Posted by
Katy Grimes on Monday, April 20, 2009 4:13:02 PM
C'mon folks. Quit kidding yourselves. Michelle Obama has tacky taste in clothing. The proof of the media slobbering love affair with everything Obama is how they try to fawn over her attire and "sense of style," but can barely choke out the words when writing about her latest fashion don't.
Michelle Obama is a large woman, standing at 5'11". The media slobs claim that she wears a size 12, but I suspect they are being conservative; I think it's more like a 14-16.
One of the most important rules in dressing is to know your own body style and dress accordingly and appropriately. Obama's "daring" fashion choices are inappropriate on several levels, but the most obvious is that she is too large to wear "daring" with any success.
The black widow dress on election night was hideous. The inauguration day ensemble of conflicting greens was worse than anything Queen Elizabeth has ever worn, and the off-the-shoulder ball dress made her look like she should live in a cave with a guy named Grop... or recycled it for her bedspread.
And the hits just keep on comin'...
Now the media reports Michelle Obama's "emerging" style. Obviously, someone is trying to get her to stop with the fashion nightmare choices. Regardless of a few stylistas referring to her as "Blackie O," her style is as distracting as it is ugly.
If Sarah Palin made the poor clothing choices of Muchelle Obama, she'd be laughed off of every stage in America and be the butt of jokes everywhere. As it was, Palin dressed professionally and appropriately, but because she is fit, sexy, and smart... and conservative, she was ridiculed non-stop. Obama wears a pair of curtains and media style watchers slobber all over each other claiming that she's daring and a trendsetter. If "daring" is the benchmark, why doesn't every woman in America have a fat belly and a tramp stamp on her lower back?
According to the UCLA Obesity Clinic, the average American woman is 5'4" and weighs 142 lbs. - overweight and a size 10. At 5'4" I weigh 120 lbs and wear a size 4. I am not petite, nor am I tiny. According to the BMI (Body Mass Indicator) calculations, my wieght is normal. Michelle Obama's BMI is on the highside of overweight. The clothing choices she makes accentuate this.
Obama is an Amazon woman compared to my size and outweighs me by 80 lbs. She should stick to classic styles, simple patterns and nothing "daring" that draws attention to her midsection or rear end. She may be bright and smart, but she is not demonstrating any judgment by dressing "daringly;" it's tacky and apparent that she's trying to draw attention to herself.
If this reminds you of another first lady, we should be taking bets on when she will announce her candidacy... and a whole new wardrobe of malfunctions.
With all of the resources available to the first couple, perhaps a stylist could help Mrs. O along with a few runway lessons - she walks like a truck driver. I've never been particularly graceful either, but if I found myself a public figure, I'd get help.
Overweight girls and women have been told for several years now (by liberals), that it's okay to wear the same clothes they see on models. Consequently, along with the rolls of tummy fat we are forced to look at in front of every high school and mall, our first lady can't even dress appropriately for her size and shape. At lease Hillary wears pantsuits to cover the cankles.
Fashion and the First Lady is always a topic of conversation. Bad fashion and the First Lady - if she's a Democrat - is daring and exciting. Had Laura Bush made some of the bad fashion choices that Michelle Obama seems determined to continue, it would have been on 60 Minutes. But Laura Bush always demonstrated her quiet grace and dignity, comfortable and natural in her supportive role. The title of "First Lady" fit Mrs. Bush. Mr. and Mrs. Obama appear to be fish out of water; President Obama is as immature in his policy making as his wife is in her new-found "style."