Michelle Obama Watch

Our First Lady look gorgeous!!!!! as well as our President looks so handsome!!!! Her dress is BEAUTIFUL!!! How wonderful that she chose a young American designer. Michelle is helping to promote one of our own country’s designer. By doing so, she is already doing just what our President has asked us: She helping others and working together to help our beloved country. Heaven Bless this terrific family and our country.

The dress was overwhelming and unflattering. She looked pregneant. She is tall and statuesque, why couldn’t they have picked a dress that would have suited her better? Fox news even did a very visible change of their shot of her, alongating the picture so she would look slimmer.

she looked pretty but i wish she’d done something with her hair, it looks exactly the same as it did earlier. the dress was alright, not what i expected, a little too red carpet, though very young and fresh. also where’s mario pinto been this week? cute first dance, but barack needs some dance lessons.

Laughing at all of us trying to justify that dress. I’ll let it marinate for a few ours. maybe its not translating well on TV .

It looks like a prom gown. I guess that she did not understnad that the Smithsonian will be getting the gown to display forever. She should have worn a more dramatic color than plain old vanilal white & what ever those flower things are. Baby blue, fushia, hot pink, violet, yellow, coral, turquoise, red, jade would have been so much flattering on her.

Here’s a youtube link of the first dance for anyone who might have missed it.

At first I didn’t like it but up close its quite beautiful. And she has so much swagger I think she could make a garbage bag look hot. And they were soo cute together, they were blushing.

I was not impressed by the gown, Michelle Obama wore. I had hoped that for something classic and elegant. However, I did enjoy the Obama’s
dance together. I hope that people will watch and learn from their example.

It looks better in a still photograph than it did on TV. She’s a gorgeous woman, and from the side, it was strangely unflattering. Not as good as the Maria Pinto purple sheath. I like the single shoulder look, and white is good on her. I’m trying to like it. I will keep trying. It’s great she chose a young designer, etc. About the fabulous Mr. President: Am I mistaken or should white tie only be worn with tails? I realize this may sound old fashioned but my understanding is that white tie on an invitation means tails…not a tux. He doesn’t seem to take sartorial risks so the white tie w/ tux was a surprise. They are both wonderful, and what a terrific day! I don’t even want to nitpick. The main thing is — they’re there!

I think it was a beautiful dress, very nice for the occassion though at first I did the white dress- what is it a wedding? but bold and very michelle, gorgeous

I think she would have looked better with a flowing dress without a waistline. Strapless would have been better as she’s young and is very buff. Her hair shouls have been worn up but the shoulder duster earrings are very flattering, It’s nice to see something different than the beaded pagent gowns that Mrs Bush wears. Go wear them in Dallas. Good riddens!

the best thing about the dress is that unlike what laura bush wore 8 years ago, and even what clinton wore before her, it actually looks like it was made this decade. all the others have looked like something out of a previous era, and not in a good way.

Oh my goodness my first thought when I saw the gown was a messy white chenille bedspread. She is so lovely and dresses with such class and elegance. I expected so much more – what I saw did not look like class and elegance. Michelle could have truly made a statement tonight and I don’t believe it worked.

Oh, am I really wanted to like tthis dress. It’s so unflattering … can’t she get someone to help her pick flattering styles (she’s so striking and chic) but the fashions today have been abysmal on her. Whassup with this? Does everyone just kowtow and say it looks good when it doesn’t? I always rthgout if I never needed to be “dressed” I would go to a top Oscar winning costumer like Albert Wolsky, Ann Roth or Colleen Atwood. These poeple know how to make you look GREAT and they are not “married” to one designer or another. They would determine your “image” and then help you select the best look for you. There, I’ve said my piece.

When Grace Kelly got married to a Prince she had Hollywood designer do her dress; when Liz married Burton, Irene Sharaf did her clothes … leave it to the pros, ladies.

So this is what these sites are like. Most of you are nasty. What a mistake it was to stop by here. Good riddance & I hope none of you live in DC…we have enough carping here. Sheesh.

