Sunday, February 21, 2010

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Oops! Looks like we should’ve skipped that Smoothie.

red fit

Although, it’s probably unfair to blame this on the delicious smoothie from Fresh Grocer on Friday. This dress didn’t fit any better last summer with the belt. I think the designer just sent the wrong size.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony,  August 12, 2009.  (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

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But the pearls: definitely a nice Jackie touch. And hey! How about those toned arms! Our trainer comes all the way from Chicago to help us maintain them, so naturally we’re going to go sleeveless in February.

Oh, the event? Annual National Governor’s Meeting in D.C.. Lady M was there to tell the govs that, despite the fact that they’re all facing huge deficits and layoffs, she expects them to put her “Let’s Move” agenda on the front burner. They need to make sure that all those healthy changes to the school breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack program are implemented so the SEIU can hire some more of the unemployed. Win Win!

In her speech, MO praised many of the governors for the work they were already doing to fight the fat, saying "There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this problem." Good to know. I’ll get that word out to our favorite designers ASAP.

She also said that while the nation needs a comprehensive approach to fighting childhood obesity, "that doesn't necessarily mean an expensive approach." Although I think that’s true only if government doesn’t get involved.

16 comments:

  1. Isn't it nice that MO dressed as an example of a bad lunch choice: a Ballpark frank?

    Is it my imagination or is one of her boobs higher than the other? It looks like righty is headed south. Maybe the real reason for the boob belt?

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  2. She needs to stand up straight.

    Her posture is usually atrocious; it is fairly bad in the blue velvet jacket.
    (I bet she could barely move because the jacket was so tight. I guess MO figured she could just scrunch up! Fashion "Icon" LOL)

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  3. Here is why I think her dresses fit so poorly.

    She chooses the size that fits her bust, which means it won't fit her hips or derriere.

    She needs to choose the bigger size and have it tailored instead of wearing creased, straining skirts and dresses.

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  4. Is it the same dress? The neckline looks a little different.

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  5. Anon; wow, you are so right about the dress but in a different way. I thought the shoulder seams on the top photo looked odd, did't lay flat on the shoulder.
    My opinion; someone has lifted the dress and made it smaller in the back, making the neck higher, the front smoother fitting and the armholes higher. It could be 'fitted' like the argyle sweater; with a staple gun.

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  6. If my aunts and my mother in a rural area, on a foot-pedal Singer, 50 years ago could take a Simplicity pattern and effectively make my garments to accommodate a physical glitch and diminish the appearance of the glitch while retaining the garments' styles ...

    Then why cannot the most powerful, the most visible, with the most resources woman on this planet get a sheath dress fitted?

    There is something amiss

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  7. I don't believe Big MO has ever dropped her faux ghetto POV. She's just another one of the black folks, Honey.

    Is that a shiny plastic bra strap peeking out on the left shoulder in the top pic?

    She wants to wear sheath dresses just like Jackie without the body to carry it off or sense of how it should fit. Jackie usually had a little sleeve of some sort, good body proportion...or at least knew how to project the illusion of one.

    Stick to separates Big MO and cover those knees; ditch the cardigans. Wear longer tops/jackets to cover that ginomous ass, forget the damn belts unless it's a narrow belt AT THE WAIST, you dingbat, and forheavensake get the skirts tailored...and leave the pants for the family quarters only...you don't know how to wear them. Outlining your crotch is gauche...although probably OK for porn stars and pole dancers. And while we're at it, can't your pal (do you still speak?) Okra get one of her people to sent you for a proper bra fitting? Dump the gaudy jewelry (that includes the ghetto bling ring) and go with simple, classic. In other words, keep the pearls, the diamond studs are alright and stop showing off the stacked diamond bangles. If you have to have a brooch...no, no, no, I don't even want to go there because you just don't get it.

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  8. This orange dress must be 'off the rack' or
    made for someone else.

    The bust gores are in the middle of her arm-
    holes and the waist gores are way too high for
    her body, also....

    Someone needs a GOOD SEAMSTRESS more than the
    bunch of 24-odds attendants she has. They are
    useless or enjoy making her looks like she does.

    Funny how she wears garments with no sleeves
    in the middle of the winter and cardigans in
    the middle of summer.

    Believe me, only a nutcase would wear a sweater
    on the blistering streets in Rome!!!

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  9. Well ladies, we all knew the boob belt reprieve wouldn't last forever. Also check out the teeny weeny bolero sweater.

    http://www.weaselzippers.net/.a/6a00e008c6b4e588340120a8c13a28970b-pi

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  10. Side view

    http://www.weaselzippers.net/.a/6a00e008c6b4e5883401310f27ed71970c-pi

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  11. She is Jackie No!

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  12. It is actually her standard cardigan secured as tightly as possible by the belt so as to show off her ass and make it look even bigger. We forget she's not emulating the dignity of former first ladies but J Lo and Beyonce who she believes, I guess, will be a better representation of First Ladies. As mentioned before, it isn't that she has no taste...only bad taste. I'm so sorry for our country to have this gutter snipe in the public eye supposedly representing our country. We deserve so much better.

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  13. PS, Anon, I love that! Jackie No. Her new title.

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  14. Thunder Thighs

    http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100221/ids_photos_ts/r3443670338.jpg/#photoViewer=/100221/ids_photos_ts/r3443670338.jpg

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  15. Over at Weasel Zippers, they are calling MO
    the Worst Lady. LOL

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