Queen Romney's Target Logo Dress?

[onehandle]

Are the Romneys so money-hungry that they brand themselves like a NASCAR vehicle?

[hedgehog]

1. I'm caught by the quote:" we won't apologize for our success"

Not even to all the people laid off by Bain?

[treestar]

3. Maybe they should admit that they were born on third base

And start wondering how that adds to their "success."

[LiberalAndProud]

6. I pondered that myself. "Our" success.

Success, in this case, to be defined as marrying money.

[haele]

14. She came from money to begin with.

She just married up, like every good successful small business owner's daughter that also worked with the federal government providing engineering support.


Haele

[bluesbassman]

12. Would have been more accurate as: "We won't apologize for our privilege".

But if "success" helps her sleep at night, who am I to deny her her little comforts.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's just squiggles, and it's kind of ugly,

but I bet it cost at least a thousand bucks.

[progressivebydesign]

4. Yikes.. again, nothing but white people. n/t

[closeupready]

5. She is just so incredibly plastic and fake.

From Daily Kos, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/04/1116761/-Political-Artist-Extraordinaire-Tracy-Knauss-The-Photo-Doctor-Exposes-Mitt-Romney

[calimary]

7. And SMUG!

This is probably what she THINKS will resonate with Target shoppers. Maybe they'll be dumb and naive enough to think she's wearing a dress she bought at Target.

[DippyDem]

15. Lovely picture of Ann and Mittens

[jsmirman]

8. Oops - erred in that one - failed to disguise the all-white crowd

Who are these folks kidding?

You know how New Zealand has "the All Blacks"?

Romney crowds are "the All Whites."

[napkinz]

9. oooh "you people" ... show some respect!

[Lugnut]

10. Money doesn't buy taste.

She looks hideous.

[napkinz]

11. she was living on the edge

[Lugnut]

19. My heart bleeds for the poor dear.

[haele]

13. Designer Target (that's "Tar-zj'hay...") -

I can hear the sales commentary by the designer -
"A bold addition of a classic corporate symbol worked into the flocked pattern is the highlight of this sleek fitted suit-dress for daytime wear amongst the commoners - nothing says "I empathize with the pain you experience attempting to stretch your stagnant wages to the next payday" like providing a comforting expression of one of the few refuges they have against higher prices at a comparably low cost statement - available for between $1500 and $2000 depending on your purchase venue.
This dress is a perfect companion to the similarly priced royal blue silk sheath-dress and jacket combination with the white stars and truncated chevron design reflecting the trademarks of the corporate competitor that inspired this design."

I will say Mrs. Romney does look better in red than she would in a royal blue or green print, and pink would wash out against that "tanned" complexion.

BTW, Ms. Obama's dress was from Detroit designer Tracy Reese whose off-the-rack dresses run between $79 and $500 on her own catalog, and around $200 - $300 in most stores and her shoes were a pair of $200 shoes from J. Crew.
Similar dresses in style to what she wore are in the $200 range. While it's not "affordable" for me, I know lots of middle class and professional women who might spend around $500 for a nice base "dress" that can easily be worn as part of a mix-and-match outfit for work and after-work by adding a jacket.

Now, Oscar de La Renta's dresses run $1000 +, and a dress that is similar to the one Mrs. Romney wore at the RNC is around $2K at Saks. The nice thing about Mrs. Romney's dress is that I could probably find a Vogue pattern and some silk taffeta (even with net and horsehair binding, polyester taffeta doesn't hold the skirt right in that design, and cotton softens too quickly) and spend a couple days to make something similar for around $200.

Ms. Obama's dress would be cheaper but a little harder; while the design is relatively simple (sleeveless princess cut, lined bodice, with some tucking at the waist) and softer polyester/rayon blend fabric with lining will hold the skirt shape as well as silk does, that fabric pattern would be a bit difficult to match, and you'd need to block a pattern if you were going to use two different patterns for the same effect.

Haele

[hedgehog]

16. I made note of this on another post, but my Mamma would have loved

Michelle's dress because it really required great sewing skills to cut and fit the material so well! I think that is a two piece hem where the pink meets the blue. That is first class work!

[haele]

17. Yes, close ups show a deep scalloped applique in a slightly different pattern.

Both the gold/rose on top and the blue/gold/rose on the bottom looked to be a light chinese brocade type fabric that shreds and slips easily and is a bitch to match in small pieces.
But it's still a pretty classic "princess" high-necked coat-hardie design similar to the gold Uppsala (Queen Margret of Denmark - yes, I did the SCA back in the day and got pretty darn good at costuming) dress from the 15th century. It's a dress that really needs to be fitted to the bustline to pull off well; too low or high, and it pulls tight in the wrong spots, making a woman look twenty pounds too top-heavy for the dress.

Haele

[renate]

18. now there's a rallying cry the little people can get behind

"We won't apologize for our success"--good lord, Ann. That doesn't make you sound like a nice person at all.

I know there are sheeple who really get aroused by tough talk like that, so I don't think that attitude will hurt Romney, but it's just not as catchy as "Forward--not back" or as inspirational as "when you go through that door of opportunity, you don't close it behind you--you reach back and help other people" or whatever Michelle's wonderful line was.

[Raine]

20. No need to apologize just quit lying, you didn't succeed, you inherited. nt