Since we’re not all loving the gown let’s talk about our favorite Michelle outfits. Mine: A red wool suit with flared sleeves she wore sometime during the campaign. I loved it. I’ll try to link to a photo.

The dress, or, “bedspread” – HA!, should never have been such a light color for a night of “lights and cameras”, which the designer should have known to factor in. It was a given she would be under bright lights. The fabric does look like chenille, not appropriate for evening, especially with clumps of flowers on it. The over one shoulder would be lovely if the fabric was something shear, and she looks GREAT in rich jewel tones. She needs a television/feature film designer to dress her for formal affairs. She does a great job with informal herself. Go girl!

I think some of the post are a little old fashioned. When it comes to fashion, leave your rules in the rule book. Michelle Obama wore a beautifull gown and was stunning it it. The dress moves well, and looks as if it can make it through the night.

@SCruncher

My favorite was the purple Maria Pinto.

Please keep in mind that the fact that someone disagrees with your fashion sense does not make them your mortal enemy. Comment on the dress and not what people think about it.

Michelle has hit it out the park in terms of style during the inaugural weekend. I have loved the camel colored outfit she wore, and the beautiful black coat she had on for the train ride. I thought the gold outfit she wore on inaugural day was quite beautiful. I along with others have been waiting to see what her gown would look like. I thought she would wear a gown of color, perhaps emerald, royal blue, red etc. I was not expecting what I saw this even. Her gown was a total miss. I thought she could have done so much better and after what she wore this weekend I thought she truly would look simply majestic, instead her choice looked homely. I guess I can give her an “E” for effort.

I think the First Lady looked great , I really like the fact that she uses designers that are not main stream, I like her sense of style and she is
tres chic …..

That dress would have been pretty in 1983. In 2009, it looks like they draped a bedspread on her as if she’s going to a toga party.

My first thought when I saw the gown was a wrinkled chenille bedspread – the bodice where the shoulder strap connects is a mess. The earrings are more suited to a more sleek look. I expected the normally classy and elegant look Michelle Obama usually wears. She is so lovely and I thought the gown was distracting instead of flattering. How sad.

I love Michelle and her style, as well. Since she looked so stunning during the inauguration, I guess maybe our expectations were too high tonight. I already had that look, though, having wrapped myself in my grandmother’s white chenille bedspread years ago while playing house!

WHAT WAS SHE THINKING!! SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN BUT WOW WHAT WAS ALL OVER IT LOOKED LIKE COTTON BALLS AND WHT WAS THE DESIGNER THIKING BALL GOWN TO ME SAY’S DANCING. MICHELLE HAD TO KEED PULLING ON THE DRESS TO KEEP FROM STEPPING ALL OVER IT AND THE PRESIDENT COULDN;T EVEN TURN HER WITHOUT STEPPING ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE GOWN. THE SINGERS GOWNS WERE MORE SUTIABLE FOR A BALL THAT THAT PADGENT GOWN.

Again, I am going to say this one more time before I start blacklisting en masse. Talk about the dress. Talk about the coverage of the dress. DO NOT talk about each other.

Again, someone who disagrees with you is not the AntiChrist.. If you love the dress. Great. if you hate the dress. Great. We don’t care here at MOW how you feel about it one way or the other, but this is not romper room. We don’t throw mud pies in the comments section.

I think she looks fabulous, the whole package just wonderful!

http://blogs.wsj.com/runway/2009/01/20/michelle-obama-picks-jason-wu-for-the-inaugural-balls/

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24942835-5010800,00.html

Some comments from the media (Wall Street Journal) which appear very favorable.

I think that Michelle’s fashion picks today probably look wonderful in person. She seems to be focused not only on promoting young American designers, but on unique fabrics, texture and construction details that television cameras don’t capture effectively. Because she will continue to be making many televised appearances, she needs to get professional input about what plays well on screen–given lighting conditions and the tricks that the camera plays–versus what looks best in person.

Personnalt, I don’t care if she shows up in a thrift-shop special . . . she is a wonderful role model and I’m thrilled she’ll be living at the White House!

