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Recessions are for the Little People
Ace of Spades HQ —
Recessions are for the Little People Mmmm...cake . I called the White House to check if that quote was accurate. It was. An aide explained that first lady Michelle Obama "has taken a particular interest in showcasing the work of young up-and-coming designers who have chosen fashion as their path and who are artists in their own right and who are introduced at places like Fashion Week." It's hard to put Herrera, Karan and Jacobs in the up-and-coming category, but never mind: Perhaps we'll be seeing punky, funky ponchos and Day-Glo metallics at some future White House function. I ...
Video: Is Michelle Obama the coolest First Lady evah?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Deep thoughts from CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” keying off Mrs. O’s new fashionplate status. Which gives me the perfect excuse to link Byron York’s piece in today’s Examiner wondering what the White House social secretary’s doing attending Donna Karan shows while The One assures us the economy’s disintegrating. I asked [a White House aide] whether the first lady considered Rogers’ hitting the fashion shows a little frivolous, given the seriousness of our times. “I think you’re assigning a value judgment to the fashion industry,” I was told. “She doesn’t think it is frivolous at ...
A contrast of First Ladies: Michelle Obama and Laura Bush
Flopping Aces —
... From the second article today in the DC Examiner by Byron York: apparently the WH social secretary, Desiree Rogers, was spotted at New York’s Fashion Week shows on - as a WH aide was quotee - “… a fact-finding mission. She’s acting as a cultural liaison for the White House; she’s researching fashion and music.” ...
Recessions are for the Little People
Slublog —
Mmmm...cake. I called the White House to check if that quote was accurate. It was. An aide explained that first lady Michelle Obama "has taken a particular interest in showcasing the work of young up-and-coming designers who have chosen fashion as their path and who are artists in their own right and who are introduced at places like Fashion Week."
It's hard to put Herrera, Karan and Jacobs in the up-and-coming category, but never mind: Perhaps we'll be seeing punky, funky ponchos and Day-Glo metallics at some future White House function. I asked ...
