Regardless of who she wears, unless it includes a mask it won’t help…

You get her Tim! Wow…you really sucker-punched our next First Lady. So sorry that you seem to have issues with her. For what, I have no idea and surely you really don’t either. Of her, what do we know to wish that her inaugural dress include a mask? Beauty–check! Brains–check! Grace–check! Decorum–check! Elegance–check! Intellect–check! Oh yeah, and her husband is THE PRESIDENT-ELECT of the USA–check!

Tim, get over yourself and get with the fact, for the next four years (at least) she will be representing you and all Americans as our next First Lady. Not only does President-Elect Obama enter the eternal pages of history, so too does his most beautiful wife. Here’s to her!

She looks very stylish in what ever she wears. I am sure she will choose something very elegant.

Tim get over it she is “The First Lady”! so you might as well get on board!

Tim, I didn’t vote for Obama, and you make me sad to apparently be on the same side. You should treat people with more respect. You are apparently a no-class buffoon.

So let me get this straight. We’re discussing Michelle Obama’s wardrobe for everything that’s right about it. But, Sarah Palin’s wardrobe was discussed for everything that’s wrong about it. Interesting….

Hunch,

Let’s be clear here, the difference between Obama and Palin’s situation is that the Obama’s spend their own personal money on their own clothes while Palin used money donated by supporters for their actual political campaign.

Diva, why are you making assumptions? Do you know for a fact that Michelle Obama bought her own clothes? Did you know that Palin is donating her clothes to charity? Just pointing out the ever present liberal bias in the media. Granted, this blog is a much smaller scale, but the precedent still rings true.

Hunch,

I am not one to assume, despite your own tendency for such! I watched Michelle Obama on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show during which she made the following statement: “But our policy has always been whatever we wear, for us, we buy.” Just so that you can check it out yourself (maybe even verify the ever present liberal bias in the media) by going to: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20236162,00.html or even http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPxFPw40kBw.

Have a good one…and be careful of those assumptions!

Hunch,

My mistake…I actually did make an assumption that the portion of her statement would be in that YouTube clip. It actually appears here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLefHwrwdI&feature=related. Oh and let me know to which charity organizations Palin donated her clothes.

Thanks!

Hoping she gets her shoes from a St. Louis company as I’m sure the folks at Famous Footwear would roll out the red carpet to provide her some stylish shoes for her inauguration. And as a self-proclaimed “first Mom” she could also outfit her beautiful daughters in some Famous Footwear. Plus, in a difficult economy, she could send a message to Americans to shop for both style and value at one of America’s retailers. Wouldn’t that be funny to see a first lady shopping? Can’t ever remember seeing it before.

first lady obama has a old spirt. a more settle time of person. i feel that if she is going to wear a shelveless dress she would chose a shawl or jacket, but i think her first chose would be something with shelves. .

This is the stupidest article ever.

Ever.

This is going to be shocking, but I’m actually going to comment on the post…

Michelle Obama will look striking in anything, but she really looks great in bold colors, and simple lines. I do like the red dress, the silver and gray, and the magenta. NOT the red, white, and blue, which looks like a clown outfit. Or the yellow suit, which looks like something Jackie O would have worn.

I do favor that red, though.

Tim is unbelievably rude and unkind. She is a lovely woman and I wish I had her stature and looks. Perhaps Tim is a racist. He is certainly an embarrassment to what America is supposed to be. Shame on Tim.
~ Jane

Mrs. Obama is attractive and gracious. Whatever she wears, please don’t let it be the atrocity she wore election night. Ouch. I hope she fired that stylist.

I would love to see what Chris March (Season 4, Project Runway) would design for her! But, seriously, given her past choices, minus the mis-step on election night, I expect to see Michelle in something tasteful and elegant at the inaugural balls.
As to Tim and Hunch, I suspect they toss negative posts at every column, fomum and blog that mentions the first family. Sore losers. I prefer to ignore their buffoonery and focus on the positive. What a pleasure to have a President and First Lady with class and style.

