Michelles's Dress - I love her but not the dress

[elf]

what happened to her taste? Who did not tell her, to wear it?

[democrat2thecore]

1. That's funny, my wife said the same thing

BUT......nothing but NOTHING (even that weird dress) could dampen this great night!!!

[pnwmom]

52. Without my glasses, it kinda looked like she was wearing

a red apron over a black dress.

Which wasn't the best look.

[lutherj]

2. Have to admit, I thought it was weird. But it doesn't matter. nt

[elkston]

3. Why do chicks care about stupid things like this?

I barely noticed.

[StrictlyRockers]

4. I'm a guy, and I noticed the bad drerss. It did not play well on tv.

All my friends thought so, too. bad dress, beautiful woman.

[EFerrari]

18. Why do you think only women notice a design blunder?

Are you aesthetically impaired or something?

That must be terrible.

[ShortnFiery]

44. "chicks?!?"

:grr: :nuke:

[Renew Deal]

67. Settle down baby.

:D

[pnwmom]

53. There's nothing to notice about men's political clothing.

Who's going to get excited about the color of a tie?

[genna]

54. I noticed. But really do we care? Is that dress going to bring world peace? NEXT

[FloridaJudy]

5. I agree: weird

Someone should have pointed out it looked distressingly like a Black Widow spider's markings. Not at all flattering, though Michelle could wear a potato sack and look good.

[Norrin Radd]

6. I'm an old school goth. Kinda liked it. Looked very new wave/post punk.

[democrat2thecore]

8. That's a new one for me - "Post Punk".....love it though!

[Norrin Radd]

22. also -- old wave.

That one makes me laugh. There is also synthpop, but contemporary stuff goes by the same moniker. And there are neo new wave bands.

[stuntcat]

42. lol me too

maybe that's why I liked it.. the red front with the black sides. It was a little odd but I think she looked BEAUTIFUL!

[d_b]

7. I loved it

[travelingtypist]

15. So did I. I thought it was amazing and dramatic.

Stunning really.

Eye of the beholder, all of that.

[ThePhilosopher04]

9. Maybe she lost a bet...

looks kinda like a black widow spider. Honestly, I don't care what she wears, they won!!!

[burythehatchet]

28. .

:rofl:

[dipsydoodle]

10. That's a bit unkind really

It was her night as much as her husband's - she dressed as pleased herself.

[elf]

11. Sure, but

this one is for the history books

[democrat2thecore]

13. Ah. hell, it's late --- God knows we dished it out to Laura for 8 years

The results are all that matters and WE WON!!!!!!!!

[eshfemme]

12. Yeah, I kinda wish she chose something else.

I understand the whole black and red color motif for the whole family but the design of that dress is unfortunate. But she's daring in her fashion sense so you get duds like these sometimes. It's not too bad-- just wish it could have been better.

But she's still gonna be a kickass First Lady. :)

[shellgame26]

14. it's Mark Rothko-esque

[EFerrari]

20. Yeah. A Rothko would look like that if you ripped it out of the frame

and wrapped it around your waist sideways.

I kept thinking it was my eyes.

That's all right. Michelle could wear a barrel and she'd be my first pick for first Lady anyway.

[Hekate]

16. She looked...pregnant.I'm not saying she *is*, but that is the first unflattering dress I've seen...

... Michelle wearing. Oh well, can't win them all.

Hekate

[political_Dem]

17. It was a rather bizarre choice. I hope that someone will intervene between now and the Inauguration

[No Elephants]

19. I did not even notice her dress. Or his suit. Big picture, hon, big picture.

[live love laugh]

21. THANK YOU. nt

[mnhtnbb]

23. I said the same thing. I've loved everything else Michelle has worn...

[SoCalDem]

24. I immediately thought of a black widow spider's hourglass when I saw the dress..

:scared:

icky on many subliminible levels :(

[Awsi Dooger]

25. It looked ridiculous

I kept staring at the intersections of the two colors, in disbelief anyone could design something like that, and even more amazed someone could prefer it.

[Orsino]

26. Bad choice.

Well, she has more important things to do now than model pretty dresses.

[demokatgurrl]

27. No picture?

[Demi_Babe]

29. I thought it was interesting

[Patsy Stone]

30. Bad, bad dress...

Excellent First Lady!

[Doityourself]

31. I did not like that dress either..she has a great figure..wrong choice..

[pnwmom]

55. It almost looked like a maternity outfit.

Not the look most women want to have.

[RebelOne]

32. I didn't like the dress either, and I think red was a bad choice

for a blue victory.

[arewenotdemo]

37. true

[JSK]

33. I think the sweater made it look worse

but, yeah, it was weird.

