First Lady Fashion Faux Pas: 3 women wear same dress as Laura to holiday reception

[Maddy McCall]

It's always one of the biggest nights in Washington for stars and for glamorous fashion, with guests in the spotlight at an exclusive White House holiday reception. The designer gowns are always scrutinized, and on this year's bash, there was plenty to talk about.

Three women donned the exact same $8,500 red Oscar de la Renta dress, a fashion faux pas in itself. But that's just the beginning of this debacle of ladies in red.

It just so happened that First Lady Laura Bush was wearing the very same dress too.

Letitia Baldridge, Jacqueline Kennedy's Chief of Staff and White House social secretary says the gown was beautiful, but triple the trouble was quite the mess.

"They all should have congratulated one another on their good taste and the fact that they could afford the dress," Baldridge says. "Jacqueline Kennedy, when she was first lady made sure, and her couturiers made sure that nobody else wore that dress that season. "

MORE: http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_340210001.html and http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/06/earlyshow/main2233193.shtml

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. So Pickles isn't the only woman in D.C. who'd spend $8,500

on a dress that looks like upholstery stolen from a brothel.

[mirandapriestly]

2. heh heh heh.eom

[Tanuki]

4. You just cracked me up

with "upholstery stolen from a brothel"! Apt indeed!:toast:

[Cleita]

6. Oh boy! I thought the same thing.

It looks just like the wallpaper.

[karlrschneider]

8. Looks like it was ripped off a 1949 Davenport somewhere in Peoria.

:eyes:

[kestrel91316]

16. Nope - a 1951 davenport in Davenport.

Don't hit me! I know I'm a smartass!

[flyarm]

25. NO JOKING..I SAW THAT FABRIC IN PARIS 2 YEARS AGO...

AND BOUGHT SOME FOR BATHROOM DRAPES..ONLY IN SEA GREEN!! ( didn't match when i got it home.. so it is still sitting in a bag!!)

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT IT...i also bought a purse with that fabric in Paris..in lime green!!

lmaoooooooooo


fly

[MrSlayer]

3. $8500 for a dress is simply obscene.

Forget the fact that it looks like shit, that is a ridiculous amount of money for a garment they'll probably only wear once. Such a waste of money should be a criminal offense. You could feed a lot of people for that amount of dough.

[TahitiNut]

20. Enough to house a homeless family for a YEAR!

'Obscene' isn't the half of it. :puke:

[QuestionAll...]

5. 8,500 for a dress. good lord that's gross... nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. hmmmm...

Did Pickles PR department forget to announce her attire?

oops.


:rofl:

[petronius]

9. Maybe it looks better in person, but on screen that is a really unattractive

outfit. It's nice that it matches the Holiday Tree, however... :)

[amandabeech]

26. It looks much better on TV, actually.

MSNBC is showing it.

The detail is embroidery. It is not a damask upholstery-type fabric.

Pickles, however, needs some new foundation garments. Something that really pushes in the tummy and lifts the bust would make the dress fit much better and, thus, look much better.

[petronius]

10. By the way, there is a truly brilliant comment in the responses to your second link:

"I like that Mrs. Bush is so down home and unpretentious that she wears the same dress more than once. "

Yeah, $8500 worth of 'unpretentious'! :rofl:

[Raine]

11. Poor planning

in everything they do very typical of this MISadministration. x(

[Maddy McCall]

12. Kick for catwoman.

:D

[CatWoman]

13. hey Maddie!!!!

:rofl:

:hi:

the more I think about it, I have to concur with the others - that dress does look like crap :)

[Maddy McCall]

14. It's got the tummy-hider on it. That little skirt thing on the bodice.

She must be chunking up lately. She's worn a lot of clothes that hide her belly...like the huge scarfs and wraps recently.

:D

I love being catty with Catwoman. :D

[tnlefty]

15. Well at least the other 3 don't have that ghastly penguin accessory...

oh wait, that's just Clueless** in a tux.

[Beaverhausen]

17. I have to say Laura looks the best in it

I really do hope it looks better in person, though. It doesn't photograph well.

[MadHound]

18. Wow, 34,000 total spent on those ghastly gowns?

Somewhere in the D.C. area, a drapery store owner in snickering about the very merry Christmas he's going to have.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. They look like the Lennon Sisters.

[CatWoman]

22. a tisket, a tasket, a red and yellow basket

:hi:

[ronnykmarshall]

28. Hey baby girl!

:loveya:

[AlCzervik]

21. Oscar De la Renta has lost his damn mind, that is an abomination.

hey ladies just because it's expensive doesn't mean it looks good.

[Zookeeper]

23. Yikes!!! The fabric reminds me...

of one of those plastic tablecloths embossed to imitate lace. In red.

[KansDem]

24. This can happen when you buy off the rack! (eom)

[amandabeech]

27. The pattern is actually done in embroidery, according to MSNBC.

It is not damask or lace.

It actually looked much better on TV.