Enough about "the dress"! What will Michelle wear to the swearing in?

[CTyankee]

It will have to be a coat over a suit, of course. A nice jewel tone might be just the thing to perk up dreary January, since Obama will probably be in dark charcoal.

Hmm, sapphire blue, emerald green, garnet red, amethyst purple?

[monmouth]

1. Oh garnet red would be perfect, and definitely suit with coat..n/t

[CTyankee]

3. Nancy Reagan red!

n/t

[daninthemoon]

2. I'm a dude, and don't usually notice or care what a first lady is wearing.

Mrs. Obama is different though, and I am actually curious to watch the style she will bring. I was certainly struck during the campiagn that she always looked so much classier than the woman who spent $180 grand on clothes in a week.

[sandnsea]

4. Out with the suits

I so hope she sets the trend that feminism doesn't mean boobs in mens clothing. I hope she wears another beautiful dress, in a vibrant array of colors.

[CTyankee]

6. It kinda has to be a suit with matching coat thing since the swearing in is outside

in January. Too cold for a dress alone...

[sandnsea]

8. It can be a dress with a coat

It does not have to be a suit at all. I do not know why women think there is anything attractive about a damn suit. Very few women can carry them off.

[CTyankee]

13. At my age I can't carry off a skirt any more. Only pants and pants suits! n/t

[LWolf]

5. I don't care what she wears.

I generally won't notice what anyone, male or female, wears, unless it's so over-the-top in a distasteful way that it slaps me in the eyes.

I don't know what dress you are referring to, lol.

The best thing the new first lady could do, imo, for fashion would be to move people beyond the wrapping, to paying attention to more significant and valuable things about people.

[CTyankee]

7. Michelle has actually proven that you can look good without spending a fortune on clothes.

When you look at Cindy McCain in her $3,000 suits, you realize how true that is. Michelle wore that Gap dress on The View and looked infinitely better than Cindy could ever hope to look.

So you are right. It's the humanity of the person in the dress that really shines through...

[LWolf]

9. I think Michelle will do well.

I have confidence that she will be a first lady worthy of the position.

[Mari333]

10. ignoring the angry model, i like this dress

[CTyankee]

12. That's gorgeous. It might be a good Inaugural ball dress! n/t

[applegrove]

11. Blue. Pick the blue suit!!!

[RedCappedBandit]

14. jeans and t shirt!

well, probably not

[SoCalDem]

15. It won't be THIS

or this

[earth mom]

16. She should wear blue. There was NO blue on the stage at all on election night.

Is blue too liberal or what? :grr:

[bigtree]

17. It has been sooo cold there at past inaugs, brain-numbing cold

Red coat. Definitely red . . . with a large gold broach

[carlyhippy]

18. Dior, fall 2008 collection, several dresses from that collection

dark blue, gray or black would work for the swearing in. It's cold usually