What did you think of the dresses? With the new President Barack Obama getting down to pressing business such as the slumping economy, inauguration day fashion provided a much needed breath of spring in these tough times, even if it’s just for a day or two. Women all over America and the fashion industry are buzzing now about First Lady Michelle Obama’s dresses on inauguration day, some are raving and some were not that impresssed. For the daytime festivities, Mrs. Obama wore a lemon grass dress with a lacy overcoat and she paired it with moss green gloves from one of her favorite stores, J. Crew. For the inaugural balls, she chose a one shoulder shimmering winter white dress with Swarvoski crystals. It’s a creation by a 26 year old designer named Jason Wu from New York. She took chances and picked relatively unknown designers. The two Obama girls dressed in bright juicy fruit colored coats from J. Crew. The coats were specially designed for the girls and the J.Crew site crashed for a short time while as people tried to buy the coats and shares of J. Crew have gone up 10 percent since the inauguration.
We’ve had a bitterly cold winter so far and the challenges the President faces are steep but at least for a short time, we enjoyed the colors of spring!
Let me know what you thought of the fashion choices?
I have one word for the outfits
UGLY
I liked the lemongrass outfit but her gown was disconcerting with that wide strap across her shoulder. It did not complement her or her beauty.
The ugliest dresses I’ve ever seen on any first lady, including Mary Todd Lincoln.
The evening gown did not make a slam-dunk impression initially, but the more I saw of it, the more I liked it – it was soft and feminine, looked as fresh at the end of the evening as at the beginning – very romantic and soft looking after what must have been a very unromantic and rough series of months of campaigning….. good for her to go with a dress that made her FEEL good.
The girls looked adorable on inauguration day, loved Mom’s lemongrass outfit – nice spark to a cold day.
Congratulations on your twins!!!!! Hope the future is filled with love, laughter and luck!!!
I thought the outfits were very tasteful. Simple yet elegant. With her skin tone she can wear colors others can not. And I loved the little girls pink coat, I enjoy children dressed as children, not young adults.
I think both dresses were beautiful. The color of her day dress was yummy and the details on the dress, sweater and coat were amazing. Her ballgown was unexpected but it showcased her arms and it looked lovely with the President’s white tie and tails. It will be fun to watch Michelle’s style over the coming years.