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Michelle Obama: Election Night Style in Plus Sizes
I thought that Michelle Obama looked great on election night in the Narcisco Rodriguez wearing a tasteful variation of a more revealing version seen recently on the runway.
The First Lady Elect has been getting quite a lot of attention for her sense of style in addition to being a wonderful mother, partner to her husband and obviously for being a very smart woman. For more information on just how smart Michelle is, and for one well-written feminist viewpoint on all this fashion talk, please read Shakespeare’s Sister.
I am a feminist my friends. But I’m also a fashion loving feminist and right now, I’m gonna talk dresses.
Personally, I am thrilled that Barack will be our next President and that the Obama family will be living in the White House. Not only because he has a beautiful family, with a fashion savvy wife (which isn’t really all it takes to win my heart but it certainly helps), but because I believe that great things will happen for our nation and the world. The eyes of the world on you Barack, and perhaps even more will be expected of you than other Presidents. Now get to work.
I love this picture of the family together. So perfectly coordinated in black and red. Check out dad’s tie!
I’ve done some scouting, looking for something similar to the red and black dress that Michelle wore on election night. The dress is so new that similar dresses have yet to be found, although I am certain they are coming. Until then, here are my choices for wearing Michelle Obama’s style, just in case you have an acceptance speech to make in the next week or two.
The fabulous Sophie dress from Igigi.I really like this dress and I think I’ll be getting one for myself. I think that the overall line of the dress, and the way it is drawn in a bit at the waist does a good job of emulating the Rodriguez red and black dress.
And of course shades of purple and lavender are still very hot this season. Be careful the next time you dine at the White House, you might upstage the First Lady in this piece!
But if you must have black and red (again from Igigi) I chose the Brigitte Mod Dress.
This lovely dress captures a bit of the color block look of the Narcisco Rodriguez dress, but without the speckles and the fade, which received some negative reactions from fashion bloggers. Personally, I like it. I think it looks like champagne bubbling over a glass.
I love the Brigitte and I’m glad they didn’t go all huge flare with the hemline. I would wear this dress in 1967 with knee high, high heeled boots and then I’d ride around town with Steed kicking butt all over London.
The neckline of the Alexis more closely resembles that of Michelle’s dress, than anything I found, but of course it is lacking a burst of color. Perhaps coordinate with a hot pair of red heels and a red scarf?
Stretch Gabardine Wide Leg Trousers - $ 98.00
From: Kiyonna Klothing. And from Kiyonna, this is for those of you looking to dress up in black and red but refuse to show your legs.
What did you think of the black and red dress that Michelle Obama wore on election night? Yay or Nay? And if you find other pieces that are similar please post a comment.
Autumn Sales
You know that I like to get fancy with the sales. I like to put together a Look Book, or at the very least choose specific items from each sale. But I just can’t get it together this week.
I still have to show you the great pics I took on vacation two weeks ago when the hubs and I were in Phoenix to visit family and then drove to California to visit friends. This coming Sunday the hubs and I fly to Mexico, south of Cancun, to snorkel and then swim with Dolphins, lay on the beach and dance on the sand. This means that I will be checking out this big sale: Swim & Save at SwimsuitsForAll.com! Top Swimwear Styles $29 & Under! Shop Now!
So more vacation pics soon and another Look Book is being created. But for now, have a good time while you stimulate the economy!
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Get up to 70% off with our End of the Season Sale at Kiyonna.com!
Independent Fashion Bloggers Weekly Roundup 22 October 2008
I hope you enjoy this week’s best from Members of the Independent Fashion Bloggers:
My post from last week: Shoes (Glorious Shoes!) For Women wearing Wide Widths.
Weekly Links à la Mode: September 25th
This weeks round-up of great posts from Independent Fashion Bloggers.
How to Wear Svoboda Jeans and Costume Jewelry to a 4-star restaurant
My grandmother Rose worked in New York City sweatshops. She was a seamstress, even making the cream and gold brocade fitted jacket and matching pencil skirt that my mother wore to her wedding. Very chic for 1963! Grandma Rose taught me much about how to put together a wardrobe. She said that it was much more important to have a few well-made, what she called “important,” pieces in your closet that you could creatively mix with simpler pieces (less expensive fabrics, good leather shoes and handbags, accessories, etc.) than to have many mediocre items. That way you create your own personal style.
Grandma Rose also said that a single girl with a closet full of poorly made clothing is a woman who won’t get a husband. I know, it’s not like you’re dressing to get a man. I didn’t even before I got married because I dressed to please myself. But what can I tell you? Grandma worked, and she may have had secret meetings with union organizers in her lower east side apartment, and encouraged her single daughter to travel the world and go to college in the 1950’s, but she also firmly believed that young women are supposed to get married.
So if you are dressing for yourself, dressing to compete with other well-dressed women, dressing to impress at the corporate holiday party, or dressing to find a single doctor/attorney who might just be having dinner at a 4-star restaurant - here is where to buy the pieces in my Svoboda for a 4-Star Restaurant Stylebook for yourself:
Cybele’s Leaf Gold Dangle Earrings - $ 30.00
From: Emitations.com
Sheila’s Faux Turquoise Cocktail Ring - $ 39.95
From: Emitations.com
Igigi Dupioni Silk Wrap Blouse in terracotta.
From Jessica Svoboda - Cate, the wide leg trouser jean in black available from Lee Lee’s Valise. $118.00. These are two killer pieces. The Igigi silk wrap blouse is only $150, which is quite the bargain considering the fabric and the tailoring. It is exquisite, and would make a smart addition to your collection of “important” pieces. Svoboda jeans are just a necessity. Like oxygen only with different molecules.
I would finish this outfit with these cute shoes from Zappos. They go up to size 13 and come in medium and wide. Remember .
Next week will feature more fashion news. Tonight I am attending the 2nd Annual Art of Curves Fashion Event. If you are in New York City, you can Buy Tickets and you can gain entry to an evening of plus size fashion and cocktails. I’m wearing my new fuchsia blouse with my wide leg Ryder jeans and a denim jacket. There will be pics!
Gasp! The Return of the Ankle Boot!
Is there a practical joke more heinous? I think not. Perhaps putting a bag of flaming poo at your neighbor’s front door on Halloween but that’s about it. What exactly are designers trying to tell us?
Bah! We know you are too stupid to disagree with us, you are too timid to fight us, you are too needy for our approval, so we will make you look like the Wicked Witch of the North. Bwah Ha Ha!
Thank you celebrities for showing us What Not To Wear!
Send the kiddies out of the room for they are too innocent for such an atrocity and too young to remember the ’80’s horror of ankle boots. May I present to you horror reinvented…The Gucci Ankle Bootie. What fresh hell is this? No, I say. No I will not wear this atrocity on my lovely pedicured feet. I will not wear them even if it is a chilly evening. I will not wear them and I am begging you, my sisters say NO!
You can pair your ankle boots with these for some retro fun. Shudder!
If we let them get away with the ankle boot tell me please what will be next? I’ll tell you what they’ll do next…THIS!
