PHOTOS Michelle at the Opera

[Jackeens]

Video here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7978828.stm

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The wife of Britain's Prime Minister Sarah Brown greets U.S first lady Michelle Obama, who join the G-20 spouses for a visit to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

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Just two so far!

[MADem]

1. Sarah looks like a real nice lady, but the person giving her fashion advice should be shot.

I don't think MO is shown off to best advantage, either, in that get up. But what do I know about these things?

Their faces look lovely, at any rate.

[polichick]

3. I agree - they both look dowdy here. Is Michelle wearing green shoes??

Yes - their faces are lovely!

[Clio the Leo]

25. The shoes are in the same color family as the blues in her dress. Looks great! NT

[polichick]

46. Huh? The dress is blue, the shoes are green in this picture...

Have you seen a different pic - maybe it's the lighting here.

On edit: Just saw a video with better lighting that shows a better color match!

[Clio the Leo]

62. lol, yes, they're called "tertiary colors"...

... I know, its weird but she doesn't have to wear blue shoes because she has on a blue skirt ... or even a neutral color like brown or black.

See this....



The color of her skirt appears to be the same color that is at the 9 o'clock position. The green seems to the green right next to it. Green is obviously a combination of blue and yellow ... there's enough blue in that shade of green that it works. They're also about the same saturation.

I spend all day matching bridesmaids dresses to flowers .... all of this stuff about derivatives and banking? Confuses the heck out of me ..... now matching colors? THAT I know. :)

Green is basically a neutral color. Think of all the flowers on the earth which are every shade of the spectrum. What color are their stems? See?

Nature is always a good guide.

[polichick]

65. Color wheels are so cool! imo the outfit would have been better if the...

...burgandy in Michelle's sweater was the color of her shoes instead ~ love blues and greens together!

[Clio the Leo]

68. No, see, those are your complimentary colors coming into play.

I'm a firm believer in the notion that more colors the artwork contains.......



.... the better it is. ;)

[Genevieve]

70. I agree, about "more colors the artwork contains.......

.... the better it is."

[polichick]

76. Sorry, but neither the complementary nor tertiary colors can sell me that outfit! :)

[MADem]

40. Yeah, they look greenish to me, too. Of course, I like black sneakers, so

it's not like I'm one to talk.

And I like black sneakers with pretty much EVERYTHING.

Age demands comfort, after all!

[madaboutharry]

12. I agree.

Who told Sarah Brown that she could wear black hose with a blue suit, which doesn't fit her. She needs to spend a couple of days with Stacy and Clinton.

I actually love MO's outfit. I would buy that sweater for myself. Not too sure if the shoes go....

[elleng]

2. What was the opera?

PS, I don't care what they're wearing.

I'm glad to see Michelle with Sarah; I expected they'd hit it off!

[leftynyc]

31. I was wondering that myself

Can't help myself - love the opera. I also don't care what they were wearing or if Michelle dared to touch the Queen.

[elleng]

64. and heard this eve that it was OK with the Queen!

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[vaberella]

4. It could just be me but I'm all over (ie. Adore) Michelle's "Ugly Betty" outfit.

Uber cute in my book. Ace in the hole, I'd totally wear that and the matching faux croc shoes!!

[Genevieve]

8. I think Michelle looks great.

I'de wear it too.

[vaberella]

15. Hi-Five...I have to say we have great taste. ^_^ n/t

[Genevieve]

67. II couldn't help it - if you check out who likes the outfit and who doesn't

(on this thread)
East Coasters (New York, Conn. etc) like Michelle's outfit.
Others don't.

[Cha]

50. This is what the media "pooler" said about it..

"And because I know someone will ask, No, FLOTUS did not change her outfit from this morning. And it still, in your pooler's inexpert opinion, looked funky, oddly elegant and cool."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8314904

[Mist]

5. Michelle, I love ya, I do, but lose the sweater. Sarah, w/a pot like that, do NOT wear

skin tight clothes. Sarah looks like the evil headmistress of a particularly bleak girls' school.

