Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ceremony Dress Revealed

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Michelle Obama Pictures: Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ceremony Dress Revealed
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Michelle Obama starts her style as the future first lady of the United States wearing a stunning pale yellow, embroidered dress with a long matching coat -- and we have the details on the inaugural dress designer!

Mrs. Obama stepped out of the Blair House alongside her husband and future president of the United states Barack Obama wearing an Isabel Toledo ensemble, according to Women's Wear Daily.

In addition to Toledo's own fashion line, the Cuban-born designer worked as a creative director for Anne Klein and has won many awards within the American fashion industry.

For more inaugural fashion and other news from Washington D.C., keep checking back with The Insider.

Published 1/20/09 by the Insider

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  • ... Jennifer Hudson ... if you sang from your heart ... the meaning would pass to the millions ... who heard it .. coming .. straight from your heart ...
    ambrishtyagi 357 ambrishtyagi 9/17/08 Reply
     
  • I am sorry but she could have done better
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • I'm sorry, you have no taste. This dress looked absolutely gorgeous on the first lady. It was perfect for the occasion.
      AmericanDream 43 AmericanDream 1/21/09
       
    • AGREE!!!
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • I like it. Can't wait to see the ball gowns.
    DorigaA 5 DorigaA 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • new meaning to the promise to spread the wealth, I wonder what my share cost.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • wow:)
    NeverLetGo 1321 NeverLetGo 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • She looked like the best dressed first lady I ever saw.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Well you must have been looking at the others with your eyes closed!
      LynnP4 11 LynnP4 1/20/09
       
    • you need new glasses
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • you need new glasses
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • You must be very young
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • It was positive. I likeded it, but i wonder if the material was too heavy, not sure
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • It looks like a goodwill special.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • I think you could actually buy better at Goodwill
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
  • ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DRESS! SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • She has APPALLING dress sense, and yet the pundits rave about it... OMG! such arse kissing...
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • it was HORRID No taste and DIAMMONDS on the neck they said Now that is saving $$ HA~
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • Awful. First of all, it's not a daytime outfit, too spangly and glitzy. Secondly, the green shoes were monstrous.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • so were the GLOVES YUCK~~
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • She walks all hunched over, abysmal posture. She also takes strides like a farmer walking through a mud field. No grace whatever.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • The dress was completely inappropriate for the occasion. It is a daytime event and she dressed in evening attire. She could take a clue from Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Mrs. Biden and Laura Bush.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Mrs Biden was the beautiful one ;-)
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • She looked so elegant and the dress is stunning!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • your joking. The color & style made her look so big. I hope someone gives her a sense of style in the days ahead.
      The children looked great and the Mother was dressed better than her daughter
      The important thing now is what type of a job the President can do for the Nation
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • Okay, let us be honest; all those who talked about how terrible Michelle's outfit was, how many of you voted for Obama? All this is, is alot of B.S. from Obamas haters. Michelle look great.Their was nothing wrong with the outfit she wore. Grow up and get use to a black man being President of the United States.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • I did not vote for Obama but I must say the man can give a speech and they sure can dress nice! I hope he delivers what he promises and I might just vote for him next time around.
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • I did vote for Obama and I still think her dress was absolutely ghastly. She needs to hire a stylist and quick.

