Finding Michelle Obama to be the "First Lady of Fashion," ABCNews.com's Luchina Fisher wondered if the president-elect's wife could save the fashion industry.:
Michelle Obama will soon be the nation's first lady and mom in chief, but others are expecting even grander things from her, like saving the fashion industry.
And who in their right mind would think that?:
"We're all obviously trying to look at the silver lining," designer Norma Kamali told ABCNews.com. "Where do we look for hope, an opportunity to create good feelings for the customer? There is real hope with Michelle Obama. I think she can keep women interested in purchasing."
Story Continues Below Ad ↓Obama's name surfaced at a recent meeting of The Fashion Group International, a professional organization for members of the fashion industry. The topic of discussion was the economy, and one member wondered aloud whether Obama could bolster the industry during the current economic downturn.
ABCNews.com is hardly the first media outlet to gush over Michelle Obama's fashion sense. As my colleague Tim Graham noted in June, NBC's "Today" show praised the future first lady as a "fashion icon" who would start a "frock frenzy":
The softening of Michelle Obama’s image continued Friday morning on NBC’s Today. As if Michelle were an up-and-coming Jackie Kennedy, NBC devoted a story in its first half-hour (usually devoted to substantive news) to raving over Mrs. Obama as a "fashion icon" and the sleeveless dress she wore on ABC’s The View as starting a "frock frenzy." At the top of the show, co-host Matt Lauer announced: "Fashion frenzy. Why women everywhere are dying to get this $148 dress, today, Friday, June 20, 2008." Nineteen minutes into the first half-hour, the screen graphic was "Fashion Icon? Michelle Obama Frock Frenzy." Co-host Meredith Vieira raved the Michelle dress was a "steal" and that fashion designers "would die to dress her right now." With the celebrated dress hung like a Smithsonian Institution museum piece in the background (reserving Mrs. Obama’s place in the First Lady pantheon already?), Vieira did the gooey girl-talk job Kathie Lee Gifford was hired to do in the 10 am hour.
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Michelle shops at Target
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:28 ET by ksimm81So I am thinking that saving the fashion industry is above her pay grade.
If it's by the yard she may...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:36 ET by killbill2That woman has one broad backside...
$150,000 could not help Michelle
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 07:55 ET by PopularTechPalin is just to damn hot!
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And let's see how long that
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 08:05 ET by motherbeltAnd let's see how long that lasts once she hits the White House.
Michelle is a fashion icon,
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:46 ET by taterMichelle is a fashion icon, and Palin is ripped for supposedly purchasing $150,000 dollars in clothes.
Nope no bias here.
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"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia
Oh yes...I often check to see...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:47 ET by PrairieSkywhat Michelle Obama is wearing before I decide what to buy when I go shopping for clothes...
Does it get any more ridiculous than this? And if I hear one more reference to Jackie Kennedy Onassis in the same sentence as Michelle Obama, I'll lose my lunch!
Brother!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
She has a big 'pink flyod',
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:48 ET by ForeverOnTheRightShe has a big 'pink flyod', 'nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean, know what I mean'. Seriously folks, who cares, this is just a fad, it too will pass. This is just as relavant as discussing her posterior. How shallow will the MSM get? (If her fashion is of interest to you, please excuse my opinion.)
New Definition
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:33 ET by CaringwhiteguyMaybe Michelle's big contribution to the American lexicon will be a change in our definition of "Trailer" Trash.
She might get Paula Jones off the hook.
On subject, but off subject.
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:48 ET by bioteachedA friend forwarded an email earlier this week that made me chuckle. It was an email containing two pictures: one of a black widow spider, and one of Michelle Obama in her election day dress. It was quite funny and the two were strickingly similar. Check it out if you need a laugh.
So perhaps when she's done
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:50 ET by ForeverOnTheRightSo perhaps when she's done with Obama, will she kill him and eat him like the spider? ha, LOL
A celebration!
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:42 ET by MNotaroWe can only hope! Hmmm...I wonder what the lefty illuminati politicians will do then??? I know I would throw a party!!
All the pretty boys...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:48 ET by The DistributistAll the pretty boys and anorexic girls over at Women's Wear Daily have been drooling from both sides of their collegen-injected mouths over both Obamas for a year now.
