Stylespotter Spots: Michelle Obama's Fashion at DNC

1. She looked gorgeous, but I wish she wore a well tailored suit. Nights like that should never be diminished with casual dresses. On big occasions, absent from ball dresses first ladies should be in very high class suits from Ivy St Laurant, Gucci, Cavalia. Valentino etc.

Jen at 5:14PM on Aug 29th 2008

2. She looked gorgeous, but I wish she wore a well tailored suit. Nights like that should never be diminished with casual dresses. On big occasions, absent from ball dresses first ladies should be in very high class suits from Ivy St Laurant, Gucci, Cavalia. Valentino etc.

Jen at 5:17PM on Aug 29th 2008

3. Ithink Michell looks beautiful. She is not the carbon copy of the other first ladies and that is what makes her so special. Don't change a thing. "love ya" (smile)

Carolyn Greene at 7:09PM on Aug 29th 2008

4. Maybe she has a hard time wearing a St.Laurant, Gucci, or Valetino because she knows it could feed a family of four(or five) for a few months!

Robin at 7:06AM on Aug 30th 2008

5. Please don't get caught up in the white press BS; both King and Queen Obama must walk a precarious line in there public presentations. If she where’s designer fashions the white press will depict her as elitist. If she dresses down they will call her ghetto. Black, White, Brown or yellow Barak is the best thing to happen for this country since Bill Clinton. The majority of this country believes in freedom of choice for women and gun control, and we need to get them looking at those issues and not what damn dress Michelle was wearing. Let’s stay focused people; we can not afford to let the “good ol’ boys” distract us again.

Charles Marion at 8:52PM on Aug 30th 2008

6. Please don't get caught up in the white press BS; both King and Queen Obama must walk a precarious line in there public presentations. If she where’s designer fashions the white press will depict her as elitist. If she dresses down they will call her ghetto. Black, White, Brown or yellow Barak is the best thing to happen for this country since Bill Clinton. The majority of this country believes in freedom of choice for women and gun control, and we need to get them looking at those issues and not what damn dress Michelle was wearing. Let’s stay focused people; we can not afford to let the “good ol’ boys” distract us again.

Charles Marion at 8:53PM on Aug 30th 2008

7. HECK IT WAS PROBABLY HOT AS ALL GET OUT IN THAT PLACE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE , MICHELLE PROBABLY WAS THE ONLY ONE NOT SWEATING ALONG WITH HER GIRLS....lol lol BUT TRUE...HECK SHE WAS NOT TRYING TO BE A WET MESS AND SHE LOOKED GREAT!

TT at 9:38PM on Aug 30th 2008

8. Charles is talking like a man. Take it from a professional woman, how you dress matters. Michelle looked great and sexy. The problem was she looked a little too sexy for the occasion.
All these little nonsenses, counts to some people unfortunately, to vote for you. People want to envision how she would look reprenting th US infront of say, foreign diginitaries.
Did any one notice how the camera kinda captured her curvy booty when she was hugging Joe Biden? That's what you do not want. Major distraction. You want to be taken seriously? SUIT UP!
It doesn't even have to cost a fortune, but it helps to play the part. Politics is all games.

sabena at 2:29PM on Aug 31st 2008

9. People, give it up! Get focused! Admit that neither Barack nor Michelle will change WHO they are, in order to make your vision of HOW they should be (even dressed). This is the same frustration the political pundits have, especially with Michelle. She scares them! They have NEVER encountered a WOMAN, let alone a Black woman, who makes no apologies for or compromises with her intelligence and sense of self.
Look how Barack had to WORK to get her! She was a force of nature before she met him or them. Her life
was one of style and class BEFORE and AFTER they became political. Her clothes reflect her choices of comfort and appropriateness. Give up on dress analysis and consider instead - Did you REALLY believe that SHE would let Hillary AND Bill get a foothold IN the White House and undermind Barack?
This is Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, etc. reincarnated. She's a First Woman/Lady.

Barbara Smith at 1:37AM on Sep 1st 2008

10. I agree with Jen...tailored suits would have been more appropriate. She looked gorgeous Monday night but that monstrosity she wore Thursday on the biggest night of her husband's political career was a disgrace! It was absolutely HORRIBLE!!!