[kaiden]

11. And no pleats in front. Heh, no pleats whatsoever!

[Clio the Leo]

26. I LOVE the sweater. If it came in pink, I'd buy it! NT

[MADem]

28. Don't the ladies "do" what used to be quaintly called "foundation garments" anymore?

I'm not talking about corsets, but you know, a little something to "arrange" the shape?

[grasswire]

48. I wondered that, too

A one piece body shaper would do wonders for the Brit.

[DevonRex]

52. I love that sweater. nt

[Hope And Change]

6. K & R!

[zeemike]

7. i don't know anything about fashion

But I think Mechelle's outfit is interesting.
Can't say the same for Sara's though...but her hubby did not want to tell her yes when she asked the dreaded question...

[zippy890]

9. oh dear. Sarah Brown's skirt : - (

quite unflattering. to say the least

Michelle looks cute, she can carry that outfit off.

but Sarah, no, dear please rethink your sizing needs.

[Saphire]

10. Yeeaah....no. Sorry, but neither of these outfits scream fashon icon.

they both look dowdy IMHO.

[Jackeens]

13. *** MORE PHOTOS HERE ***

[madaboutharry]

14. Mrs. Brown needs a three way mirror.

I know this is so silly, but that dress should be burned.

[MADem]

29. I agree--and she has such a pleasant face. She could be fixed up to look grand.

It's a bit, er, stretchy and she's a generous woman. The fabric doesn't suit her form.

[vaberella]

16. I know this will seem crude but Mrs. Brown's ass is falling, in particular out of her underwear. n/t

[bdamomma]

21. I think she needs better foundation under her clothes

[Thrill]

22. LOL!

[Jennicut]

35. LOL!!! Well, it is true. Perhaps she needs a spanx?

[Barack_America]

37. She's wearing Spanx. You can tell in some of the updated photos.

But, Spanx only go so far.

A fuller skirt like Michelle's would do wonders for her. But, honestly, I more wish that she'd just start wearing some brighter colors. So far we've been treated to black, brown and blue. Yippee! :eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

73. "Spanx only go so far" LOL n/t

[DevonRex]

54. Seriously ROFLing here. Can't stop either. nt

[firedupdem]

69. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

[hileeopnyn8d]

23. There is just nothing

good going on in that last photo.

Michelle's outfit isn't that bad, but it certainly is not my favorite thing she's worn. I don't think the sweater fits her correctly, and in one of the first photos on this thread, it looks like it's buttoned wrong.

Based on the group photo, I don't think there were any fashion hits, only misses. Good thing is, it wasn't a fashion show.

[emmadoggy]

47. I agree about Michelle's sweater and thought it was buttoned wrong also.

And Sarah needs better foundation garments (which I despise, but if you are wearing something clingy like that....) including a better bra. One size larger on the dress would have been better, as well. I don't like the dark black hose with it either. And are her shoes a deep plum color? Almost looks like it in the photo from behind....

I like the color palette of Michell's outfit, and I love the skirt. I could live with the sweater if it just wasn't so awkward-fitting.

[Liberal_in_LA]

72. Picture 3 - OMG... panty lines!

[Mira]

17. Well, you can't win them all, ladies. And this one is a big loss.

Not to go into details about why, but both outfits are fashion risks gone bad. I poked around to see if this was for a PERFORMANCE, but it seems it was just a meeting in the opera house.
I've gone to many performances, but was never dressed this poorly even if I made my own clothes which I did.

[rasputin1952]

18. I'm about as far from a fashion guru as one can get, but I know

faces, and in that second pic, I can see intelligence, poise and passion. The 180 from Pickles to this woman is profound.

Michelle is a force, not just a First Lady.

:D

[alsame]

19. I love Michelle's outfit! She's going to bring back sweaters over

dresses in a big way.

[bdamomma]

20. J. Crew loves Michelle.

I heard that sweater Michelle wore yesterday was sold out on J. Crew.