      Also, who we voted for holds no bearing on the discussion at hand. You grow up, stop pulling the 'OMG OBVIOUSLY HATING ON OBAMA BECAUSE HE'S BLACK" card at every chance, and get over it.
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • STOP THE BLACK CRAP , IF SHE WAS WHITE THE DRESS WAS STILL BAD
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • I thought Michelle Obama's dress displays conservative taste and is beautiful. If affordable any American woman would be able to wear this dress to a formal event even as a Mother of the Bride outfit. I liked that the dress is created by an relative unknown
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Sheer essence and the epitome of "black" beauty. Michelle Obama was dressed appropriate for January weather in Washington DC as for the ocassion. I am sure the negative comments are coming from McCain and Palin supporters. Let it go, it's over now!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Please be objective. It has nothing to do with the political parties, race, or color of the skin. It is plain fashion. You do not wear pastel colors during the winter. Take a look at the audience.
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • Don't be so quick to judge. I was a McCain/Palin Supporter and I loved the dress!
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • Don't be so quick to judge. I was a McCain/Palin Supporter and I loved the dress!
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • Don't be so quick to judge. I was a McCain/Palin Supporter and I loved the dress!
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • Don't be so quick to judge. I was a McCain/Palin Supporter and I loved the dress!
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • Alternately, I supported Obama and abhor the dress. This has nothing to do with who we supported during the campaign. Follow your own advice.
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • The following is a message from a local newspaper blog. The Obamas are in the White House now. However, bad taste is bad taste...so, don't politicize it! The negative comments are coming from people with fashion sense. Michelle's fashion "faux pas" need to be corrected, not encouraged.

      Please read the following comment: "I voted for Obama, I think Michelle Obama is fantastic, and I am a fashion editor. My opinion: this outfit is ghastly!! Very bad color choice for her skin tone, very poor fit and tailoring (makes her appear huge in the wrong places!), age-inappropriate (looks like something my great grandmother would wear to a wedding), fashion "don't" sparkly necklace for the daytime, and horrible accessories (those shoes with that dress?!). This is not the first time that I have seen her look awful and wondered if she has a mirror to take a good look at her outfit before she leaves the house. It is extremely humorous to hear people praising her fashion sense when, to be kind, she is fashion challenged. I guess it is because they like her and like the Obamas. I like the Obamas, but only a blind sheep would rave about Michelle's fashion style! She is a lovely woman and she could do so much better. Please, some good designer out there, send her some fashionable clothes that suit her shape...and a good tailor."
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • I thought this was about the DRESS you people are making it a BLACK issue!!
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • It has nothing to do with voting for him or not... If her dress is ugly, it's ugly. I'm saying it is, but I also don't think it should really matter what the heck she has on anyway! Her dress isn't what's going to lead this country, the man standing beside her is... Let's talk about his suit instead! She just "arm candy", if that.
    LynnP4 11 LynnP4 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • His suit or her dress the, topic was inaugural fashion. I find it hard to call a Princeton & Harvard graduate arm candy. Maybe you're getting her dark skin confused with Cindy McCain's tan skin. At this point in the game clearly he has been chosen to lead and we can only do better, surely we can do no worse.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • To the one who made the Goodwill comment. Never mind I will not waste my time. This have been to good of a day watching our new first family move in the White House. Michelle hasn't gotten were she is at by letting people stupid comments bother her. This is an lovely intelligent smart lady who has confidence in herself.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Please be objective.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • I agree. They looked like Kermit the Frog. I have no idea what is this designer traying to do. By the way for some of you intelegence has nothing to do with commom sense.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Too bad you don't know how to spell intelligence.
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
  • Okay Obama look darn good in that suit.And Michelle Obama wore a lovely outfit.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Today history was made and no stupid jackass is going to bring me down.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • You are too much! Does it bother you that much to hear the criticism of Michelle Obama's attire? LOL! Poor thing--she needs a good style consultant and an etiquette coach. Garsh--does this woman ever read fashion magazines or LOOK IN THE MIRROR?
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • She looked stunning. The designer of the dress should be proud! I thought it was beautiful, classy.....like herself and our President!!!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • President Obama and his wife look great.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Michelle Obamas yellow suite was breath taking. She looked like a first lady..
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Not Michelle's best look today. At 26 degrees and windy, she looked shivery and cold and must have been so. A real wool coat with a few buttons would have been in order for the occasion. (I hope she doesn't get sick.) I do love Isabel Toledo's designs and I like many of Michelle's fashion choices, but today didn't hit the mark.

    Mrs. Biden was dressed like a Barbie and I hope her fashion sense develops before we let her go overseas!

    Now the little Obama girls were a delight for the eyes and J. Crew outfitted them well!