I think the othe thing to keep in mind though…she stayed at the parade all day. That’s not a lot of time inbetween the end of the parade and the start of the Inaugural balls. I read that Jackie O left the parade halfway through to get ready.

I wish we could see more close up pics.

Michelle needs a stylist. She definitely has the body to pull off the more “sophisticated” look. This gown looks like a gown someone would wear to the prom. Very unflattering. Now, I do not feel she necessarily needs to hire the high priced designers – she just needs a designer that can make beautiful and flattering clothes for her. The outfit for the inauguration was unflattering. When she took the coat off she had on a sweater. That’s right a sweater. A sweater with a sparkling dress. Green gloves and shoes – NO! When she went on the train ride the black coat was cute. When she removed the black coat Michelle had on a sweater and LEGGINS. All in all I think she definitely needs an experienced stylist to help with her clothes selection.

I am still very happy for her and her husband.

Sadly, this First Lady does not have any fashion sense at all and neither do those that advise her. The golden suit with pea green shoes & gloves this morning were horrific. The coat flapped in the wind. Why didn’t the designer put in hidden snaps to keep the coat shaped properly? The gown she wore tonight looked like the aftermath of an encounter with canadian geese, perhaps that is why the US Air pilot was invited, to save her. And her hair? Heavens, she is now representing the United States, please do something with the hair other than having it hang down.
I know I am being a bit harsh but this woman is now the First Lady of the United States and needs to represent herself as such. A good stylist and posture coach would help her in the long run. Her posture is horrible.

Oh and Jackie O was more than 40 years ago. 20th century, great for that time but…

Sigh okay Michele’s dress is the diff between Lou Hoovers and Eleanor’s. A dramatic change that signified a new error. Go back to some of the more memorable presidential pictures and you will see that Lincoln is the first one to wear a bow tie. TR is the first to wear a modern tie, and FDR is the first to smile and wear a modern collar.

And some-point we have to decide not to go back to the past (in fashion as well as politics).

Oh and Mrs O had to wear a bullet proof vest today so that’s why the dress wasn’t body hugging (at the inaugural).

She clearly doesn’t have presidential taste. The dress she wore today had no lines was frumpy and who the hell wears glitter at high noon. The dress tonight looked like my frumpy multilevel freshman prom dress. I think she is also packing extra lbs since election. Give me elegance and grace if you have made it to the white house.

Wassup wit the “you can’t wear white in winter?” COME ON!! Us younger generation do not follow those superstitious things anymore. You have to let go of the past and realize young people are making an impact on this earth. Us younger people are so beyond that you can’t wear this or that. I think that is what happened with the ball dress. The designer was young and possibly could have thought it would appeal to a younger crowd. As I said earlier I don’t like the dress but I admire her individuality and her attitude that shows she could care less how people think of her.

Oh dear, it’s not my most favorite thing ever. But she’s just so radiant and glowing and lovely this night, it really doesn’t even matter much to me what she wears…..

Michelle IS the First Lady so however she dresses is how the First Lady dresses. If Michelle showed up at the ball in a House of Dereon Miss Tina QVC special, then that’s how the First Lady dresses.

EVERY First Lady has gotten criticized over how they dressed. I don’t recall anyone saying that Laura Bush needs to understand or Hillary Clinton needs to learn or Barbara Bush needs to be told. And they usually get so dogged out they revert to the same boxy boring 60 year old white lady jacket and skirt. I want Michelle to take risks. I don’t want her to have to put on the First Lady Boxy Jacket, Skirt and Sensible Shoes Uniform.

On to Michelle’s Inaugural Day Critique:

A) The Yellow Coat and Dress: I hate the color yellow, but I think it looked great on her. I liked the teal shoes and green gloves. Black gloves and shoes wouldn’t have looked right. Obama is about hope and change and optimism and there’s no better color to express than than yellow. I’m glad she did not feel like she should have to wear the usual red or blue but went in a different direction, which is good for HER. As for the criticism that it was too sparkly for the daytime, the lady’s husband just became the President of the United States at noon. It’s not like she was going to Malia’s PTA assembly with that outfit on. If there’s ever an occassion to sparkle in the daytime, your husband becoming the POTUS would be it.