[salbi]

34. I thought the exact same thing. I usually love her choices in dresses, but....

I don't know who picked that one out. I was looking forward to what she was wearing becaue I normally love her choices, but that one was awful!

[bunnies]

35. agreed. Made her look like a red-bellied penguin.

Still love her though!

[PassingFair]

36. You want maybe she shoud have spent $150,000 on something different?

That said, the dress was BUTT UGLY, but
no one CARED!!!!

[cjsmom44]

38. Beautiful

Enough of the nit picking....appearances ... big deal....
She is beautiful even in jeans....He loves her so much ....
She will be under a microscope for a long time....
Let's raise the woman up for not spending a fortune on clothes!!!!

[ecstatic]

39. I hate to say it, but I said the same thing lol nt

[all.of.me]

40. I didn't like it, either. Too flashy for the occasion, that red just kept blinking at me.

She has worn very simple yet elegant clothes throughout the campaign, professional yet modern. I don't know what they were thinking, but that red just jumped out. It was all I could focus on. My eye kept going to it. I was glad she and the kids left the stage.

[NashVegas]

41. I Thought The Dress Looked Fantastic

And that Michelle Obama looked like a *real woman* and not some china doll, in that dress.

[ShortnFiery]

43. Oh Lord! Couldn't be be any smaller. :(

I know my nature: If I like someone and they wear a less than flattering dress, I keep that to myself.

However, if I don't like someone, I share it with other people who feel the same.

What's your story? True concern? Or are you a fashion guru?

I know my mother, a cosmetologist, seemingly knew everything about hair and make-up. :eyes:

You must be emotionally tied-into the clothes fashion industry?

Stop mussing up our party! ;)

[Jennicut]

45. I guess I am in the minority but I liked it. It was different but I liked it.

I must have terrible fashion sense. :cry:

[Thorandmjolnir]

46. LOL

My wife said the exact same thing. Worst First Lady dress ever.

[Midlodemocrat]

She could wear a fucking burlap sack and still be the gorgeous woman I see.

Her beauty radiates from within. I adore her.

[JuniperLea]

63. Exactly

I see I'll need to hide a bunch of rediculous threads today, this being the first...

[Midlodemocrat]

47. She could wear a fucking burlap sack and still be the gorgeous woman I see.

Her beauty radiates from within. I adore her.

[JPace]

48. It looked like someone threw red paint on her basic

little black dress and I did not care for it, but if anyone could pull it off she could!
She will be a wonderful first lady and what a handsome family they are!

[sunder]

49. Yeah, I wasn't loving it.

She looked great but the dress wasn't my fave.

[nutshell2002]

50. reaching across the aisle by wearing red???

as pointed out to me by Facebook friends

[Hepburn]

51. The black belt needed to go....

...with that IMO, the dress would have been OK. But I did not like it either and I usually love what she is wearing.

[Mushroom]

56. Woo-Hoo!

The little "x" is back!

:bounce:

[youthere]

57. It was a pretty dress..It just didn't play well in that venue...

Up close, it was gorgeous, but the far away shots made it look like she was sporting a giant red pregnant belly and enormous boobs. But I don't care...that's my first lady!!

[shanti]

58. didn't care for it

but it was her choice :shrug: i'm sure she'll have a new designer wardrobe when she beging her job as first lady.

[fed_up_mother]

59. I suspect it looked fine upclose

[Generator]

60. Oh vey

From your lips to God's ears that THIS is the most we have to worry about.

[trudyco]

61. Why were they wearing black and red? I thought economy??

All of it didn't look right. Michelle's dress was the worst.
Obama and daughter on my left were black.
Michelle and daughter on my right were red.

Lefty Blacks versus righty redneck republicans?

At least it wasn't sleazy like Bush's daughters wore.

[adamuu]

62. I think she was dying to wear red and last night she finally

had the liberty to wear whatever color she wanted.

[onenote]

64. that was the verdict of the women at the party I attended. But then again

it wasn't a dress from Neiman Marcus either, I bet.

[Beacool]

65. I didn't like the dress either.

I can think of many dresses and suits that would have been more elegant and appropriate, but to each his own. I guess she liked it.

:eyes:

[Beacool]

66. Too funny.

No sooner did I finish typing my previous message that a friend sent me this:

Did you see the dress that MO wore last night? I knew it reminded me of something.

[Barack_America]

68. I actually really liked the dress.

I found it to be unique, edgy and forward and, actually, quite flattering to her figure.

To each his own, I guess.

[RayOfHope]

69. I liked it, and the whole family's outfits were coordinated, red and black. n/t

[Cha]

70. Oh, big freakin' deal ..the dress

was fine. Get over it.