    I'm sure we'll see some really lovely gowns this evening! I can't wait!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • As Michelle was born, and raised in Chicago "The Windy City"...I'm sure the D.C. temps were nothing for her to bear. I believe the anticipation of all that was about to happen probably kept the adrenalin pumping and kept her comfortable ! She in no way looked cold to me, she looked elegant and regal. That's my perspective
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • I voted for Obama, I think Michelle Obama is fantastic, and I am a fashion editor. My opinion: this outfit is ghastly!! Very bad color choice for her skin tone, very poor fit and tailoring (makes her appear huge in the wrong places!), age-inappropriate (looks like something my great grandmother would wear to a wedding), fashion "don't" sparkly necklace for the daytime, and horrible accessories (those shoes with that dress?!). This is not the first time that I have seen her look awful and wondered if she has a mirror to take a good look at her outfit before she leaves the house. It is extremely humorous to hear people praising her fashion sense when, to be kind, she is fashion challenged. I guess it is because they like her and like the Obamas. I like the Obamas, but only a blind sheep would rave about Michelle's fashion style! She is a lovely woman and she could do so much better. Please, some good designer out there, send her some fashionable clothes that suit her shape...and a good tailor.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • To the fashion editor and those of you who thought Michelle's dressing was ugly--you are wrong, she looked beautiful and the color with her skin tone looked gorgeous on her. I didn't care much for her evening gown. The Obama's looked great and I wish them much success.
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
    • How are we wrong? They're just our opinions, as is the above comment yours.

      I completely abhored this dress and agree with the fashion editor. She does need the help of a stylist, and badly. This dress was almost as much of a travesty as the "black widow" dress she wore the day Obama was declared President elect.
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • How are we wrong? They're just our opinions, as is the above comment yours.

      I completely abhored this dress and agree with the fashion editor. She does need the help of a stylist, and badly. This dress was almost as much of a travesty as the "black widow" dress she wore the day Obama was declared President elect.
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • and you are a fashion editor for who, and how you as her stylist may have improved her fashion choice yesterday ? Was it because she wasn't wearing Cavalli or Gucci. There are lots of talented designers out there beside just the mainstream big name designers ! Maybe it's time for the standard..."this doesn't match that skin tone", " who was she wearing etc... be revisited and reworked, because most african american women can wear a range of color regardless of skin tone, and she looked absolutely gorgeous ! How about it's time for the fashion world to rework and take a look at their standards !
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • I shop at Walmart and Target for my clothes. The outfit Michelle wore was ghastly.
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • She could have done a whole lot better!!!
    Yellow is not her color!!
    anonymous 6 rleestew 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • I thought that the yellow was flattering but the material looked like it belonged on a window and the green shoes/gloves was a really bad choice and I just couldn't quit noticing them. As for her posture and stride... Hopefully someone will work with her in the future! :)
    LindsayS9 5 LindsayS9 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • Ugly, ugly, ugly! This was a time for tradition and style.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Who's tradition and What tradition ? The Old White mainstream america's view of what is appropiate and what is beautiful in their eyes ? Everything about the inaugural cermony was traditional. Their choice of fashion is theirs to make !! They ran the entire campaign on change, so be ready to see a change in that old stale since of style of the past !! Get over yourselves haters...see more
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • Very Classy! A very impressed two thumbs up!
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • I am not a fan of Michelle Obamas sense of style. To compare her style with Jackie O is like comparing apples and oranges. Jackie O
    was a beautiful and elegant woman and Michelle lacks both of these attributes. Someone close to her needs to offer her some fashion
    advice. Her choice of inaugural wear is embarrassing. .
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • She is an attractive and fit lady with some parts of her anatomy that can be worked to best advantage. Today, no one told her that this outfit didn't make her look her best. She looked like she wore a rug; a yellow one with green shoes and gloves.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • This looked like Queen Elizabeth's discard, without the hat. And then, I couldn't believe that it would get worse with the ball gown. She looked totally uncomfortable with the "Thing" to begin with, and had the appearance of a fluffy snowman. Chanel, I'm certain is rolling in her grave. Poor taste again. How disappointing.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
  • I voted for Obama, but that has nothing to do with how I feel about Michelle's dress. It really was not at all flattering to her. She should have chosen something much more classic.
    anonymous anonymous 1/20/09 Reply
     
