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1,000 Words: Best-Dressed Edition

By Karen Tumulty | March 10, 2010 | +

From our White House Photo Blog.:

P.S.: This totally confirms what I thought at the time. That dress added lbs. I liked the swearing-in outfit much better.

Related Topics: inaugural ball gown, 1,000 Words

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  • nflfoghorn

    Thank God I’ll never have to wear THAT again!

  • deconstructiva

    KT, I’m not a fashion designer but why are there so many poofy formal dresses / wedding dress / etc. out there when they’re NOT flattering? And if they’re not split up to the thigh on one side, how do you go to the bathroom while wearing them? (I’m serious; how the hell is this possible? Do bridesmaids / courtiers literally hold it up while you’re in the stall?)

  • grape_crush

    This might be going too far, but…

    “Michelle Obama Speaks at Benefit Honoring Triple Amputee”

  • grape_crush

    …how do you go to the bathroom while wearing them?
    .
    According to my wife, with a lot of help from the bridesmaids.

  • nflfoghorn

    “OH…I thought you meant Venus WILLIAMS!”

  • stuartzechman

    GAH

  • deconstructiva

    Michelle waves to Rudy Giuliani …who just won the auction bid for her poofy can’t-go-to-the-bathroom-while-wearing-it dress.

  • Ivy_B

    Absolutely agree with KT about the dress adding lbs! I kept looking at pix of her at the inaug balls and thought she’s not that heavy – must be the dress. Why on earth pick that one. The swearing-in outfit was stunning – if only I were taller, I would mortgage the house and try to find some place to wear it!
    .
    Sorry to interrupt the captions…

  • kbanginmotown

    LOFL!
    ::wipes coffee off keyboard::

  • kbanginmotown

    DoIhear100,000dollarsfromtheladyinthebackforthislovelyballgownonlywornonceand150?150000dollarsfromthegentlemaninthefrontrow150lookingfor2-150lookingfor2forTHEinauguralgownof2009

  • deconstructiva

    …do you have knockoff shops (ala Forever 21-ish) or local boutiques that have sim. copies? Or even better, can you (or a friend) make the dress yourself? I don’t create clothes but my mom does now and then. It’s definitely an art form. I watched a youtube video yesterday of Amy Sullivan in an interview. She was wearing a knit yarn dress that my mom could crochet, though it would take a long time to do. Did Amy crochet that dress herself?

  • kbanginmotown

    Well, *that* wasn’t what I expected.
    .
    Once more with line breaks:
    .
    DoIhear100,000dollarsfromtheladyinthebackforthislovely
    ballgownonlywornonceand150?150000dollarsfromthe
    gentlemaninthefrontrow-150lookingfor2-150lookingfor2
    forTHEinauguralgownof2009…

  • deconstructiva

    …I guess Sarah doesn’t go to the consignment store to buy her outfits. Is McCain and the RNC still buying stuff for her?

  • michaelfury

    Another interesting item in the Smithsonian collection:

    http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/clock-stoppers/

  • deconstructiva

    Michelle: “Thanks for buying this, Rudy! I’ve been trying to get rid of that poofy grocery sack for a year. Now if you all want a real dress (points to her current outfit), one that’s appropriate for everything from state dinners to funerals and military processions….”

  • deconstructiva

    Heidi Montag ponders whether or not to place a bid: “Hmmm, if I take scissors and snip out some room for cleavage and cut a thigh-high slit up the side so I can go to the potty….”

  • sacredh

    Michelle explains why she chose the gown: “It was the the only one the midget could fit under.”

  • sacredh

    Hey Teabaggers! You got the mannequin, not me.

  • sacredh

    The First Lady waves to the crowd as Heather Mills models the inaugural gown.

  • deconstructiva

    As Michelle smiles, waves, and proudly donates her gown to the Rudy Giuliani American Collection of Women’s Fashions, she’s really thinking: “Arrrrrgh, seven more years of this poofy dress / painful shoes / healthy eating crap. I hate yams. I can’t wait to get back to jeans and sweats with some potato chips and ice cream. Even if that means Barack goes back to smoking.”

  • http://www.thebestdressedlist.com tomkolovos

    KT–
    It’s quite interesting that during the evening of the inauguration and the next morning you could hardly find a person who would publically proclaim that the dress was unfllattering. For those of us who did not like it, we had to wait till she appeared at the first State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister wearing that gorgeous Naeem Khan gown to prove our point:

    http://tomkolovos.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/what-a-difference-a-year-makes/

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