[lunatica]

24. Michelle wears the greatest shoes ever!

I'm not wild about her outfit, but I've never been disappointed in her shoes.

[Barack_America]

38. Same shoes from Inauguration day.

I'd recognize them anywhere.

:drool:

[Clio the Leo]

27. I love yall, but I have to say some of us are spending too much time on DU...

... and not enough time reading Vogue. ;)

Michelle's outfit is KILLER!!!! Looks great!!!

Unfortunately, I have to get ready for my job in the fashion industry (ha ha, that sounds snooty but I speak the truth!) and cant expound upon that lol .... but suffice it to say, the trend is ALL about stuff being quirky like her sweater is and the silhouette is PERFECT for her body type.

Love it!

[MADem]

30. No offense to people in the fashion industry, but they make a living telling people to wear stupid

shit that looks really horrible, most of the time. If your clothes are perfectly serviceable, they tell you that NO, that long thing should be short, that short thing should be long, that thick thing should be thin, that dark thing must be light, that plain thing must be patterned...and all in aid of separating people from the pieces of paper in their wallets with the engravings on them!!

I can't help but notice at these fashion shows I see on the tee vee, that the designers are always wearing PLAIN BLACK clothing and have simple hairstyles (with the exception of that one guy who used to wave the fan--but even he wore black, mostly).

I prefer the stuff the designers wear themselves to the stuff that prances up and down the runways. I won't even go into the Perpetually Pissed-off Look that the models sport. I suppose if I didn't get anything to eat, I'd be pissed off, too!!!

I think Michelle Obama and Mrs. Brown are both lovely looking ladies, but, despite the fact that I am NOT a fashion expert, I think the Emperor's New Clothes approach to how they look just isn't cutting it with me. I know what pleases my eye, and that ain't it.

I think they look like they both got dressed in the dark.

[Clio the Leo]

32. Ok, so let's play virtual First Lady Barbie.......

.... what would you put them in instead?

I think we can all agree that Sarah, bless her, needs a fuller skirt.

[MADem]

36. I'd probably make them look worse!

I'll bet if they switched costumes, though, they'd BOTH look better! Mrs. Obama could probably wear that stretchy thing, and the big fluffy skirt would cover Mrs. Brown's tight underwear and lumpy butt.

I realize that sweater with the goofy side hanging down is a fashion statement, but to me, it looks like she got dressed with the lights off. Have 'em swap clothes, get a new sweater for that puffy skirt outfit, lose the black nun stockings, and they're off to the races, I'd say!

[Clio the Leo]

58. lol, pretty good but.......

... and I LOVE Michelle but she couldn't wear that stretchy skirt either .... about the only g-20 wife who could would be no-hiney Carla.

(And for the record, I think Michelle looks about 10,000 times better than no-hiney Carla. I'm not going to post the nude picture of Carla here, but it's not hard to find, the woman looks like a pencil with two mosquito bites. I dont generally make fun of a woman's figure, but since she's a model and being held up as an ideal .... yeah .... that's not beautiful IMO.)

Now, for the record, my FAVORITE first wife ensembles from yesterday were Mrs. South Korea.....


And Mrs. India.....


(but I think the Sari was the best bit of fashion ever invented, so I'm biased.)

[MADem]

77. Yep--dem dames looks comfortable!!!

I really think there's something to be said for looking and feeling at ease in one's clothing--it shows on the face.

[SeaLyons]

53. ...

"Michelle's outfit is KILLER!!!! Looks great!!!"


How's it going to look in pictures 50 years from now. Michelle should not be following the rediculous trends....her selections should be classic and timeless.

Oh, and I do read Vogue.


:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

60. Ah, but that's just the thing......

... the silhouette is very timeless. That skirt looks like Jackie Kennedy left it to her in a time capsule from 1957.





The quirkyness of the sweater is a manner of taste, but the shape of the outfit AND the pearls AND the shoes, timeless and en pointe.