    • Michelle's choices today were ALL wrong. The yellow dress thing with the "housecoat" top was horrid! Wrong color for her skin, too glittery for daytime, frumpy,etc. The ball gown was even worse---looked like her 1981 prom dress gone wrong! What was all that "fluffy" chicken feather stuff on it? How about the Wilma Flinstone strap? It's WINTER for crying out loud--put on a more fitted, mature jewel tone, Michelle! She has terrible posture and could use some good tips on grace and poise. President Obama looked so dapper and handsome--his wife looked dowdy and unsophisticated next to him. It reminded me of Pres. Bush Sr. and Barbara Bush--she always looked kind of old and boring next to him. Michelle looks like the President's older aunt. She needs a good style consultant.
      anonymous anonymous 1/20/09
       
  • Pastel in frigid January? Rinestones in the morning? She is a beautiful woman, but could have done a lot better! To her credit, she redeemed herself a bit with her beautiful gown tonight. Train did get in her way though
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • When Michelle Obama gets a new fashion consultant with some taste, I hope they will restyle that bi-level haircut she is sporting as well! She is such an unattractive woman to begin with; she will need someone with skill to soften up her harsh looks and dress her appropriately for every occasion. I think she needs to look smart since she is the FIRST LADY of the United States of America!
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • UGLY! yuck. she is far from a "fashionista" - far from the next Jackie O. the media is so biased.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • ain' the truth!! dress shoes & gloves were HORRID
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • sorry, but the dress was hideous! she also needs a posture/walking coach. even if you like her you've got to admit that can't buy class!!!!!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • I didn't realize when I voted for the President that "class" was important.
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • get a grip
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Didn't I hear during the campaign she was going to set an example by buying her clothes off-the-rack. Another empty campaign promise.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • Do you really think that outfit wasn't "off the rack?"
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • It made her look old. It was ugly and not appropriate for the event. She needs help.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • The first lady proved to have no taste, the outfit was nothing but ugly, it's like curtain's material, Hillary picked beautiful colors, so did Mrs Biden. The best look she came out with so far was during the 'We Are One" concert, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington...see more
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • The dress clearly documents that Michelle simply has no eye for fashion that suits her bulky body. The designer is a joke.
    She now represents our country and we have the right for her to have enough sense to realize that she needs to consult on this, and not solely rely on a designer.
    Smart and nice lady, but dress was a huge embarassment to our country.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Michelle Obama is truly embarrassing. She walks like a drunken sailor. She has no femininity and no class. Knowing her imminent role as a First Lady she should have been taking few lesson on posture and "bon ton".
    As a beginning, quite disappointing. Someone should remind her that she represents all the U S's women.
    Jackie must be rolling in the grave....
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • I think she was (and is) a beautiful and proud person. Who really cares what dresses up the outside of our being? If you do, you need a life beyond glitz and glamour.
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • she needs a stylist. Badly. Her dress for the inauguration was highly inappropriate and in bad taste. The only thing that I've seen that's worse, was her "black widow" dress she wore on the night Obama was declared President elect),
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Love Michelle Obama but she could of done SOO much better. It looks like a cheap Jc penny mothers of the bride outfit! All the sparkles and the the color looked so cheap, and the fabric made her look about 50 lbs heavier then she is! Also wasn't loving the ball gown, it looked like a toga. It also wasn't flattering on her at all.

