# That DRESS, Mrs Obama... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216 "2008-11-05T05:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Borderline\_Blonde](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borderline_blonde/32/6479_2.png) [@Borderline\_Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borderline_Blonde)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/101 "2008-11-06T02:10:26Z")
Yet another vote for “Fugly.” It just \*screams \*Black Widow spider to me. Just thinking of Michelle Obama as a Black Widow is… disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/102 "2008-11-06T02:19:50Z")
Such beautiful pictures. Such happy, beautiful children and parents. Talk amongst yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/103 "2008-11-06T02:32:33Z")
And soon there will also be a puppy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/104 "2008-11-06T02:45:16Z")
However she dresses, having a smoking hot First Lady is going to take some getting used to. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/105 "2008-11-06T03:35:57Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > Such beautiful pictures. Such happy, beautiful children and parents. Talk amongst yourselves. It’s like having the Huxatbles in the White House. Just hope they don’t lip-synce Ray Charles. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/106 "2008-11-06T03:39:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > However she dresses, having a smoking hot First Lady is going to take some getting used to. Most folks seemed happy enough drooling over the Bush daughters, at least at first. Wonder what happened to that meme. Personally, I’m glad we’re going to see a First Lady with a little creativity in her fashion choices, even if the victory-night dress was a little, um, controversial. Laura Bush’s [eternal suit jackets](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1044957/posts) were getting really boring. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/107 "2008-11-06T04:49:16Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > It’s like having the Huxatbles in the White House. Just hope they don’t lip-synce Ray Charles. That’s it! I had this nagging itch of familiarity when I see that family, and you just laid it out so simply. It’s the Cosbys in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![laughingboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@laughingboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laughingboy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/108 "2008-11-06T04:57:38Z")
At first I thought the dress was red and dark blue. In that case it could have been a subtle statement about uniting both ends of the political spectrum 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/109 "2008-11-06T07:55:51Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > I think that dress would have looked a lot better if the red portion was continuous; however her great smile overcame the dress. Yeah, the satin belt is a little odd. But I think it’s a nice dress, & good colors for her. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/110 "2008-11-06T13:03:47Z")
I liked the dress. It highlighted her breasts and loins, which increases her evolutionary advantages when it comes to males on the hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/111 "2008-11-06T13:53:11Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > You know what got me? The look on Michelle’s face right before they embraced. You could tell that she was worried about the burden which had been placed on his shoulders. It was an expression of humanity, not the stage face which politicians and their wives are expected to wear. > > I don’t think that she’s worried about him being able to **do** the task set before him, only that she’s afraid of what its going to do to him. Yeah, the “oh, shit… this is really happening…” look. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/112 "2008-11-06T13:54:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Yeah, the “oh, shit… this is really happening…” look. Yeah, when I heard that Michelle had said, “This is it. We aren’t doing this again,” I thought she probably thought he was going to fail and maybe wasn’t too upset at the notion. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/113 "2008-11-06T14:08:49Z")
They are a lovely, attractive couple. And as said somewhere else, it’s nice to see a couple that actually seems genuinely in love with each other. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/114 "2008-11-06T14:47:36Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Regarding the girls’ hair, they usually wear it in “natural” styles. When it’s “straightened,” it just looks like they used a curling iron, which is no different from what I do with my hair whenever I’m going out (and I’m white). I don’t see the problem, it’s not like their hair is chemically relaxed. They’re girls, and they probably like to do their hair all sorts of different ways. Thanks for all the pictures, and educating me! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/115 "2008-11-06T15:54:29Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Coupla other opinions: > > [Archive blogs](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/11/who-designed-mi.html) > > [http://www.mrs-o.org/](http://www.mrs-o.org/) > > And just to be clear: I have a simple social rule: you don’t get to call ugly people ugly. You don’t call frumpy people frumpy. No comments here about Eleanor Roosevelt or Barbara Bush. > > On the other hand, attractive people are fair game for Important Observations such as the ones in this thread. And you can have an opinion on their clothes. (Anything that makes a significant number of people think ‘pregnant?’ is not a good fashion choice unless one is actually expecting. The waist on this might have been slimming without the cardigan (the cardigan reduced the effect) but the shape created by the waist over the red gave her a non-existant baby bump.) I’ve always thought Laura Bush was a very pretty woman - she’s aged significantly over eight years (as people will), but she is still a pretty woman. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/116 "2008-11-06T16:23:58Z")
Man, with a first family this glam I smell a thousand blogpreneurs scrambling to set up ObamaFashionBlog (make money off advertising) pontificating on how you can get Michelle’s latest dress (or knockoff look) or tog your kids up like Malia & Sasha! Bonus ties info for the man that wants to look like Barack? Wait…maybe I should do that… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/117 "2008-11-06T17:02:06Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I’ve always thought Laura Bush was a very pretty woman - she’s aged significantly over eight years (as people will), but she is still a pretty woman. She had decent taste in clothes too. Not spectacular, but she [knew how to pick a good Christmas gown and such.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399190) With Michelle Obama, we may be moving into a new Jackie Kennedy type fashion era. That’ll be fun for everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/118 "2008-11-06T17:49:05Z")
Another vote for “unflattering dress, beautiful woman”. I liked what the girls were wearing though. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/119 "2008-11-06T20:42:37Z")
I’m a little squicked out by all of the attention being paid to the little girls, especially the in-depth critiquing of their hair, dresses and beauty. Modeling careers? They’re pre-pubescent girls, for fuck’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/120 "2008-11-07T03:08:08Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Regarding the girls’ hair, they usually wear it in “natural” styles. When it’s “straightened,” it just looks like they used a curling iron, which is no different from what I do with my hair whenever I’m going out (and I’m white). I don’t see the problem, it’s not like their hair is chemically relaxed. They’re girls, and they probably like to do their hair all sorts of different ways. Thanks for that post. Those pictures are great. I love the baby in those pony tail puffs so much, that I had to post my own baby’s [afro puff.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/12477794@N02/3008814325/) One itty bitty disagreement though. I would guess they needed more than a curling iron to tame those beautiful clouds on their lil’ heads. They needed a ‘press and curl’. I am guessing we don’t use straightening combs anymore, although we did when I was a kid. I think now people use a flattening iron…which I guess is nearly the same as a curling iron after all, so never mind. Not to go on and on about it all, but I do have a soft spot for kinky hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216.md?page=7)