Wednesday, February 24, 2010

What Part of “Politically Correct” Do We Not Get?

The other day  Don Surber, via American Digest, actually suggested that Lady M might choose this gown for our next Big White formal affair:

capt_2f4d11c4c02b4925b4a96e27529db432_spain_fashion_do122Now it could well be that Mr. Surber is a fashion expert, but I’m afraid he doesn’t know very much about political correctness (which surprises me, due to the nature of his very popular blog).

For starters, this dress is a little derivative of Mother Ginger’s costume in Balanchine's Nutcracker:

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And need I mention that Mother Ginger is frequently portrayed by a cross-dressing male dancer in blackface? And then there’s that business of all the little polichinelles (aka Ginger Snaps or Bon Bons) running out from under her giant skirt. Really, how many minority groups does he want us to offend at the same time?

So let’s just leave the art of the dance to Toes, and Lady M’s costuming to the professionals, OK?

On the plus side, it would make MO’s butt look small.

at 3:28 PM

11 comments:

  1. Motus, you do surprise with your finds.
    The first gown looks like it was made by a first time quilter.
    MO would never wear that gown, where would she put the belt?
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  2. She could wear a bright red boob belt with the gown.Ahhhhhhhh.........
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  3. MOTUS,
    You know Mrs.0 is probably the only woman in the world who could find a way to make those dresses look tight over her caboose.
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  4. I got a FEVER! More BOOB BELT!
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  5. Totally unexpected pick by Motus!! Agatha de ruiz Prada from Spain!! Her designs are very whimsical and fun--two words that will never describe Flotus.
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  6. Gaaah! That dress looks like a Christmas tree in Whoville. In all fairness I have to say I don't think even First Fashion Victim would try to carry that look off.
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  7. I believe this is fashion forward worth of our very First Lady. Some argue that it's too costumy, but I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not boring and it's not slutty. And it doesn't look like hospital food.
    Remeber, it's a runway sample, that is an idea of a dress. It has to be reworked to suite a particular customer, our very First LAdy in this case. Just like her famous Election Night dress was reworked.
    This is what we have to do:
    1. Add a hot pink wide leather radiator belt.
    2. All the quilting decorations need to be done in metalli taffeta; colorway is to be preserved.
    3. Quilting needs to be done by elementary school students, not by middle school students.
    4. Front of the dress' skirt has to be cut out so, that we can see beautiful knees of our First Lady.
    Let's make it work!
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  8. vereteno! I like your alterations! Only one suggestion...that you work in sequin and rhinestone embellishments. FLOTUS does like bling, after all, regardless of the criticism of it lacking dignity during daytime for so public (and inescapable) a figure.
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  9. vereteno and Madame,
    Remember..It's not a MOO dress unless it's tight in the butt.
    Which gives me an idea...Remember that dress she wore at one of her Christmas meet and greets? You know the one with what looked like a bunch of green fish gills piled on the rear of the dress? What if we could move all the flowers, hearts and stars to back side of the dress and then go with vereteno's ideas?
    MOTUS..Could you photoshop that for us? I think it might be a winner.
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  10. Cinderella, I like it! By the time we're through with this little make-over, we'll have the Big (Racist) MO we have all figured out. There IS transparency in the O's. Not in the right places but we see through her at least.
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  11. So many suggestions, so little time. I'll have to see how things are going around here after the "health care summit." If I was reading Big Guy's body language correctly on the big screen in Lady M's office, he's not going to be in the best of moods when he gets back.
    As you know, because of my highly shatterable surface, I will have to hide in the little room in the back of Lady M's closet if things start flying around here. It's hard to photoshop from there, but I'll see how things go.

    I'm very impressed with all of your high quality fashion designer instincts. Lord knows we can use the extra help.
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