    On the other hand Jill Biden dressed great all night, stunning yet conservative at the same time.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • she could have a better dress if she whant to
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • Maybe OPRAH should have gotten her dress for her!!!
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • That had to have been the ugliest dress available. Did they use curtains from the 70's to make that?
    MikeR9 7 MikeR9 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I have mixed feelings about both her inaugural fashion choices. I thought her daytime outfit looked pretty elegant from far but too sparkly in the closeups. She's a beautiful woman and looked good at the balls but I didn't care for the gown itself. The good news is that she couldn't do any worse than Cindy McCain who reliably picked some incredibly garish outfits like the hot pink leather suit or the saffron monstrosity ($300,000??) at the convention ...ugh!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Disappointed in both the ensemble and the gown. Please get rid of Ikram Goldman and find someone with better taste. The inaugural outfit was ugly, dowdy and not flattering at all with inappropriate accessories and the evening gown would've been more fitting at a prom.
    There are terrific American designers who can help you become a style icon instead of a "what was she thinking".
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • After reading all the mixed reviews and preponderance of less than positive remarks on this blog, is anyone else surprised at all the very positive coverage of Michelle's inaugural ensemble in the press today? I wonder what I missed? And I watched from 9 a.m. all day?! Yes, agree with others, Michelle needs a sylist. (and I voted for Obama)
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Normally fashion choices are irrelevant. However, BOTH dresses were so amazingly ugly and looked so awful -the only explanation for positive media reaction= all things Obama get a positive spin. Media impartiality please!!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • What a hideous choice of a suit! And a lackluster choice of an evening dress! She is an attractive woman. She could have looked so much better. Who advised her?
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • sorry folks, she needs to seriously talk to Orpah on how to dress like a First Lady.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • So, sorry the first commentator is correct. She looks like a piece of furniture. It's dowdy and shapless and the collar is ugly.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • BTW, I voted and campaigned for Obama...still didn't like the dress. Fashion sense and politics are not necessarily co-linear.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I did not like any of Michelle's attire for the day and evening, BUT all of them would have looked better if she would just STAND UP STRAIGHT! FGS, she really needs some posture and walking help! Slouching is not attractive, no matter what the politics!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • If I were the Obamas' best friend, I would advise them as follows: Barry, pin your ears back, grow your hair out, don't ever smoke any crack, eat healthy vegetarian meals, wear your hats brim forward. Michelle, hire a fashion consultant and listen to him or her. Get braces to fix your buck teeth so you can close your mouth properly,get a chin implant to improve your profile, lose five pounds from your hips and thighs, get a back brace to correct your posture, stop plucking adn drawing your eyebrows above your natural brow line, and get an etiquette coach so you don't wear sparkly clothes before five o'clock, and don't appear in formalwear without long gloves. As for the dresses, I liked the bright yellow color, and it was a warm, sensible choice for the weather, but the fit should have been tailormade, the front of the dress was weird with the chiffon floaty thing, rhinestones and spangles are bad taste for daytime wear, as they are designed to glitter under artificial light. The green shoes and gloves were appropriate for the time of day, just not with eveningwear. The ballgown, was pretty in and of itself, but very young for a middle-aged woman with a rather thick, short waist and small bust. The shoulder strap would have been better had the bottom anchoring it to the dress been broader and gradually narrowed a bit. A built-in brassiere and a corset would have given you a better shape in this dress. A better choice is an a-line look which flows over the bulkiness of your body, or a princess line that defines your bosom and then flows seamlessly downward. However, an aerial shot of the dress was very flattering of it and you. Altogether, you did look very pretty and elegant and happy in these positive and forward-looking color choices, and you definitely looked very feminine, which is always pleasing to the eye. So don't regret your choices, revel in them, and in the wonderful occasion which governed them, and just work on the choices you make in the future. You are a very feminine, attractive woman in the full flower of your life as wife and mother and public person. Enjoy the trip and keep 'em guessing!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I thought the daytime dress was great and she was as beautiful and elegant as we anticipated. However, her ball gown
    was another matter, as she couldn't move, it is like it was designed to keep her in one spot, perhaps with the same mentality of whomever designed the burka. I guess I didn't really like it.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • andh what would you have worn? oh, let me guess you can do better than her???????????? think not.........the outfit was so amzing on her. just love love love it.
    anonymous 6 cassie79 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • The ball dress was very ill fitting and looked like it was homemade by an amateur. Reminded me of Carol Burnet’s show where she used drapes for a dress. In this instance it looked like Michelle used a bedspread.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • The outfit for the speech not right for the occassion and time. It was too flashy and the color looked horrid on her. If you look at the jacket you will even see the seams. For the cost of the outfit it should have been properly tailored.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I´m sorry, Michelle Obama is probably a nice wife and mother, but I see no Lady in her. Its for her just a title :( Hope someone in her staff can advise her in behaviour of a First Lady. Othervise I got to say yesterday was amazing!
    Karmina 55 Karmina 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • dress was ok but not for inauguration; should have been navy or black. She is a beautiful woman and would look classier if she got her bottom teeth fixed; it looks like she has chewing tobacco stuffed under her bottom lip
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • you just made me laugh lol
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • Michelle Obama looked absolutely stunning in her inaugural dress. The dress was befitting for the occassion and the woman wearing it showed she has impeccable taste!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • acid green? so not the occasion...see more
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I thought that she looked very lovely in that outfit and the color suits her...yes it was a little bit sparlkly for the day but hey why not your husband just one the presidency and no matter what you wear there is always going to be someone that doesn't like it so wear what you like.
    anonymous 6 kalesgramma 1/21/09 Reply
     