2) The Ball Gown: On TV it looks horrible. On TV Barack’s white tie looked invisible on the screen. So what if he should have worn tails? This dude has to fix the economy and get us out of these wars. The man just became President 13 hours ago, does anyone really think he gives a crap about wearing tails? In print Michelle’s dress looks much better. In the Smithsonian it will look fun and youthful and happy, compared to the stuffy and dour ball gowns from other First Ladies. Michelle’s gown couldn’t have been any worse than Hillary Clinton’s, Laura Bush’s, Barbara Bush’s or Rosalynn Carter’s. I didn’t care for the fluffiness of the shoulder strap, and the decorative aspects should have been left off the bodice but I thought it was a cute dress. It did NOT look like a prom gown, and anyone who says that hasn’t seen a prom gown for the past 25 years. I will say that Michelle did have a bit of trouble handling the dress and she couldn’t dance in the dress more than than 3 steps without having to shift it around. I give the dress a B. This dress wasn’t any worse than Nancy Reagan’s disco nightmare.

The ball gown was not pretty, but when the first lady dance with her husband President Obama’s; they looked like the best friends in the whole world.

I saw nothing but LOVE and Respect for each other.

I think she needs a fairy God Mother to dress her for America. I would have dressed her in a white gown with pearls, and diamonds. Her hair would be up; and a little more lip stick and white satin shoes..

I am a designer and I was so uncomfortable with the length of the gown. I am not sure why this happened but this wonderful woman deserved to be free from worry on this most important day. I would not have been pleased if that were my dress. The idea was beautiful but it was too much dress and too long for such a beautiful, tall woman. I pray that she is not affected by this and for all future designers watch your lengths especially if your client is going to dance or go up and down stairs. A safe rule is that you see the tip of their toes with shoes on. Make sure you measure the length with the exact shoes they will wear, all of this matters in how the dress will hang. G. Marie

WOW! Michelle’s dress was unique and impressive. She looked like a queen. The dress made her look like a tall Roman goddess. I am tired of cookie cutter dresses. I am glad that she wore something different than previous first ladies. It’s nice to see a first lady that dares to show her arms and shoulders. The dress was perfect for a ball. It flowed with her as she danced. It looked so soft and creamy on her. The dress made her look as if she was dancing in the clouds.

With all the other more classy elegant dresses Jason Wu has to offer, the new First Lady made a very bad choice. However bad inaugural ballgowns has been a trend since Lady Byrd Johnson. In the futrure I hope to see Mrs. Obama attired in something more elegant and not something that looks like it got made in home ec class.

Monica,

Are you black? If not how an you say that black women hair is wash and go? LOL I AM black and a hairstylist as well. No, our hair is not wash and go unless you have some background in your family of “good hair” as we call it. No, you don’t have to sit under the dryer for hours but we normally use a lot of product in our hair. She wears what we call a bob wrap. You wrap it every night around your head so that in the morning it comes out as a barely beveled curl. Going from that to a up do with short hair like hers is difficult in 30 minutes without a iron, some spray, pins, dryer, etc. Yea she could have rushed it or had someone do it while getting ready but you still would not have been happy and dogged her like you are doing now. Also, are you people color blind? The gloves and shoes were GREEN not YELLOW? I had to look at it online again to be sure my TV color was ok because everyone keep saying yellow but it was green. I would LOVE to see how some of you dress…lol I’m sure some of you have NO business saying the things you are saying knowing that your closets have disasters as well. Be happy with knowing she is human and makes mistakes. She’s not a model and struggles with her weight and image just as any other woman especially black women because obesity is huge in our nationality. So finding that perfect outfit can be hard. And why is it bad that she wore sparkles during the day? Again I am going to say as I did earlier that you all need to let go of that superstitious mess. Do you have a husband? If so, if he became POTUS wouldn’t you sparkle your butt off to represent your king? I know I would for mine. If you don’t have one quit being sour towards this woman who has a man that treats her like a queen and every woman would love to have one do the same thing. Women are too harsh on one another as if we are perfect. We all need to relook at ourselves and find inner beauty before we judge others.

