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Old November 14th, 2010, 12:00 PM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.misc
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Default Read here what the western fashion police are saying about the"style" displayed by the FLOTUS on her Asian junket

Read here what the western fashion police are saying about the "style"
displayed by the FLOTUS on her Asian junket.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/4zEvleths317b10

Excerpt:


November 14, 2010
First Published: 00:47 IST(14/11/2010)

"Is it dreadfully hot in India? Doesn't she have a stylist on this
trip? Her hair looks like she hasn't bothered combing it and her
makeup and eyebrows are also a bit off …" says CJ in London. "She
needs a tailor and a stylist. Everyone in the whole world knows this,"
says SKG in Arizona.

This isn't just another celebrity being dissed in conversation; these
are the comments that Michelle Obama's outfits during her trip to
India, are drawing on the World Wide Web. While the Indian media
thought that the first lady's outfits were elegant and understated,
people on the other end of the globe had a different take on her
choices.

From being called "frumpy" to "old and unflattering" to "sporting the
worst look ever", the bashing by bloggers began right from the day she
landed in Mumbai wearing a blue-grey outfit. Comments like "It's a
colour for someone who's 70," or "the emperor's wife has dreadful
taste" have flooded mrs-o.org, a blog that follows Michelle Obama's
fashion sense......."

One reader's comments he

Mercedesmans2000 [Moderator] 9 hours ago

" Look, she can't help having a big a**, no t**s and bad legs. Nor
can she help being so tall, but she spoils a pleasant, even handsome
face with her frequent scowl and those eyebrows! They make her look
angry- like a bird of prey. Plus posture, please- don't lean forward
and let your arms dangle- too awkward.

And , press, for god's sake stop comparing her to Jackie O. It's
so obviously wrong that it makes it look as though leftist politics
cause visual hallucinations.

It's not a race thing. There have been plenty of black American
women who exhibited impeccable poise and even glamor: Lena Horne,
Diane Carrol, Condi Rice, Halle Berry and dozens of others past and
present who had style and elegance.

But Michelle has not been blessed by nature or nurture and over-
praising her just makes that painfully obvious"