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  • From the terrible black and red mess she wore election night to this hideous, bedazzled, monochromatic, bore of an ensemble to the unfinished looking, frumpy table cloth ball gown she wore last night, it's clear Michelle needs to spend less time arching her eyebrows and packing the pounds on her hips, and more time allowing someone with a little taste to pick out her clothes (hopefully they are a dietician as well). And please, no shoulder pads, Lurch doesn't need any help in that department.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • OHHHHHHHHHHH you are so right I am still trying to figure out that red & black number TASTE????I think NOT
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09
       
  • I AM SO HAPPY THAT OBAMA PRESIDENT PLUS HE THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT EVEN BETTER. HE EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED PRESIDENT OBAMA HE A REAL LEADER
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Her style is wrong on soooo many levels. Someone please help her! After the "I'm a giant insect dress" I hoped for a transformation. Next 4 years will be more "what not to wear".
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • If this were the Golden Globe - no one would give this dress/fit/style/color high marks! Where are the fashionista's when you need them.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • That outfit was UGLY She has no taste and is NOT beautiful!
    anonymous 25 amazin 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • While Michelle has potential, she has not demonstrated the style required of a first lady.The most important thing is good posture!That helps carry even the worst nightmare!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • every dress she wore made he hips and behind look HUGE. I don't think she is that big but everything magnified her behind....for such an occasion she could have done much better
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • She would be a lot better off if she would only dress more professional. She does not dress business like. She dresses as if she is in a fashion show. She want people to make so much over the the way she dresses.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Black people always put too much into the way they dress. PROFESSIONAL is always the best way to go. The way she dresses sends the wrong message to our young women as though it's all about clothes.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • THE $99.00 dress was much nicer than the first lady dress. her yellow dress looked like the mother of the bride, she should save it for her daughter wedding. the two girls looked better than there mother.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • The dress looks like an old queen Elizabeth hand-me-down- very dowdy and those GREEN shoes? yuck
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Love Michelle's dresses!! Gloves everything!
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • all you ignorant Asses can't come to terms with the fact that the most powerful family in this country is black... their is nothing wrong with the way the first lady dresses. All you HATERS GET A LIFE. Mrs. Obama you rock God bless you and your family.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • Why does it has to be about Black or White race? Can someone has an opinion about the way someone else acts, dresses or talks without someone else bringing up a race issue! We are a united nation with people of all colors and opinions!
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
    • not about race her fashion choices are horrid
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/22/09
       
    • you must have a black problen , dont start the crap with her being black. so if we dont like her dress the race card comes out. i am sick of the race card, black or white she does not know how to dress
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • Her style doesn't fit her. at first they were tring to dress her like jakie O then they just looked ugly. i mean seriously who picks those outfits
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
    • All you Obama haters need to shut the hell up ! He will be in office for the next eight years so deal with it! And there is nothing wrong with the way she dresses. Maybe you need to get some style.
      anonymous anonymous 1/21/09
       