Is this the same people and media that freaked out about Palin buying clothes…that she didnt even buy? But we have to get stories about what M.O. is going to where. WHO CARES! Is this the change that I am supposed to concerned with. DUMB ARTICLE…your mindless idiots keep indulging in this retarded stuff. What is she going to where…honestly, thats what we need to read about?

Ahh, I see, apparently finding Michelle Obama unattractive makes me some sort of conservative racist card-carrying member of the KKK. You got all that from one sentence Diva? Your brillance and intelligence truly amazes me. You gleaned all that information from 13 whole words! Why are you wasting your time in this hole-in-the-blogs when you could be solving the housing crisis or saving the Big Three from going under? With your brain power we could get rid of our dependence on foreign oil! Just hook up Diva’s coconut to a generator and we are free at last.

She is not attractive to me, and no amount of donated foreign design will change that. Neither will who she is married too or how long she lives in the White House.

I vote for the Oscar de la Renta trio first, and the Marc Jacobs gold & silver gown second. The DVF is too underdone and looks like something that would be worn to a business lunch. While all the other designs are gorgeous and would be worn to good advantage by First Lady Michelle, I vote them as being too fancy and inappropriate for today’s troubled economic times. However, they would certainly be good to keep on the back burner for future galas.

How about something half black, half white?

Tim,

Oh dear Tim! You have mistakenly taken issue with me. I wasn’t the one, for that matter–I heard no one but yourself call you a conservative racist card-carrying member of the KKK. Those were your words. As a result, I guess you know yourself best.

You had a whole day for a snappy comeback, and that is the best you could come up with? What an utter disappointment you turned out to be…

Deb’s style file is a blog for fashion and style, not politics, and we regular posters come here to for enjoyment and to get a regular “fix” on all things fashionista. Please take your political hatchets elsewhere. This just isn’t the place to vent your spleen, to name-call, or to stir up controversy. What I’m trying to say to Tim and Hunch and Mike and the rest of you boys who wouldn’t otherwise be visiting this blog except for the fact that you saw a mention of the first family and took it as an opportunity to be disrespectful is: Don’t go away mad, just go away!

Karen, your obvious hate for men not withstanding, it was Diva who first brought politics into this little waste of space, yet you conveniently ignore her in your little list. You must be a regular to Deb’s. Most people can handle 20+ posts and remember everything, but in this corner of cyberspace you don’t usually have to read more than two or three at a time, so the strain on your mental capacities is understandable. How cute that you stuck up for her ignorance. Did you make a fist and shout “Girl Power” after you wrote that?

Hunch doesnt know the facts. Clearly. She spent ALASKA’s money on a wardrobe that couldn’t do much for her attitude.

Way to be all over the discussion Jasmine. Five days after the fact is very impressive…

So what if Sarah Palin’s clothes were bought by the donors? SO WHAT? I never got the issue anyway. The RNC wanted her to look a certain way and they made sure of it. It was a legitimate expense in a campaign that cost both sides millions of dollars. So Sarah got some St John’s Knits to look good! Frankly, I assume the president and first lady get a stipend for clothes, etc. They represent us and need to look the part.

Discussions like this show how many Americans have no clue. They get incensed at things that are not necessarily a symptom of largess, but instead done for legitimate reasons. Granted, some things become insensitive or in your face in a down economy. But you liberals out there, I guarantee that Michelle Obama’s wardrobe won’t be paid all by her for the next 4 years, and I hope it’s not. I want my leaders in the White House to look the part.

So again, so many with no freakin’ clue.

Who cares! People has more important things to worry about than what will be worn in January…like how will the bills get paid, being out of work or close to losing your job etc etc.

Ignore the trolls, like Tim and Hunch — they just want to stir up trouble. Me? I’m hear to talk fashion!

I agree that a glam look would not be appropriate, given the current economic crisis. But the gown must still be stunning. (I won’t say that Michelle must look stunning, because she does that no matter what she’s wearing.)

I like the Oscar de la Renta sketches. There’s a simple and beautiful look, one that shows off the new First Lady’s great figure and lovely skin tone, without being too glitzy. Putting the two little girls in red and blue is a great idea too!