself to someone as ugly as Aristotle Onassis, thereby destabilizing the price of hookers from Athens to Anchorage?" This is a new century, gals -- a time for a little touch of Republican panache!
Press the pretty American Beauty Roses below to reveal my timeless fashion tips!

--Mrs. George W. (Laura) Bush


http://www.bettybowers.com/bushglam.html


A lot of folks ask me how I got my nickname Pickles. Well, I'm fixing to tell you. It was way back when I was a popular gal with the boys at Midland High. And let's just say I never had to worry about working a "Love Waits" t-shirt into my cowgirl wardrobe! But this got me thinking: why don't I draw on my vast experience on the prairies of Texas to teach you to be a firecracker in your own bedroom, barn or Cutlass backseat?

http://www.bettybowers.com/pickletickle5.html

[beam me up scottie]

31. Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

What fun!

A good way to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your fashion dollars is to know that with a strong enough needle, any fabric can be turned into an eye-catching suit. Gals, when I say "I'm shopping at Barney's," I don't mean the store -- I mean the dinosaur! For example, when Barney had the club chairs in his rumpus room recovered, the textile mill in North Carolina had just enough upholstery fabric left over to make me this winning number! And with a husband who has just a few too many cocktails when the red light on the TV cameras is "off," isn't it a godsend to know that your skirt is Scotch Guarded?

--Laura

I have to check that site more often, thanks!

[alphafemale]

26. Do your boobs hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?

Jeez and she looks fairly young in that pic.

They might be past the "beltway" by now if "loosed."

[northofdenali]

28. OMG. Welcome. First out-loud giggle today.

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Jackie was simply a beautiful lady

She made clothes look good rather than needing clothes to make her look good.

[beam me up scottie]

20. You just KNOW their dressmakers are Democrats.

They probably giggle about it when they're alone and make bets about whether or not the ladies will actually wear those fashion "weapons of destruction".

[question everything]

21. Oh, another blue dress. Oh my. (nt)

[Nutmegger]

PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!!

:puke:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nutmegger]

22. Duplicate!

Duplicate!:D

[madrchsod]

24. thanks for the nightmare socaldem

yes jackie had more class than these two combined...

[jmowreader]

33. It's NOT true!

We keep saying Laura Bush wears so much hairspray you could hit her in the head with a pipe wrench and not injure her.

That's not true anymore.

Now, you could hit her in the head with a three-pound sledge and not injure her, and Condi's taking grooming tips from her.

And someone really needs to have a talk with that photographer: corner moulding growing out the top of Condi's head?

[zbdent]

34. Did she buy that when

she was buying the shoes?

(Katrina reference)

[dryan]

35. Sorry...

but these 2 women are representing the United States. They can do better.

[ContraBass Black]

39. I think it looks great, next to Laura's.

It wasn't flattering with teh shawl, though.

[FearofFutility]

41. She has that exact same dress in red

I can't find the picture though. The fit was just as bad as this one.

I found the picture. It's not the exact same dress, but just as awful.

http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/2005/12/red-taffeta-monster-nearly-devours.html

[Dulcinea]

42. Call the fashion police! Please!

Laura, if you really aren't interested in style or fashion, get someone to dress you. Please. That dress is a travesty.

I'm sure that prom gown fit Condi better 35 years ago, but now it clings in all the wrong places (the midriff.)

[gkhouston]

44. OMG, did she make that herself?

if so, she's got no eye for color and she must have flunked Home Ec. I can make a better-looking evening gown than that. Should have altered the bodice pieces to fit her shape (?) before the fabric was cut or gone for something with a higher waist, maybe? Definitely not this shade of blue. It makes her look diseased.

[kwassa]

46. The carping in this thread is so completely petty and juvenile

When do the men get attacked for their appearance? Is that a different thread, or does it just not happen?

Or should we talk about great Democratic beauties like Madeline Albright?

[InvisibleTouch]

47. Condi's dress looks nice, actually. But Pickles - yeesh!

What do you call that nervously-patterned black/white/gray contraption? "21st Century Frump"?

The shimmery blue, on the other hand, is very attractive, IMO, and looks nice on her. Would look nicer if I didn't know how ugly she was inside.

[Catherine Vincent]

48. Laura Bush's dress...

I have no words.