  • I have a weakness for matching coats and dresses and Mrs. Obama did not disappoint. Her gold-colored inauguration dress and matching coat outfit was absolutely beautiful; I really liked it. It reminded me of the Countess of Wessex' (she being the wife of Queen Elizabeth's youngest son Edward) wedding dress -- it was a white dress with a nice floor-length matching coat. It was very attractive.
    As for Mrs. Obama's inauguration ball dress -- it was OK. It made her look a tad plump and I don't think it was quite right for the ball -- she should have worn a more traditional satin-type gown instead of ruffles. The ruffles made her look a little more round than she actually may be.
    anonymous 126 MISSMOO 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • That yellow dress and matching coat reminded me of a Mother of the Groom ensemble. Not something one would wear in the morning. Another thing that horrible diamond necklace, the only time you see someone wearing that is if your selling jewelry in the jewelry store. Thought the morning outfit terrible. Laura Bush was outstanding in her very elegant suit. To bad she didn't wear something more suitable for daytime.

    Her dress for evening was outstanding and she looked appropriate.
    anonymous 5 gerberdaz 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I hate to admit this but I detested that outfit. I actually didn't like the white one either. It was matronly as well as not appropriate for day wear...I admire Michelle Obama but not necesarily her sense of style.
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I have a weakness for matching dresses and coats so I'll give 2 thumbs up for Michelle Obama's inauguration dress. It was lovely. It was tasteful, conservative (the only thing about her that was), a nice color and she looked good in it. By the way, I did not and would never vote for Obama mainly because of his stance on abortion. However, I can still appreciate how nice Mrs. Obama looked at her husband's inauguration.
    I did NOT care all that much for the inauguration ball gown - it was more like a dress than a gown. She should have worn a satin-style long gown. The dress she wore made her look a bit plump.
    anonymous 126 MISSMOO 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • the dress was over the top too gaudy ...it should have been much simpler the VP's wife looked better
    anonymous 16 pkshooz 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I like the color but thought it looked too "old" -too closed in if you will
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • Oh and another thought...I'll bet she does not like being the center of attention...I mean does she look "happy to be there" to you?
    anonymous anonymous 1/21/09 Reply
     
  • I didn't like the inaugural ensemble. It reminded me of the 50's
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • It was the wrong material and wrong color. But I love that she shops retail stores and not designer specific.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Ghastly. Color all wrong for her and for the occasion. Fabric thick and bulky in appearance. Michelle has a shapely figure and this ensemble buried her lines. Worst, worst: those hideous olive green gloves!
    Michelle, get a stylist and stop embarrassing yourself.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • It looks like someone got some old curtain material for her dress. Also, the green shoes were awful.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
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  • Michelle Obama always looks nice. No one can say anything about the way she walk, the way her white dress fit. If you were put in this situation you might like to look in a mirror, I don't have the largest breast, my walk might not be the best, before you talk about someone else look at yourself. Then you can judge her husband is the president not her.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • I thought that everything she wore suited her and was very beautiful.
    anonymous 6 Marjo 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Just ugly!
    Of all the dresses she could have picked in the whole WORLD, that was it?
    Reminds me of old 60 or 70's curtains......
    Looks like the designer inherited a house from his mom or grandmother and made the dress out of the old drapes in her house!
    Reminds me of quilted Charmin!
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • The yellow dress wasn't really appropriate for daytime. It is an evening cocktail dress. It's a bit too glittery for daytime and to say the least the rhinestones are definitely for evening. If they had made the outfit long it would have made a much better dress for the evening balls than the cheniile robe dress she wore in the evening.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Gosh !! Lady get a stylist!! You started out so well and you have been down to the tubes. What was up with that piece of yellow ridiculousness! I mean seriously. And now there is this other piece of monstrosity that she wore at the Inauguration ball. Her clothes were just hideous!! I looked at the VP's wife and thought how smart and sexy she looked at the inauguration. and michel was a big fat disappointment. Hope that's not a harbinger of things to come. and in case some of you may be wondering, I am black, only with a lot more fashion sense obviously. I would not even be buried in those two get-ups because of how hideous looking both are.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • My grandmother had a bedspread made from that laced material. Michelle was dressed beautifully the day before in black and tan only to choose this disaster. Michelle needs a fashion consultant who will be honest.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Let's be honest. Race is not the issue. The issue is that our First Lady needs to show the class and style that is expected of world leaders. So far Michelle Obama has missed the mark on most occasions. It is embarrassing for the nation. Just because she is now the First Lady doesn't mean that we have to pretend that everything she wears is wonderful when it truly is in bad taste. She needs serious help.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
    • That is so true IF she wears something awful why can we not say so, no matter WHO she is or what COLOR her skin is!!!
      anonymous 25 amazin 1/22/09
       
