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Michelle Obama wears Tracy Reese for her convention speech
It's possible to get distracted from what first lady Michelle Obama is saying during her speech to the Democratic convention tonight because that dress she's wearing is so outstanding.
Custom-designed by Tracy Reese, it's rosy pink and grey, in a silky sort of material, and sleeveless, of course, with a pair of pink pumps to finish it off. No jewelry except for her wedding rings, her hair loose and even a little flyaway.
"So honored," Reese tweeted minutes after Mrs. Obama appeared on stage.
The chatter from other tweeters was admiring, especially of those buff arms of hers.
"Beautiful!" tweeted L'Wren Scott about the Reese dress.
We're still waiting for confirmation about the designer of her shoes. Obviously she decided not to go with Talbot's (one of her faves) or Oscar de la Renta, who designed Republican Ann Romney's convention-speech red dress last week.
BTW average price of a Tracy Reese dress is about $325. Sure that seems like a lot but very reasonable when you consider that Oscar de la Renta dresses go for thousands.
ananda
(28,894 posts)It was perfect!
AllyCat
(16,260 posts)And has a shining soul that reaches out to humanity!
Misskittycat
(1,916 posts)Freddie
(9,278 posts)Just a beautiful woman in every way
all american girl
(1,788 posts)but when she walked out, the first thing I said...I love that dress...I want to have her style
I also thought Ann's dress was really nice, also, but I didn't think it filmed very well from a distance. Close up is was cool, but at the distance it was strange looking....OK done with my catty
siligut
(12,272 posts)So many dimensions to that dress. Silk, jacquard and iridescent, cut to fit perfectly. Michelle is one gorgeous woman.
Patiod
(11,816 posts)Fitted, but modest. An incredibly flattering color, and make-up that didn't overwhelm her natural beauty.
Ann Romney is an attractive woman, and I know she dearly loves her husband and family, and I'm sorry she is dealing with the same disease Michelle's father dealt with, but nothing about Ann's speech or appearance said "real" the way Michelle's speech and appearance did. I don't think Ann has experienced the real world the way Michelle did.
(And I'm sorry to talk about dresses and make-up. Men are lucky - a suit is a suit is a suit is a suit - so unless a guy looks sloppy, they're okay)
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Even when smiling, she looks angry. I listened to a snippet of her speech and turned it off because she sounds angry.
And she looks plastic, as Cleita wrote elsewhere she isn't comfortable in her own skin or she wouldn't need to bleach the hair, etc.
No, she hasn't experienced the real world the way Michelle did. Her idea of roughing it was a college basement apartment eating "pasta and tuna fish" and living off gifted stocks. Other than that, she has been pampered her entire life.
We all suffer, or will suffer, some illnesses or other. We will not all have millions of dollars -- or even close to it -- to spend on every available treatment. Worse yet, most of us will still have to continue working right through it to support ourselves and our families.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)it's all about Michelle's fashion/clothes. I check it every few weeks. They have all the pics of her great looks.
http://mrs-o.com/
or just google Mrs O
susanna
(5,231 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)for the link!
The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)affordable for something you're wearing for such an important event. that's like what normal people would spend on a (very) special occasion.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)..and some of the clunkers Laura Bush wore, that cost 10 to 20 times more!
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)And 100x classier / prettier.
I say this being someone who is typically critical of expensive clothing choices growing up poor and getting my older brothers hand-me-downs. (I didn't get my first pair of new clothes until I was in my 20s and paid for them myself!)
She did good, only $100 more than my go-to suit for important occasions (such as jury duty, heh).
AzSweet
(102 posts)...and the first thing i said when she walked onstage was..ooohhh! Beautiful dress! She is a beautiful woman and yes, the dress was just perfect on her.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)...and she just looks smashing! seriously, a beautiful woman.
LuckyStrykes
(115 posts)Cass Tech, Detroit. Tracy was an exceptional fashion designer in high school, and a very sweet person!
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)Not a graduate, just a UM fan.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,254 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)beautiful in it. I would love to have that dress (of course I can't do it justice like Michelle did).
Cha
(297,978 posts)leaving the stage..
More pics @ The Obama Diary..
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/05/michelle/
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/04/michelle-obama-at-dnc-tracy-reese-dress-with-j-crew-heels-photos.html
http://www.inquisitr.com/321541/michelle-obama-in-the-dress-of-american-dreams/
Inquisitr also wrote that Michelle's speech brought in 28,000 tweets per minute.
GCP
(8,166 posts)She's just beautiful, inside and out.
MagickMuffin
(15,976 posts)"Where are the Stars and Stripes?" "She isn't patriotic enough!" "What is it with those black people and magenta?"
Of course when she walked out the first thing I noticed was how beautiful the dress looked and how beautiful she looked wearing it!
Shunning
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)She has an inner light or something that makes her beautiful. She always looks great.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,770 posts)and such a contrast with Ann Rmoney's $9,700 Oscar de la Renta dress.
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)a dressy shirtdress, typical of 50's suburban country-club types. Stodgy, old-fashioned, and way pricier than it looks. Michelle's style is modern and elegant, but never pretentious. Interesting, isn't it, how the wardrobe fits the personalities?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,770 posts)My late mother wore them.
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)were absolutely stunning.
avebury
(10,953 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)some company makes a doll of Michelle in that dress. I want one for my little girl.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I love her!
whistler162
(11,155 posts)"Michelle Obama wears Tracy Reese for her convention speech" we really need to get woman out of the habit of wearing humans as clothing or shoes!
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)she made from Vogue patterns. She loved Michelle's style.
central scrutinizer
(11,666 posts)US made? Union shop? did she make it herself from a pattern? or "imported" from some third world totalitarian sweat shop? That is what matters to me.