I think Michelle Obama looks great in whatever she wears. Her statuesque figure along with her attractive good looks enhanced that ball gown.

Since she is so tall, I would have chosen a more form-fitting frock with a mermaid hem. The choice of white as the color was inspired. It was as though she and Barack, with his white tie, were entering into a baptism, a christening of sorts.

Kudos to Jason Wu! He is up and coming!!!!

I read and/or heard that Michelle’s Ball Gown was $3,175.00. Not that I would spend that much on a gown for myself, however, quite affordable.
I recall one of Mrs. Reagan’s gowns cost $100,000 back in the 80’s.
Comparitively speaking, Michelle’s gown was a bargain for the price.

Jason Wu ranges from $3000 to $6000 so probably somewhere in that range.

I really wanted to like this dress, but it was such a let down. BORING! It lacked ooph it lacked pizzaz. Someone commented on the cost, Yes $100,000 (Nancy Reagans) back in the 80’s was exhorbitant, but hey it was the 80’s and Nancy had style. Valentino, thank you, you know the women had taste.You cant strike out with Valentino. About the dress, wrong color, wrong style. It flattened her bust, made her hips bigger, no woman wants to look like a triangle. I love that Michele has curves. Play up those curves girl!

J and Susan,
Her dress actually cost $3,510

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1872988,00.html

I am warming up to the dress, the more I see it. Time has the best pictures I’ve found so far.

This link is great too

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1872903_1827649,00.html

Here are some behind the scenes photos where MO is pictured without the coat. I loved that ensemble!

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1872877,00.html

I think the dress was beautiful but I needed some time to like it on Michelle. She made it work though. I too wish her hair was up…
Also, it is not the kind of dress that looks nice on TV or camera as you can’t really see all the details and hard work of the designer. I think is much more interesting “life” than on the screen. Something Michelle is gonna have to learn I guess…

What on earth do I see that no one else dares to mention. Michelle was wearing that hideous dress becaue she has gotten fat and couldn’t possibly have pulled off a tunic line dress. Her thinking was that she could hid her figure in that dress; however, it just made her look heavier. Not well fitted to her at all. Lousy designer!!

please excuse my miss spelling . what I meant to say was what bearing does that have on the state of the world’s issues?

It’s so funny that people want to criticize the First Lady dress and hair when she’s the 1st Lady. She looked lovely, because it’s her style. Did anyone think that Obama picked the dress, because he thought it was beautiful, or maybe Malia and Sasha picked the dress , because they wanted their mother to look like a princess? We have no idea the way the dress or how the First Lady looked in real life, beause we are watching her through a lense.

I will say this anything that fine President tell me to wear, I would wear, if I was his wife. lol.

BTW: Because the 1st lady is a shaply woman do you think maybe she didn’t want to wear a dress that people would focus on her body, rather than her husband?

Michelle Obama always had good taste with her dresses but yesterday what was her designer thinking green gloves, green shoes. I was very disappointed with her dress too much fandangles. Her designer could have done alot better than that, what were they thinking! But big up to her all the way history had been made.

To Van: I agree with you…Michelle’s gown had nothing at all to do with the world’s issues…..but, might I direct you to what the title of this column is all about, i.e., “Michelle Obama’s Ball Gown..”???? Why are you here?

Debbie,

Yes, the fashion media is being careful not to offend. Michelle sells magazines and they want her on their magazine covers or at least in their pages. From what I’m hearing, most people I know thought the evening dress was bad and they day ensemble was too bulky and the color was weird. So if your average Joe didn’t like it, you know the fashion industry people didn’t like it. On all the fashion reviews, you can see them talking all over themselves trying to find something nice to say about her outfits yesterday.

