So many choices yet, so little time. With the biggest event of 2009 happening next month, Michelle Obama has a tough decision to make before she evens moves to the White House – what will she wear at the historical Inaugural ball? (President elect Barack Obama already made his…he’ll be wearing a Hart Schaffner Marx tuxedo).
Her decision maybe a bit harder since designers from left to right have been sketching up ideas for the future first lady. Everyone from Marc Jacobs, Oscar De La Renta, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Chanel have presented WWD.com with their gown ideas. Check out a couple of the sketches and take your pick for Mrs. Obama…what do you think she should wear?
120. KYS,
The suggestion is that she get sketches from other parts of the world. Kenya just happens to be where her husband’s father was born. A strong connection to Africa! As for the “African look”…what exactly is that? I think most of you have no idea about the talented designers in the fashion world beyond Europe. Everything in Africa is not made from Kenta cloth.
I bet you would not want to see her jewelry made in Africa either, when in fact…that’s where most diamonds come from…not Italy! Africa has more to offer that you think and its about time that we stop giving all our money to Coach, Louis, Dune, Chanel, and Prada.
Asians and Mexicans circulated their money many times within their own communities before it goes to Boston, Ohio, and finally to Germany or Europe. Blacks get paid and put their money right back into the hands of the…oppressor. We don’t produce any fashions except when or name is used for marketing purposes. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters all rely on Nike to produce their brands.
I’m sorry, there are already enough Marc Jacob and Chanel gowns showcased from past first ladies. Forget Oscar and Furstenburg. Just look at the last names of all these designers…Herrera, Tahari, Lacroix, Rodarte, LHuiller, Mischka, Renta and Posen! Where’s are the Washingtons, Chinyeres, Okafors, and Jones?
M. KORS IS MY BOY.
LUV HIM.
OH YEAH,
MOS DEFF LIKE BADGLEY’S
IS CUTE TOO.
OH NOT TO MENTION CHRISTIAN L.
SHE’S GONNA LOOK SOO FLY.
I WONDER WHO SHE’S GONNA CHOOSE TO BE THE DEISGNER FOR HER DRESS.
SHE HAS SOOOOOOOO MANY CHOICES MAN.
I’D BE PULLIN’ MY HAIR OUT.
LOL
SIKE NAH.
“We don’t produce any fashions except when or name is used for marketing purposes. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters all rely on Nike to produce their brands.”
Venus has her own line of clothing(ELEVEN),though it isn’t doing well,but she hasn’t worn Nike for a long time. I
123. HALCYONC,
Here’s my point…! Basically, the manufacture (Reebok) uses Venus’s name to market their product. She, Micheal and Tiger don’t produce the line. Eleven is made by Reebok, so she get a small percentage of the sale.
The person who designs the first ladies gown will reap great benefits…far beyond someone using their name. Anyhow, I don’t claim to know the fashion industry like you ladies, but I know the business world and if you’re not producing…you’re consuming! We’re on the consumer end of everything we use. When will we become producers.
In America, we’re consumers for their food, clothes, homes, cars, insurance, water and power. Everything we need to survive, we buy from someone without Afro- connections. You can buy Chinese food, tacos and pizza in every hood in America. We eat food from other cultures, but they don’t touch ours. We wear their clothes, but our designers can only sketch “GARB”!
oscar, zac posen, or marc jacobs.
1. Oscar (for the girls)
2. Chanel for Michelle
tie btween monique and nicole
Michelle would look fab in both the Michael Kors and Monique Lhuiller. I love them both.
Aint nothin cute about Michelle lol, and i’m just stating the facts of which i see!
i like the betsey johnson one, its different and unique we need something fresh to the table although i like Monique Lhuiller but ol lady allready wore red, and black so thats out the table.
xoxo betsey
everyone but betsey johnson. i luv her ass a designer but looking at that sketch made me cringe
I totally agree with #2.
@MEAT…thx…I didn’t know that…I thought it was her line of clothing….I know she was wearing Reebok even after they cancelled her contract,so I loved the idea of her having her own line instead of waiting for someone to offer her one…with that said,she’s the only one on tour with her own tennis gear…that is a big deal IMO…*shrugs*
My top three picks are Monique Lhuillier, Michael Khors and Nicole Miller. A very honorable mention goes to Oscar De La Renta, love that dress also and the dresses for the girls.
@133. HALCYONC,
In a sense…Reebok and Eleven are competitors. They strive for the same market share. Bottomline though, Reebok can’t lose! And, like you said, Venus’s designs aren’t doing well. Just like Michael and Tiger Wood products will never exceed the original Nike gear. Its the same manopoly that Marc Jacob and Chanel’nem have on the fashion world.
At it’s most basic level, looking to Africa may be the only way for black Americans to think outside of the box. Otherwise, we’re sold…hook, line and sinker.
@ Meat
The Kente cloth is from GHANA not Kenya or Nigeria.
Why the fuss over what she wears, focus on the bigger picture people!.Your President is Black!
A Ghanaian Sista
@136. Malaika, Is it true a Ghanaian sista can make love all night? lol!
Anyhow Sis, I was not the one who prescribed Kente cloth to Kenya or Nigeria! That was Lis or somebody else. I only wish that Michelle would consider sketches and designs from Africa. From anywhere or anybody of color from the motherland. I know the stereotype on African fashion. It is more than the cultural limitations that most Americans have.
You asked why the fuss? The big fuss is that “change” in the US will be faught on every front. Even though we have a black President, he will be controlled and challenged everytime he or Michelle opens their mouths. You’re right, this is a small matter, so why status quo?
Michelle was all but arrested when she said she was proud of this country for the first time in her life. Before that, I didn’t know pride in the country was a law! She got real quiet after that…for months. Likewise, Jeremiah Wright had to chill from preaching the gospel. America and Europe have a way of manipulating everything.
Now, as a Ghana woman you should know, just because a leader is black, don’t mean he has the peoples interest at heart. And please don’t forget, a black President and First Lady is just a deposit on the cure for America. We still have to discuss the down-payment, principle, interest, closing and insurance…! And, late fees!
Y’all just don’t know how much America has contributed to the world’s problems. Its like Jeremiah said…Naw, Naw, Naw!
The Oscar DeLa Renta is elegant and classy-which is Michelle; The Chanel is elegand, yet simple. I love the Monique Lhuiller-fashionable and elegant=Michael Kors is classy and elegant- I think she should wear them all.
Michael Kors or Monique Lhuillier
She would be so amazing in the marc jacobs. The color is perfect and she shouldn’t be in something that’s really out there. It’s just not her style.
i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE rodarte.so freaking cute.and if she don’t wear that one then oscar de la renta.or i’ll be sad because those two are fly.and malia and sasha’s are cute too
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I’d like to see her in a silver or gold gown.
something simple and elegant…
Yes! this 20th, I cant wait what Mrs Obama will be wearing! All of the illustrations look amazing! I wish I could draw like Christian Lacroix. That said, I saw a lot of cool fashion jobs opening at http:// jobstaxi.com
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