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Oh look! A First Lady showing her arms is refined and elegant now! Barf!

20 thoughts on “Oh look! A First Lady showing her arms is refined and elegant now! Barf!

    1. You've been missed, to be sure.

      White arms are one thing; toned black arms are another thing entirely, apparently. And speaking of barf, the kind of high-tone "fashion analysis" NYT and WaPo apparently feel obliged to provide is hurl-worthy:

      Since the Easter Egg Roll was revived under Betty Ford, most of the first ladies who have hosted the event wore suits, or at least jackets, suggesting it was a professional commitment. Hillary Clinton displayed her penchant for rainbow-colored pantsuits when she was host, resplendent one year in buttercup yellow, another in grass green. When the Obamas were in the White House, they significantly relaxed the rules, the president often going without a tie or jacket, and Michelle Obama most often in pants with a J. Crew T-shirt or cardigan and Converse (one Tracy Reese floral dress excepted). The message was one of a new, more relaxed, modern and active era.

  1. But just as the Ralph Lauren suit that Mrs. Trump wore during the inaugural parade called to mind Jackie Kennedy and Camelot, the pink dress called to mind another, more rarefied time. It was for neither work nor play, but rather a Great Gatsby garden party.

    IIRC, The Great Gatsby didn't have good things to say about rich people. Perhaps the reporter is making a subtle editorial statement?

    Also, I believe it was David Brooks who freaked about about Michelle's arms, not the style section. But David Brooks freaks out about a lot of things, so…

  2. To the extent he can be evaluated from a distance, he seems like a sweet kid. Hope he can defend himself in the chaotic Trumpian/Hobbesian environment he was born into. Perhaps that's why Mel's keeping him in NYC.

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