Look, I do makeup and used to be a personal shopper some years ago. I do think Michelle likes clothes. You don’t wear the kind of stuff she wears and not have a love of clothes. But you may be right that she doesn’t care about “image” per say. To which I say, she ought to start caring about “image”. I think Michelle is so pretty and has a good figure that can pull off really interesting clothes. I don’t want her to start getting clowned like Hillary.

I wish I could have styled her yesterday! First off, no more dark makeup. I want to strangle her makeup artist. One, for that dark dreary almost gothic look he/she gave her at the Lincoln Memorial concert, and two, for not giving her a a completely fresh makeup job for the balls! Her face was practically BARE!! That was unacceptable. Makeup finishes off a look. I guarantee you, had her makeup been on point, and her hair as well, people wouldn’t even be talking about that dress, they’d be looking at her lovely face. Secondly, I knew her hair would not be at it’s best this week. Loyalty is great, but if that person doesn’t make you look your best when the eyes of the entire world are on you, then you don’t need to hire them. When I found out it was her local hairdresser, the one who thought it was a good idea to give a 42 year old woman a stiff flipped bob, I knew her hair would not look it’s best. Take stock of your best looks and hire the people who make you look your best. Period. Loyalty be damned. Her hair looked like her lil’ cousin did it. Perfectly fine if she’s just a regular woman running to out to lunch with the girls. She should have worked with the man who did her hair at the DNC. It was sleek, shiny, and had body, and it never moved out of place. And she should have kept whoever did her makeup at the DNC. Her makeup was flawless. You saw her face, not the makeup.

I know I’m ranting but I’m mad that these people have the biggest gig in the world, and they’re making their client, the First Lady, look off. Whoever did her makeup yesterday and at the Lincoln Memorial concert does not know what they are doing. I couldn’t stand seeing that big plum stripe across the entire side of her face, supposed to be blush. Michelle Obama already has super high cheekbones. She does not need to have her cheekbones “created”! She should have had a lovely blush just on the apple of her cheeks. No more plum lipstick, no more black eyeliner, no more sharp eyebrows. She has good strong features. They did her makeup the way you would do makeup on a woman who has a flat face. You don’t have to “create” features for her, she already has them.

The thing is, there’s so much to work with with Michelle Obama. Yet the people who glam her up are not doing their job.

And don’t get me started on the daytime ensemble. I liked that it was different, but again, it was not functional and there were too many elements that made it look sloppy. One, it added 20 pounds to her. If by chance someone had been living under a rock and just saw Mrs. Obama for the first time yesterday morning, I’m sure they were shocked that she had such slim and trim arms and shoulders! She is a woman who is dedicated to fitness. Show it off. Why she would wear something that made her look heavy and shapeless is beyond me. Seeing her svelte figure in that traffic stopping tomato red dress she wore when she visited the Bush family in November, you’d never imagine that was the same body in that bulky outfit yesterday. Why add 20 pounds. Who thought that was a good idea! It’s like every good option was turned down. It’s like the thought process was, “Let’s see, she looks great in bright colors and sleek clothes.Yes, let’s put her in the ugliest pea soup green and make her look like bulky. Genius!”

I would have put her in purple for day. That’s is her signature color. Like royalty. It would have been a purple wool skirt that hit right about above the knee. Paired it with a navy blue tie neck blouse. Over the blouse, a matching jacket, a purple cowl neck wool coat. Nipped in at the waist, hitting her right above the hip. Pair with black knee high mid-heeled boot. That look would show off her hourglass shape, it would be nice and structured, bright and colorful, and it would keep her warm as well.

For evening, I think she got one thing right. The asymmetrical top. Few can pull that off, and if you can do it, do it. But here’s what I would have put her in.

This dress in this color from the waist up:
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/include/Zoom.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446204408&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574492398631&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474399545537&bmUID=1232588622579

Add this from waist down:
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod66210018&parentId=cat9360741&masterId=cat9360733&index=12&cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat17740747cat000131cat9360733cat9360741

Nyro, I agree with your last choice! She would have looked wonderful in that one shoulder fitted black dress!!! Maybe you could help her with what to wear? Someone sure needs to!

