the kicker

On Michelle Obama’s Westminster Abbey Outfit

June 10, 2009

From the (London) Times: While Mrs. Obama is “correct” to wear her bright colors “stacked,” and the colors themselves are “bang on the money,” the “three-dimensional flowers, that strange orange snake working its way around her middle and the yellow curtain pelmet are impossible to defend.” Moreover, “the appliquéd tunic has the air of Malia or Sasha’s art class about it and…does nothing for her hips.”

Your move, Robin Givhan.




UPDATE: Hurry, Robin! And, if possible, write in British.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191620/First-Lady-flamboyance-Michelle-Obamas-confident-duty-chic-London-city-break.html”>found the outfit “outlandish” in a “fashion-forward” sort of way.

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Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.