In response to JC's topic about Barack Obama's inauguration designs, I made one for First Lady Elect Michelle Obama.

All of them here (although I posted most of them): http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/dressing-t...1875632/1876331

Isaac Mizrahi


Monique Lhuillier


Carolina Herrera


Badgley Mischka


Betsey Johnson


Chado Ralph Rucci


Karl Lagerfeld


Diane von Furstenberg (evening)


Diane von Furstenberg (day)


Koi Suwannagate


Marc Jacobs


Christian Lacroix


Michael Kors


Oscar de la Renta


Zac Posen


Tracy Reese


Rodarte


Rachel Roy


Peter Som


Elie Tahari


Tuleh


Kai Milla


Nicole Miller


Reem Acra


Reem Acra (2nd design)

I like a lot of them but I know for sure which one I don't like: Betsey Johnson's. It's sooo tacky.

I love the Betsey Johnson one just for the fact that her drawing is so unconventional.

But yeah, the dress is......

Yeah the Betsey Johnson is fug but you gotta love her comments on the side LOL. Also, WTF at Zac Posen's design. FUG FUG FUG.

I like the silhouette of the Nicole Miller design but it's a little too pretty. But I'm seriously loving the Michael Kors. It would be gorgeous on her! Next would be Monique Lhuillier for me.

Badgley Mischka - the whole mermaid tail effect wouldn't be good on Michelle Obama at all since she's quite bottom heavy.

LOVING the two Diane von Furstenbergs!!

if I was given a stack of these drawings I'd probably actually look at the Besty one thoroughly

I liked tracy reese.

I love Betsey too, but it's like come on, Michelle would be the joke of the world if she wore that.

My favorites were Monique Lhuillier- beautiful
Diane von Furstenberg- so f*cking chic
Peter Som- white looks great on african americans (no racist)
Oscar de la Renta - very like "I made the dream" family oriented.

but wtf was up with Christian Lacroix?

It's all about the Lhuillier. That one is just drop-deadOMGWTFgorgeous.

badgley mischka...why the hell does she look like a tuna fish

betsey johnson...why the hell does she looks like janet jackson

zac posen....why the hell doe she looks like that



i only care about looking at the actual sketches, i don't know shit about the dresses the look about the same to me

Gosh, most of those seem too party-ish to me. I know, it's a ceremony and all but I would love to see her in something simple and classy. Less red carpet, more Jackie O.

i'm in love with this one.

I like Oscar de La Renta's dress for Michelle Obama. Very nice. And yes, DvF's designs are so elegant but I don't like the yellow stripes.

I also like Karl Lagerfeld's white suit. Very Jackie O.

these are all amazing couldnt even pick one
but the yellow suit is hawttt.

Yeah, if I were to pick something, that would be the one.

These WWD sketches are actually for the Inauguration Ball, so I think the more red carpet, dressy looks are appropriate. However, some designers included day looks for the rest of the events that day as well.

I like Diane von Furstenberg and Oscar de la Renta best. The others are too...young?

that yellow suit is cute in theory, but imagine if she'd actually worn that!
all those drawings are so interesting

do you think she dresses good for our first lady?

She dresses alright, but I don't understand why being first lady automatically puts you into a fashionista judgment object.

^ Because what you wear is 90% of what people judge you by. Your appearance is pretty much everything. I mean, when you first see someone for the first time ever, you notice what they wear and their style. If you see a girl who wore nothing but all dark clothing, with piercings, etc, you would judge them as some bad girl, with a "I don't give a shit" mentality/attitude. If you saw a girl who wore mini skirts during the winter, you would judge her as she's easy and slutty. So what I'm getting at is, that what someone wear is really important. You do not want to be misjudge. First impressions are very important.

yeah but there is a difference between michelle obama dressing nice and being OMG SO FASHIONABLE! that's what i mean by it. she shouldn't dress like a hobo or something in the white house but i don't think she should be criticized that much over her fashion cause it's not like that's a requirement to be first lady.

I can't deny at all that image is important, but she's not the president. And even if it is that important, I would not pride myself on judging someone purely on their appearance. I would at least attempt to judge her (or the president) for their actions and not what kind of clothing they're wearing. Like, why is it so effing important that she dresses just as well as Jackie O did? Fashion icons are overrated.

Because our society is superficial, and doesn't see it like you do, or some of us. Most Americans are narrow-minded.

I'm not going to lie, I judge people by their looks if I don't know anything else about them. I've heard Michelle Obama speak though, so I already judged her on that. She should let her husband do the talking.

i think everyone is missing gigi's point.

No I got it, I just didn't want to miss an opportunity to bash Michelle Obama.

i was just asking, i didn't mean that she dresses bad or good. my mom likes to rate people on how they dress. (she's old, so she judges by first appearance) she always rates what the first lady is wearing and such. "oh this good, this is bad" whatever. i think she stands out (:! she likes to wear bright colors and it's good, cause everyone in is suits that are in dark colors.

i don't get why you'd want to bash michelle obama

I understand that, but I don't agree with how Michelle Obama gets criticized more for how she dresses than how she behaves as the first lady. It's not right, I know it happens, and I'm saying it right now. If I agreed with it happening we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.

What makes Michelle Obama any different though? When Bill Clinton got elected, his wife Hillary Clinton got criticized just as much as Michelle is right now.

will get back to you on this later, i have to go prepare a sea bass :]

i'll probably procrastinate that for another fifteen minutes in which time I could have found what I wanted to but that would be too easy














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shannlovin - Not hating on you (or anyone really), your question just sparked a thought I had.

Personally I think she dresses professionally and appropriately for each setting that she's in. For me that's enough. It's nice if she is exceptionally well dressed but it's not a requirement.

I don't care about the garb, I thought she looked just fine on inauguration night :]

you can get back to me when you've graduated from princeton and harvard

Yes she did get criticized, but I don't agree with that either...did you just assume that I did? I think it's retarded that she gets made fun of for her pant suits. IT DOESN'T MATTER. People are finding stupid petty things to criticize people for.

oh snap

that's right

No I didn't assume that you did. I was just saying that people will criticize people all the time for the stupid petty things all the time. It just isn't Michelle. It's been apparent throughout our social history. But I got your point across clearly one what you are conveying.

wait wait, what about a houston university, i'll graduate from there! it's not ivy league, but we've taken out two of the top 25 teams this season!

^don't panic! lol!

people just like to say what's on their mind and what they think. it is wrong to judge a book by it's cover..

what are you even talking about

people just like to say what's on their mind... like i said. but it's wrong to judge her like that. does that define what i said more? sorry i didn't make it more understanding, i'm not really paying attention to what i'm writing. i'm doing hw lol (x sowieee!

No, again I'm not offended so you don't need to apologize lol. This is just a (heated) discussion.

i get very defensive over michelle

She's white in several of those.

Okay, just out of curiosity (and because I didn't pay attention when they talked about it on TV and I'm too lazy to google it), which designer did Michelle Obama go with in the end?

Jason Wu, 26-year-old, relatively unknown.


That pissed me off, do these designers know who exactly they're designing for? Sheesh.


Haha there there, we know. :) As do I.