So I’m super excited about getting to write another fashion blog for yall- I thought I was going to have to wait until the SAG awards but NO! the fashion gods have blessed me with this “outfit”
(Sorry for the horrible paint program writing- I had to steal this photo from perezhilton.com)
Oh my goodness!! I don’t know where to start!!!! I guess from the beginning…..
So after my first blog about Michelle and her outfit from election night, I was really hoping she learned her lesson or it was just a fluke and that she would make up for it today. And before I saw the outfit- I was listening to the inauguration on the Sirius XM Fox News Channel while I was running errands for QMIX and the announcer said that Michelle looked great- I naturally got my hopes up in thinking that she had done better than the black and red disaster from election night…
Needless to say I was sadly disappointed when I saw the outfit. I’m sorry! I know a lot of people liked it…and it really is nothing against her! I’m sure she’s a great person and means well! But come on! I really do want to write a blog about how fabulous you looked at such and such event….but it just hasn’t happened yet!
OK- here are the things that are wrong-
1) TOO MUCH BROCADE!!!!- Don’t get me wrong- I love the fabric. but there’s a right way to do it and a wrong way. this would be the wrong way. Maybe if the coat wasn’t the same fabric or vice versa. But seriously- it looks like the designer stole the curtains from the east room in the white house and went Maria Von Trapp and designed this outfit from them:
(ps- I used this same reference in the last blog about future white house fashion….coinsidence? I think not!! haha)
2) TOO MUCH FUNKY YELLOW!- I don’t know why but I don’t like this shade on her…it’s odd on it’s own anyways. It looks murky or something. and when I first saw this pic I thought it made the skin under her eyes look yellow in the pic. not a good thing at all!
3) GREEN SHOES!!! SHE’S WEARING GREEN SHOES PEOPLE!!!! – Aaahhh! this angered me and BG the most! The only time one should do clashing shoes with an outfit is a) when there is a neutral inbetween said pieces (like a funky bright solid blouse, brown tweed skirt and fabulous bright heels of a complimentary color) or b) when the bright piece is enhancing a neutral outfit (I love the idea of a black dress with bright pink or funky color heels- or vice versa) NEVER EVER should you put a bright with a bright unless it coordinates. THESE DO NOT!!! That yellow is not neutral enough! (or was she thinking the green was the neutral??? I’m confused) She should have found a yellow or neutral light brown shoe. I would have even loved some all crystal glitter shoes to coordinate with her broach! OK- that might have been a bit much….probably some political activist would have thought that too extravagant or whatever. It would have been better than GREEN though!!!!
OK- with all that said- I will say she did finally listen to Tim Gunn’s rule of thirds…however the way this coat is hanging on her is not doing much for figure. She should have buttoned the coat up or something.
She DID also listen to my kitten heel rant from before! YAY!!!!
And maybe this outfit was just from the results of being a busy mom? because the Obama daughters were adorable!
Maybe she was so focused on getting their inauguration day coats that she didn’t have much time to get her’s together. Still- that does not excuse the green shoes!
So here’s hopin that Michelle Obama will wow us sometime within the next 4 years with a great “hey I’m the first lady!” outfit. Until then… bring on the funky outfits! haha.
Have a fierce and fabulous day! Keep it Rockin!
Sara Beth 
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