Lynn at 2:33AM on Sep 1st 2008

11. Barbara, everything you said about Michelle is true & admirable, but once you want to get in the white house, all that is off. Nobody asked them to seek that position, so when they decided to, it comes with the territory. You either represent us the way we want to be represented or just stay home! Don't bother asking for our vote. This is a job, & she is on a job interview. You do whatever it takes to get the job & then you have the luxury of being yourself again. That's assuming you do not want a second term.
You have no idea how frivilously some of these white folks think! Not looking appropriate could cost them the white house.
Politics is a game, they should just play along. Play to win that is. After you win, then you bring out the hot comb! LOL!

sabena at 4:18PM on Sep 1st 2008

12. Michelle has said repeatedly that she loves her style and won't change it. She loves her dresses and her suits from Maria Pinto. Love her for who she is.

Alicia
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alicia at 7:30PM on Sep 1st 2008

13. To Lynn and Sabena: As I said, "give it up!" You obviously are more concerned about what YOU think about the "fashion" of politics than how politics are fashioned. Your views of how "the game" is played differ drastically from those of the Obamas. Have you heard nothing of what they've said? Do you truly know nothing about who they are and always have been? Don't you get it, yet? They are not inetrviewing for a job! They're running for the Presidency! Voters have already given approval of their "dress for success"! I think by now they know what works for the people who support the IMPORTANT changes to be made in Washington. I don't get the sense that you've traveled in the high or low circles that they have, politically or SOCIALLY, or you would give them credit for the intelligence and personal integrity of their dress sense. Do you REALLY think that Sarah Palin's 1950's hair makes people feel that she has a clue about 21st century American in the lower United States ( International?)? Get refocused! The MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE!

Barbara Smith at 8:06PM on Sep 1st 2008

14. The Obama's have my vote, UNCONDITIONALLY, but I am not the problem. The problem is some of the less sophisticated white folks that are looking for anything to not vote for them. It wouldn't matter, if the race wasn't so close, but it is!
Don't tell me the Obama's don't get that. Why do you think, they spent all that time talking about Michelle on the convention making her look patriotic? Talking about their values & all that $@#%%. It's because some white folks think blacks are unpatriotic & don't share their values. I don't agree with any of that crap, but that's just how it is!
And Oh yes, I guarantee neither Michele nor Obama, has been in higher circles than Yours Truely, may be lower. That is why I talk with authority on this matter. I can attest to the importance of "how you look" matters.
What I don't get is, why you do not get that running for the presidency is an interview for a job? That analogy is over your head?
Why do you think there are campaigns & debates,those are INTERVIEWS by the public,so they'll decide to vote for you (i.e. give you the job) or not. HELLO!
The race isn't over either. This is like the second interview, and this time you need independence & some republicans to win. Different crowd than the ones that have already voted(the democrats) GET IT?

Sabena at 9:46PM on Sep 1st 2008

15. Sabrena, one last time, give it up! It's not the "white" folks the Obama's should have concern for AS MUCH as the non-whites who haven't learned yet that their demands to do what they ( who haven't had the same access to both sides) want ( which hasn't worked). They should be concerned ( but they aren't) about the people ( black and white) who think THEY are ignorant of what this race is about and THEIR choice of how to run it. I never said that the Obamas didn't get it; I said that YOU didn't get it! Michelle and Barack are not talking about patriotism and their values to impress white people. Those are the deciding factors for VOTERS who see them as the lithmus test for trusting that you can do what needs to be done. It's sad that you believe that "that's how it is" when their whole approach is that"s not how it should or will be, if they are elected. You will be the most angry , if they get elected, because your support is unconditional ( without deciding to support Obama based on who he is, what he has done, what he promises to do, and demonstrated patriotism and values that assure you that he will do what he's said he will). If his stated notion of what needs to be done ( which you have yet to indicate knowledge of) conflicts with yours, I can't imagine what your criticism will be. Lastly - Yes, I do get your LIMITED analogy. If it were on the SAT, MCAT, etc., it would not be the correct answer because of it's limitations. I hope, however, that you are able to discern the implied analogies and closet metaphors in all three of my responses.

Barbara Smith at 6:12PM on Sep 2nd 2008