I have to read their tripe for work purposes, but it ain't easy:
For her first visit to the White House with her husband,
President-elect Barack Obama, on Monday afternoon, Michelle Obama sent
some clear messages via her choice of fashion: She’s loyal (she wore
Maria Pinto); she can go political wife-patriotic (her bright coral
dress looked flag-waving red on television), and she’s not averse to
throwing a few curves (it might have been her leanest sheath yet).
"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." -GK Chesterton, 1930
My sympathies...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:13 ET by PrairieSkyover having to read WWD on a frequent basis...Oy!
As far as what MO wears, she could wear a burlap sack and the nattering nabobs would still swoon, they are all sooo in love with her...
Good grief!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Waving Red
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:27 ET by Copperhead Ridge"(her bright coral
dress looked flag-waving red on television),"
Yeah, I think its funny that they use "flag waving red" for the leftist Michelle Obama. The Obamas love to wave red flags.
Barack's shorty got so much backyard he could build a garage, swimming pool, swingset, and a $100,000 gazebo there.
And let's not forget those
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 08:10 ET by motherbeltAnd let's not forget those buff, toned upper arms!
I think what Michelle is
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:49 ET by Hunter12I think what Michelle is wearing is going to get lost in the day-to-day grind of paying bills, when her hubby's tax hikes bring the heel down of the head of a struggling economy.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Huh!
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:50 ET by NorthCoasterNOT!
Outspoken feminist Germaine
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:55 ET by Right2thePointOutspoken feminist Germaine Greer has lined up Michelle Obama as her latest
target, criticising the “butcher’s apron” dress the next
First Lady wore when her husband won the US presidential election.
Writing her usual column for the Guardian, Greer slays the outfit choice,
calling it, “All black with an eye-burning red panel that splattered itself down
the front like a geometrical haemorrhage”.
She goes on to describe the effect as: “A poster in the most disturbing
colours known to man, the colours of chaos…Coral snakes and venomous spiders
signal their destructive potential by the display of similarly violent
contrasts.”
Greer was a powerful voice of feminism in the 1970s, and her books were
international best sellers, but over the past decade she has become better known
for her contrary and controversial remarks.
venomous spiders
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:59 ET by Spinningplates2I also thought she could have worn the red and black dress to a Holloween party as a Black Widow Spider.
Actually that dress is a
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:03 ET by Jack BauerActually that dress is a visual representaion of how the US constitution will look after her husband has finished vomiting all over it.
Good one Jack. Speaking of
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:51 ET by TD in FLGood one Jack. Speaking of your name... new 24 series starting this Sunday. I'm Jack'd about it. I'd actually pay to watch a Michelle Obama vs Sheri Palmer fight.
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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:49 ET by EurikaI would love to know what Greer said about that ghastly red number that Mrs O wore to the white house...
Go Michelle
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:28 ET by iveseenitallI agree. Go for it, Michelle. And let the sisters get a piece of the pie for once. Those honkys have had it their way far too long! And just let 'em try to knock that chip off your shoulder. You go girl! You make me so "proud" to be an American!
P.S. Regards from Bill A., Father P., Jeremiah, Louie, Hugo, Fidel, and Raul. Look under the tree at Christmas. George Soros will have an envelope there for you. And best wishes with the millions you'll be spending on that party in January. Let hard-working "whitey" (whose ancesters built this nation) eat cake. Slap me five!
BTW, Tell Barry I'm so happy that he's nominating for Attorney General the black guy who helped pardon Mark Rich. Now he can avoid prosecuting Franlin Raines, the guy who made 90 milion in 6 years at Fannie Mae. That makes me so proud too.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Once her husband has finished screwing the economy...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:59 ET by R D Helm...into the ground, about the only fashion industry that will be left will consist of burlap and flip-flops.
I wonder how Michelle will look in that?
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
RD
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:25 ET by charlietexasAS LONG HAS HER BUTT LOOKS GOOD, WHO CARES...RIGHT???
MOM
I think I've had just about
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:16 ET by dboI think I've had just about enough of these Michelle Zero dress stories. When is the MSM going to start covering really important stories like what shoes does she wear and does the handbag match?
Seriously, all the horrible
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:18 ET by DuymonSeriously, all the horrible talk about the costs of wardrobes of Palin and Cindy and now we get this lame talk about "bold" fashion decisions and what-not.
I guess MSM is running out of praise articles that they have to resort to this instead of doing..uh...actual reporting?
