culturekitchen.com - 9/4/2008
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Vanity Fair does the numbers on the "banana look" so you don't have to :
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: ...
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The Republican Red Carpet
Comments from Left Field —
... Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
h/t to Liza.
Maverick, Maverick, Maverick, Maverick, Maverick (Or, Watch Those Split Ends)
BAGnewsNotes —
Oh please. (It's from today's TIME.) Try this, instead.
But the really brilliant thing here (and it's why I included the photo credit) is that Christopher Morris, who I think is great, hasn't taken a shot of the Republicans that isn't ironic.
The light bouncing of the hair with the outlined glow. The painterly background referencing the universality of nature. The intense contemplativeness. It's completely ironic. Chris's play here is to show us what Cindy wants people to make of her. That's the ...
Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing —
... Vanity Fair does the math on Cindy McCain's RNC attire. And on a related note, Robin Givhan (she of the "Hillary's cleavage" coverage) ...
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Politics and Power Blog
vanityfair.com 9/4/2008 — One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi “F-in’ Redneck” Johnston. It caught our attention, then, when First ...
Ari Rabin-Havt: Bush's Tax Cuts Pay For Cindy's Outfit
huffingtonpost.com 9/5/2008 — According to Vanity Fair , the outfit Cindy McCain wore at the Republican Convention Tuesday night cost a whooping $313,100.
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000 Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500 Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 Four-strand ...
Those Democratic Elitists? —
Crooks and Liars
Vanity Fair :
Cindy McCain(’s first night of Republican National Convention outfit)
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000 Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500 Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000-$25,000 Shoes, designer unknown: $600 Total: ...
Elitism —
The Poor Man Institute
Barack Obama is a big elitist :
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Dumping ...
This Is What Elitist Looks Like —
The Democratic Daily
Via Vanity Fair … The Grand Duchess of Elitism, Cindy McCain, on stage at the RHC with Laura Bush:
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, ...
The Cost of Cindy McCain's Monday Night Outfit —
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According to Vanity Fair, Cindy McCain was wearing roughly $300,000 worth of clothing an jewelry Monday night.
This is their estimate:
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, ...
Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit -- Elitist? —
TPM Election Central
Vanity Fair tallied up the cost of Cindy McCain's outfit on her night at the GOP convention:
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000-$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and ...
really now....just who really is an "elitist"? —
skippy the bush kangaroo
when mrs. mccain sauntered out onto the stage on tuesday, keep in mind, her one outfit that she wore cost more than what most americans earn in a year. oscar de la renta dress: $3,00 0 chanel j12 white ceramic watch: $4,500 three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 four-strand pearl necklace: ...
Cindy McCain, fashion elitist (to the extreme) —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings Vanity Fair estimates the price of Cindy McCain's Tuesday evening RNC outfit at about $300,000. Yes, that's three hundred thousand . Compared to about $4,000 for Laura Bush. Cindy's outfit included her watch and jewelry, specifically three-carat diamond ...
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Brainster's Blog
They Have Got to Be Kidding Vanity Fair tries a little class warfare : Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit Well, it turns out to be a $3000 dress and $600 shoes and about $300,000 of jewelry. And this made me chuckle at the chucklehead that wrote it: Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his ...
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