[SeaLyons]

78. except that Jackie

was at the beach!!! Michelle was at the opera. :rofl:

[Jennicut]

33. Michelle looks adorable, love the sweater, skirt and shoes. But Mrs. Brown needs to look in a

mirror. But really is fashion on the spouses of leaders of the free world all the important??

[MADem]

39. It's not important at all. Not in the slightest.

However, not everything discussed here is "important."

I don't go for being MEAN about this kind of stuff, but there's nothing wrong with critiquing if one feels like it.

It's only when one starts equating clothing with character that it gets "unfunny" or cruel.

[Jennicut]

42. Well, poor Laura Bush always needed some help with fashion.

Not sure what it said about her personality other then I am milquetoast, dowdy, and bland. LOL.

[MADem]

43. She had more than her share of misses. However, when she had the odd hit, she looked great.

She looked best in "Hillary gear," actually, I thought.

I always felt sorry for her--it had to suck to be married to that putz, that everyone hated. I always felt sorry for Pat Nixon, too....

[Jennicut]

45. Yeah, Laura did not on a whole bother me. Nor did her daughters.

They all had to be around that...thing of a man. That is punishment enough for any wrongs they might have done in life.

[ShortnFiery]

63. I agree. They could both be wearing dresses off the rack at my favorite French designer ...

"Target" and I'd believe them to be ELEGANT. :-)

[Jackeens]

34. *** MORE PHOTOS HERE *** Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8314263

[ecstatic]

41. ROFL at the DU fashion police!

although I must say, I agree with some of the comments about Brown. Come on--Open toe pumps and opaque black stockings with a too tight, unflattering business suit? And Michelle's outfit is intriguing--I'm not into the big bubble skirt look but it's intriguing because it's different.

[MADem]

44. That blue thing isn't a suit! It's eighties polyester! Stretchy!

And it reveals a little too much information, unfortunately! I think MO looked better getting on the plane to go over there, myself.

I think it's fun to be the fashion police, particularly, if, like me, you don't really give a shit about fashion! It's fun to be an armchair critic! You just can't be mean about the PERSON when you critique the clothes!

[Liberal_in_LA]

71. Michelle's sweater isn't dressy enough, the other woman's suit emphasizes the stomach pooch.

[grasswire]

49. same necklace she wore to meet the queen

This must have been a matinee -- an evening opera would require more dressy attire.

[InvisibleTouch]

51. I love the sweater.

Colorful and boldly patterned.

[azmouse]

55. kick

[Catherine Vincent]

56. Oh my!

The woman with Mrs. Obama...what the heck is she wearing? Why is it so tight? There is no way I would have walked out of my house like that.

[LisaM]

57. I'm sorry but both outfits look terrible.

I don't understand how Michelle Obama can look so good sometimes and then show up in something like this. This actually looks like one of those outfits you put together at home, then you head out in public and instantly realize it's wrong. Of course, some of it could be the photo, because they both look like their hips are about 52 inches around, which can't possibly be true.

I applaud MO's attempts to wear fun fashion, and to support new designers. But this outfit is horrible, and the shoe choice doesn't work either. The sweater would be cute with jeans, not a chambray or denim skirt, or whatever it is, that looks as if it has a crinoline underneath it. The sweater also looks like something you'd wear to a dinner at a hip, new urban restaurant.

Sarah's outfit simply does not fit her. And the stockings don't go.

[AyanEva]

59. :(

I want Michelle's shoes. I don't have a damn thing to wear them with but it would be an excuse to buy a new work outfit.

[Clio the Leo]

61. I think those are the shoes from the Inauguration right?

Yep!! .... Oh my goodness!!! The sudden realization!!! These people are not Gods!!! They wear things more than once!!!

Oh ......... the room is spinning!!! :crazy:

[Libby2]

66. I love our first lady but damn I hate that outfit. n/t

[mariawr]

75. Makes two of us...damn. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

74. sweater looks like it's buttoned wrong