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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:32 AM Original message |
Michelle Obama makes $148 frock a fashion smash |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. She looked gorgeous in it-- |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That high waist style feels weird to me - but she looked smashing!! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes--I am short and high-waisted to begin with, so I need clothes |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. I love high waisted dresses, but haven's seen any to buy. |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. I agree... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
82. That empire waist is actually pretty flattering on most body types. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As my wife says |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
89. Hmmm ... how long before "Michelle O" catches on ? nt |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. I love it! |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. It was $99 on the Donna Ricco website |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. It Looks Like the 60's |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I bet you hope no one ever says "once was more than enough" about your generation, though |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Once Was More than Enough for My Generation |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. because they're being propagandized to feel so? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Are they despised by the same people who voted for * twice, are complacent about |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. that style dress is being sold in most stores today , and Michelle looks better in it |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. That is nice but I don't consider $148 affordable for a frock like this. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Actually, $148 is low, especially given her social class |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. For a Sen's wife, for First Lady, it may not be low. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I bet Pickles' and Hillary's clothes cost WAAAAAAY more |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Pickles, at least |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I'm sorry but that is IMO going to get an "elitist" brand from some because many of us |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I don't think it is necessarily elitist |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Here in Ohio, no not common at all. Maybe an event here is different than |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. it's your neighborhood, not Seattle in general |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
83. I live in Gig Harbor... I totally hear ya on the wardrobe comments. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. You dress up to go on TV. Michelle Obama probably wears |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I have no problem with her wearing this or what ever she wants on tv, what I |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. I agree on you on that. I have to wear suits in my work. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. I think if I was going to be on television.. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
78. The price I heard was $148, I was referring to the above thread mentioning a $200 "day dress". |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. many middle class women would spend a couple hundred for special occasions |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #63 |
80. On this I would agree but not for a "day dress" for lunch with friends, that is the part I was |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
91. Expected, or not, that's not the kind of role model |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. i guess if i were still working i might pay that much. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
71. It's cheap for someone of their income level |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
90. I agree with you about the price |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm wearing that very dress as I type |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'll bet you look smashing too! :) |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. more like "a smashing tool" :-D |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. LOL |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Image disturbingly uneraseable |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:23 AM Original message |
What Shoes Are You In? |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
87. Here I parted company with Michelle |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Mrs. Obama will make a great First Lady |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Indeed and I very much agree with you. |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Taste and good looks help, too |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Although people like to slam Hillary's pantsuits, I think |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. I wear pantsuits instead of skirted suits because the former |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. If it's OK to laud her for her fashion choices |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. I celebrate the fact she doesn't need to be a size 2 to be considered magnificent. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. "You do whatever the tube tells you....This is mass madness, you maniacs..." |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh, gawd... I hope this doesn't mean we're in for another ten years of.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I wore those back when I was a teenybopper, am amused at the return now. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. She's also worn a number of slightly fitted sheaths |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. I'm with you. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. What's a frock? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Frock |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Black and White Leaves held together by strong Black bands; intentionalor not, I love the metaphor |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. She looked great in that |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Funny and ironic that she got it from "White House/Black Market" |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
84. Yeah.. I totally mused on that when she mentioned it.. n/t |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. I see the MSM is still obsessing over the wardrobe. |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. I see the MSM is still obsessing over the wardrobe. -QFT- |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nothing new |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Exactly and Welcome to DU |
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cyndensco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Michelle looked great in her dress. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Caution: If your skin has a lot of pink or red in it, you probably |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Michelle is intelligent, articulate, and poised. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
46. Michelle Obama could wear a wooden barrel |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. She is gorgeous in your sig pic. And I agree, simply breathtaking...nt |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. That beautiful lady shows she has class and style by wearing something |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's telling that none of Laura Bush's White House |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. and I'm gobsmacked |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Iiverglas ---- Yeesh. Let me check that calendar ... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Wordy Fucking Word |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. why does it have to be one or the other |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Michelle is known for being an appendage |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. so what ? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. aaaaaaaargh |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. because she is campaigning for him and was on TV and appears in public |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #66 |
85. You know, sometimes people like to talk about fun things... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. My thoughts exactly. |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
72. I am a straight male, and I comment about how Barack dresses... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
74. Michelle is going to make a WONDERFUL |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
75. Nice (and smart!) that she's supporting an American designer... |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
76. Beautiful Dress... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
77. So, a frock is simply a loose garment |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
79. It's about 140 dollars overpriced. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Well.. OUCH! I thought it was a beautiful dress and looked great on her. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. LOL! If Pickles had shown up wearing that, DU would have 5000 posts |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
81. That dress was just stunning on her! I noticed it for sure. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
88. Michelle Obama could wear a flour sack and look fabulous |
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