  • Good dress! I like it
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • She look elegant and gorgeous!
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • As it was a patriotic event, I believe she should have worn red, white or blue, any of which, all of which, would be gorgeous on our First Lady!
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Michelle is statuesque with fabulous coloring and can wear anything without looking washed out. Barack H. Obama called her beautiful on inauguration night. She wore ivory. Quiet jealous uglies!!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
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    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • Anon, you're right. Michelle is statuesque and her skin looks gorgeous. I'd love to have her coloring. But just know, the anti-Michelle losers on this page are just jealous and they miss their plain, collagen lipped foul looking, saggy faced, burlap sack wearing, forever stupid, forever inept,Palin.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
    • LOL!!!! Blunt but true. Can't stop laughing!!!! Burlap sack?! Saggy face?! LOL!!!
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
    • I just spat soda on my keyboard. That was funny...anywho Michelle looks lovely. What a stylish young lady.
      anonymous anonymous 1/22/09
       
  • oh get over yourself whoever objects to the way Mrs. Obama dresses! She has a sense of fashion & you (you all) definitely don't have one if u think "her sense of fashion is horrid". At least she dresses like she doesn't have a stick up her ass. If you expect her to wear a suit at every occasion that is stupid. She's young & dresses like she is. She dresses just wonderfully to me.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SO FINE SOMETIMES I REALLY DON'T SEE HER HOWEVER, NOT A GOOD CHOICE BUT SHE WEARS WHAT SHE LIKES NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER IN, FOR THAT YOU GO GIRL.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • that was a nice dress
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • very true. thank god she will be gone in four years
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
    • First of all michelle obama is a very
      beautiful professional lawyer and I believe she knows how to dress and is very put together. The reason you guys think she don't know how to dress because
      it's DIFFERANT and YOU don't expect it.
      SOUTHSIDE,CHICAGO REPRESENT 8 years.
      CHANGE HAS COME.
      anonymous anonymous 3 hours ago
       
  • I thought her evening gown was quite lovely; HOWEVER, if you can give her a tip, every time I looked at her, regardless of which outfit she was wearing, I wanted to tell her to please STAND UP STRAIGHT. The way she stands makes her look stooped shouldered. It really detracts from her. I know it's hard to stand up straight once you are an adult, but she is now the First Lady, so it woulld be important to make the effort.
    anonymous anonymous 1/22/09 Reply
     
  • The yellow inauguration dress definitely was not for daytime wear. The glitter on it (rhinestones?) and the lacy-appearing texture of the fabric made it an after-five dress. Why on earth would she select such a dress to wear to a morning event? It was truly tacky. I wonder why someone (or many) did not give her better advice. Laura Bush's dove gray, tailored outfit was perfect for the morning inauguration.
    anonymous anonymous 1/23/09 Reply
     
  • the dress it nice but the color is ugly
    anonymous anonymous 14 hours ago Reply
     
  • I have never seen a more beautiful first lady outfit! she looked stunning. Obama didn't look bad either....what a hunka hunka! love our new first family!!
    anonymous anonymous 4 hours ago Reply
     
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    anonymous anonymous 3 hours ago Reply
     
 
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