Michelle is gorgeous no matter what she wears.

The dress was really nice. The detail on it did NOT come across well on TV. It had beaded crystals all over it, and the detail on the torso and the shoulder strap were fantastic. From a distance it looked simple but it is actually a beautifully well made dress.

She looked like a queen. She looks beautiful no matter what she wears. Elle est un reine, une reine noire de vrai!

VIVE MICHELLE OBAMA!

The white frock was very disappointing. It added too much bulk around the mid section. She is way too elegant for that stupid looking dress. She could not dance as it was too long and kept getting under her shoe. She should have worn her hair in a updo. These so called designers…………I wonder about them. The daytime outfit was okay.

I think her taste in clothing is horrible. She is our First Lady and she showed up for a formal ball in one of the ugliest gowns I have ever seen. Looked just like a bedspread my grandma had when I was little. She is too tall and big boned for such a gown. She needs to wear form fitting clothing. she looked like a size 16 and is supposedly a size 8. She kept having to “arrange” all that material on the dress every time she moved and he kept stepping on it. Not a good look for her initial presentation. I liked the outfit she wore to the inauguration but hated the color and those pea green gloves – OMG. What the?

Tammy,

She is not a size 16. According to a designer who’s supplied clothes to her, she is a 12. At 5′11, she’s slimmer than most women. I’ve seen her in person and she is slimmer than she dresses.

she looked horrible her hair was a mess and so was her dress.

As Joe Biden would say “a three letter word” BEDSPREAD

Nyro:

I love the selections that you identified for MO. What did you think of the outfit she wore to the National Cathedral? To me, another misstep. All of your points are well taken. However, I still do not think she is a fashionista. Clothes are secondary to her,in my opinion. I will be pleasantly surprised if she hired a professional stylist. If she did not take the “hint” after that red and black mess of election night – why should anyone expect that she would after the outfits she selected for the inauguration? I read that she made her choice the “morning of”. Now that should tell everyone that clothes is not her thing.
Again, I still love her – the sista just needs a lot of help in the clothes department.

Debbie

A stylist would only make her dress, old/like all the other first ladies in the past couple years. At best they would put her ins something like Condi wore. I shudder @ the thought.
In both dresses Michelle looked a good 10 years younger. Again, if the majority of ppl hated the dress, they wouldn’t make copies of it.

Debbie

But it isn’t just the main stream press. It is small indy newspapers, other fashion blogs (check out some of the polls on sites like huffpo) college newspapers, obscure foreign press (even in hostile countries). In our college break room, even in between wiping off tears many of the girls were commenting on the fab color of the Toledo outfit. Besides, in this economy dress makers would not make a dress if they didn’t feel it would sale.

The one thing I’ve noticed about fashion over the past few years, is that it has diversified. There isn’t one set style/approach anymore. One more thing, as much as I hate the Jackie comparisons, there is a good one. Lots of ppl didn’t like what she wore (like to church for example). The change from Mamie to Jackie was big.

I noticed that there were very little comments about the ball gown on the networks. A sure sign that it wasn’t such a hit. The networks were being very nice to Mrs. Obama not daring to throw in any negative comments on inauguration day. It’s nice to see them so considerate, but it would be nice if they showed that kind of consideration across the board and not only to people they happen to like. I like fair reporting not bias.

Yabba Dabba Do… that dress looks like Wilma Flinstone’s

Mickey:

I hear what you are saying but let me drop this line on you. It is all political. I understand Jay-Z gave a lot of money to Obama’s campaign. That is the reason why you saw JayZ and Bey performing during the festivities. However, I agree with you 100% about Beyonce – but money talks.

Please let everyone have their own individual style. I thought she looked georgoes – it was a fitted dress but why do we always have to show off our skin or wer skin tight clothing – she looked elegant – I am proud she just does her own thing – let’s be real imagine people scrutinizing your clothing every day – wouldn’t like it hey – give the woman a break! She looked like a lady – nice to show our young girls that you don’t have to greese your body to fit into clothing to look good. Go Michelle!!!!!