Wow, what an evening! Better than the Grammys, expect no dirty dancing. For the occasion, Lady M pulled out all the stops.
We’re making progress: no more gowns reminiscent of WH draperies. We’ve moved on to lampshades.(and how do you like the handiwork of my newly installed wasp-waist drivers?)
You’ve probably heard about the winners of the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors: Mel Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Grace Bumbry (opera, people), Dave Brubeck and Robert De Niro. I can’t speak to the rest of the gang, but I have some insight into why Grace and Robert won – it’s mostly due to their sartorial tastes:
Robert De Niro and wife Grace Hightower
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. The inspiration for many of Mo’s fashion accessories.
Grace Bumbry, like Lady M, has a very individual sense of style.
Although hers also serves a practical purpose: a portable projection chamber: 
Big Guy had a lot of fun looking down on the little people.
Here is a shot of BO and his DooWa’s and here is a pic of MO without her hoo-ha’s:
But the night was magical, and peppered with huge celebrities.
Aretha
Nancy and hubby, straight from Madame Tussaud’s
Sting and Trudy
Jack Black and Tanya Hayden
It’s almost enough to make you forget about health care and global warming, isn’t it?
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MOTUS, what a report. You have outdone yourself.
ReplyDeleteAnd the lampshade bit. I was going down the broomstick skirt road (remember when those were in, at least in the great Southwest, a few decades ago?). No one told Michelle Antoinette that pleats are unforgiving. Eventually they get away and tell all.
I posted prematurely on the Santa belt thread so will leave room for others...
Lulu
Dear MOTUS--there MO goes again, stuffing herself into a dress at least one size too small for her. Did anyone get any pics of how those pleats fit over the bottom half of the pear? Lampshade is an excellent description for it!!
ReplyDeleteBTW--did she style her hair with a lawnmower? It looks like it has serious issues with overprocessing. Just sayin.
nelly
Is it just me or do her strapless dresses look too tight on top? Usually you don't see cleavage 'spill over' when people wear them.
ReplyDeleteAlthough quite honestly this dress is a step up from the constant belts...maybe when she heard the "powerful" call DC the Beltway she thought they were required?
Re her wasp-waisted look (yes, there are big wasps, too!), the dress is by Peter Soronen, best known as a corset designer. So he starts with a corset (bustier, whatever) and works outward. Makes killer strapless gowns, especially for those who usually wear training bras.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Scarlett never went through what Michelle Antoinette had to during the shoehorning into that gown. Her muffin top that usually erupted from the top of her high-rise Spanx moved upward significantly. Poor little squashed boobies!
Lulu
What a motley crew! Grace whatshername must have thought that portrait collar was meant to be an Elizabethian ruff. She took a classic look and downgraded it to an "F". And what was the rainbow undergarment all about? Surely it didn't come that way. Sting and Trudy in a matching bad tuxedo look? Sad, just sad.
ReplyDeleteMEshill: You don't look good in lavender. Another woman, 50 pounds lighter would look good in a lavender pleated dress in SPRINGTIME. Come to think of it, let's say 100 lbs less...like Calista Flockhart. That dress is for a wisp of a figure. I can't even think of what that ginormous rear end looked like in pleats, with the waist cinched in with a corset. Yikes! Meshill continues the fashion victim fest.
Yes, I could see 0zer0's ego was about to overwhelm him...so much self worship for so little substance. Has anyone ever told him, he's not good looking? He seems to think he's cute. Dear God, will it never end?
Have you seen this? This site that writes about MO's fashion diplomacy is bringing out a BOOK about it!??? OMG.
ReplyDeletehttp://mrs-o.org/the-book/
More about those BELTS that she's probably back to wearing today. YOU BETCHA....
ReplyDeletehttp://hillbuzz.org/2009/12/07/those-playschool-belts-are-not-only-not-going-to-catch-on-but-have-become-the-source-of-great-parody/
Let's see a back view. Not that we want to; it would just confirm what we know. MO looked huge.
ReplyDeleteShe needs to get her teeth done. They are atrocious.
Jill Biden would look much better in that gown.
ReplyDeletePleats are not for the plump.
Where is Jill Biden these daya? Did she get tired of having to play the girlfriend of MO with all the cutesy kissy-kissy?
ReplyDeleteLulu
ANON@2:08pm -
ReplyDeleteThere is a picture of the BACK of this mauve
dress here:
http://mrs-o.org/
Yesssss Breeze, but that's without her in it. I can just imagine those pleats straining to keep their shape over her rear. Haven't seen any pics of that yet. . .
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If Meechelle is going to wear lampshades, why doesn't she wear them on her head? That would be more appropriate use and give us a break from having to look at her face. And, MOTUS, please, explain to her that if the fat on your back is drooping over the top of the dress, it's too small. Lord, that woman is a walking embarrassment!!
ReplyDeleteYes, Anon Nellie, she must have been some sight
ReplyDeletefrom the back, 'hoisting' all those pleats!
Maybe that's why I can't find any photos from
the rear: TOO FRIGHTENING!!!
Judging from the pic that newsbird has posted of a sideview, the unfortunate effect is a trip back to the fashions of the 1880s. MO would have been fortunate since ladies of that era had to use pads and wiring to get that shape. Somehow, I don't think the designer had that in mind.
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Now ladies,
ReplyDeleteAfter reviewing all of your recommended "reading" all I can say is you're not giving Lady M the benefit of the doubt on any of these issues. First of all, I think she looks better than many of the other attendees. And I'm fairly sure that I managed to block any rear end shots. If one shows up, it was taken by a gate crasher.
Besides, if you had any idea how much pain MO had to endure to appear in public with this look, well, I would like to think you would all be a little more forgiving.
Having said that, I see that I'm going to have to up the gigabytes on my trans-imaging hard drive for our trip to Copenhagen. Thanks for the reminder. I'll probably be spending the afternoon with Raj again.
I do love the look of the back of the gown! I like the lacing and ties. I imagine it would look absolutely gorgeous on someone built like Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, etc.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'd never try to wear it cuz I have a little more junk in the trunk, kind of like JLo. Although that's not always a bad thing....
Funky,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have more sense in your little finger than some people do in...
I better quit before I get my deflector drives in a jam.
I stumbled on this blog and I have to say you've made my night. I'm thoroughly entertained by your cynical, ignorant, slanted and slackjawed opinions of our first lady. The veiled women of al qaeda couldn't have done it better themselves.
ReplyDeleteAnon:
ReplyDeleteWere you looking for this site, or did I spill a bag of "troll chow"
Hugs,
M