This is the media applying
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:28 ET by Hunter12This is the media applying that new coat of varnish to the Michelle image as cultured and classy. I still say she's closer to Winnie Mandela than Jackie.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
The MSM hasn't done...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:30 ET by PrairieSkyany real reporting for ages. All they do now is throw roses at the Obama's feet.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Can we pray for the Roses
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:02 ET by Hunter12Can we pray for the Roses of Heliogabulus from the MSM in general? They are laying it on pretty thick.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Oh, if we could...
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:31 ET by PrairieSkyonly be so lucky! LOL!
And "They are laying it on pretty thick..." is an understatement. I thought the MSM was pretty much out to lunch and in the tank for Clinton, and they were. But the MSM's Obamessiah obsession is just beyond imagining.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
FASHION ICON??
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:23 ET by charlietexasWOW....TELL ME WHERE SHE SHOPS SO I KNOW WHERE NOT TO GO........SHE LOOKS AWFUL IN THAT RED NUMBER FROM ELECTION NIGHT. SHE LOOKS LIKE A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER IN THAT GETUP. WHOS DRESSING HER. JACKIE O?? SHES NO JACKIE O....SORRY
MOMMY
She must be steaming!!
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:36 ET by northoneMrs. Obama cannot be happy about this. A graduate of Princeton University. A graduate of Harvard Law School. A lawyer at the firm of Sidley Austin, one of the largest law firms in the country. Now, the only thing people are worried about is her fashion choices. What does this say about the state of modern womanhood in the country???
Comrade Michele can save
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:25 ET by Clear thinkerComrade Michele can save the fashion industry. If she hides from the public for the next 4 years.
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That's not Michelle, is it?
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:32 ET by Mica the MagnificentAre you sure the pictures aren't of a transvestite taken at a Proposition 8 rally in San Francisco?
These people are completely
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:20 ET by bigtimerThese people are completely out of their minds!
Insanity at it's finest!
Btw...that dress she wore on election night was an embarrassment, hideous to say the least...I would not be caught dead in it...period!
As far as those fashion designers dying to get in line to dress her...please, get 'er done!
....enough of this BS already....
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
No, hubby's policies will
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:21 ET by greenfairieNo, hubby's policies will ruin the fashion industry. And I will be LMAO at the liberals in said industry who voted for him.
Sense and style
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:49 ET by jackie3The media might say that Mrs. O has fashion "sense" but she totally lacks style or any class.
Srah Palin has class and style.
Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
I can't wait to hear about
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:01 ET by Paul Atreideshow the media oohs and aahs when the Obamas have Revrum Wright over to give advice on redecorating the White House by, first, throwing out all of the portraits of the evil crackers.
If this had been Cindy McCain gearing up
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:54 ET by Paul Atreidesas First Lady, how many people here want to bet that the media would have trashed her with buying expensive clothes during difficult economic times?
The words "Nancy Reagan" and "White House china" come to mind.
Paul... Yep...sure
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:29 ET by bigtimerPaul...
Yep...sure does...if only they would of had a 'D' behind their names all would of been raved about.
Hypocrisy at it's best with the msm, as always.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I don't know what you all
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 19:16 ET by 5kidsnadogI don't know what you all are talking about -- I thought that red and black dress was absolutely perfect for the occasion of an election night party. I was only sorry to hear the next morning that after a mean roll in the hay, she didn't follow through with the Black Widow tradition and consume her beloved.
Seriously -- was there a message in that dress? It looked like it started out a black dress until she viciously dismembered someone, or she was giving a shout out to her fellow evil villainesses or something. Combine that with the look on her face that always conveys a vague sense of something smelly in the room, and she was just positively glowing.
If I were Michelle, I'd start to purposely wear the most awful, tasteless clothes, just to howl laughing in private as I watched those in the MSM imitate it and give tips on how to "achieve the look".
It's gonna be a lonnnnnnng four years.
MO is one angry looking
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 21:44 ET by TN MomMO is one angry looking woman, no matter how fancy the dress!
Good evening TN
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 21:54 ET by cocodrieI have been an admirer of well dressed women all my life, but this does not qualify as a well dressed woman. Might be an improvement if she wore a horse blanket. Forgive me for that one Blonde.
coco
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 23:25 ET by TN MomMight be an improvement if she wore a horse blanket.
...over her mean, angry face!
Well...
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 09:20 ET by misterbee241If Brack can turn back the tides, change the weather more to our liking and save our souls, then Michelle should certainly be able to save the fashion industry.