# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**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 7, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/121 "2008-11-07T03:15:06Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > 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/) I love that. If my hair would do that, I’d never wear it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/122 "2008-11-07T03:43:29Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > [Just one for sheer cuteness! Malia is getting to be a beautiful young woman!](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/396/slide_396_10479_large.jpg) No kidding! She’s going to be a knockout when she’s grown – heck, if she wanted it she could be a top fashion model, she’s going to have the face, the figure, and the height. Not to mention her daddy’s incandescent smile. The Secret Service will have their hands full staving off her hordes of admirers. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/123 "2008-11-07T05:18:01Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No kidding! She’s going to be a knockout when she’s grown – heck, if she wanted it she could be a top fashion model, she’s going to have the face, the figure, and the height. Not to mention her daddy’s incandescent smile. Or she could ride [shotgun on the TARDIS](http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97849730f9cc00d09e60c048be2b-500pi) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/124 "2008-11-07T14:41:11Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > 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. Dude, what world do you live in where a comment on nascent beauty, obvious poise and a love of experimenting with different looks get turned into squick? Maybe in your mind you’re seeing some sexual subtext that _just isn’t there_. I stand by my (and EddyTeddyFreddy’s) evaluation and you can go back to whatever you were doing in your bunk. ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/125 "2008-11-09T23:37:08Z")
I think it would have been better if the black on the criss-cross shiny waist thing matched the black on the front of the dress. The red dress her daughter is wearing looks great though. They’re probably the most photogenic family I’ve seen so far. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/126 "2008-11-10T01:47:07Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > …Either way, yes that dress was horrible!!! ([A good photo here](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-11/43199461.jpg) and [here](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-11/43199353.jpg).) During the campaign so far, she has dressed so well, so I don’t know what went wrong tonight. .. Simple mistake… she was supposed to wear that black girdle band\* inside\* the dress. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/127 "2008-11-10T15:44:56Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Dude, what world do you live in where a comment on nascent beauty, obvious poise and a love of experimenting with different looks get turned into squick? Maybe in your mind you’re seeing some sexual subtext that _just isn’t there_. :dubious: You’re a moron. > [@\-4-Fighting](#): > > I stand by my (and EddyTeddyFreddy’s) evaluation and you can go back to whatever you were doing in your bunk. I was fantasizing about you, loverboy. ---
**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 10, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/128 "2008-11-10T17:00:23Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > :dubious: You’re a moron. > I was fantasizing about you, loverboy. I’m speechless, and that takes some doing. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216/129 "2008-11-10T17:07:32Z")
> [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](#): > > Another vote for hideous. But I love her! Same here. Butt ugly dress but she’s just a doll. I kind of like that she said “bite me” to the boxy suits. But this dress was all kinds of wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dress-mrs-obama/471216.md?page=6)