... which normally I wouldn't care about. If she wants to blow that much of her own money on a jacket, that is her business.
The media loved her in the jacket:
"And[Michelle Obama] put dozens of stuffy royals and heads of state to fashion shame making the queen look dowdy in her bulging aquamarine dress and tired-looking crown — and even showing up Kate Middleton in her belted, fitted satin coat-dress. Make no mistake FLOTUS followers quickly pointed out, the radiant, silk-and-viscose tailored jacket — with the capped sleeves highlighting her famously toned arms and a matching ivory-silk pleated skirt — were made in the U.S.A. and a surefire way to generate patriotic pride is to best a fashionable head-turner like Middleton on her own turf when she’s clad in the blue pastels of wunderkind designer Christopher Kane." said the NY Daily News
“She isn’t just wearing a $6,800 jacket — she’s supporting the commerce of the nation,”said top celebrity fashion stylist Robert Verdi, who plies his trade on Eva Longoria, Hugh Jackman and numerous other A-listers. “It’s not wasteful, it’s inspiring: It’s a New York company — selling a product made in the U.S. at places like Saks — and it helps the tailor and the little dry cleaner on the corner stay in business.”
However, when Ann Romney spent $990 on a shirt...
... the media were upset.
"The very wealthy Mitt and Ann Romney have often been painted as out of touch with average Americans. Ann’s pricey shirt will not help her husband change those perceptions, no matter how many Laundromat photo ops are on the campaign’s daily itinerary. Some Americans might be thinking that the $1,000 spent on one shirt could help them out with a house payment or buy necessities at Walmart. Others are counting exactly how many T-shirts that amount would buy at Target, where first lady Michelle Obama said she often shops." said the Washington Post.
I hate double standards. No matter whose they are. :( And both folks paid far too much for clothing. IMCNSHO, of course.
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