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On CNN today there is a story on the ticker about Michelle Obama's fashion choices. Oscar de La Renta criticized the first lady for wearing a sweater to Buckingham Palace. He went on to say that he wished Michelle would take this opportunity to spur the flailing fashion industry, saying "American fashion right now is struggling... I think I understand what [Obama and her advisers] are doing, but I don't think that is the right message at this particular point." (Quoted from CNN.com)
What exactly IS the right message at this particular point, Oscar? That we should be spending as much on a pair of shoes as I spent on my first car, or as much on a handbag as some people paid for their whole house? I've sort of understood for a long time that the fashion industry was detached from reality, but this just shocked me.
Honestly, Oscar, do you know what is going on beyond the fashionable world you live in? Not "the right message"?? I'm sorry you are having difficulty selling your craft, but so is everyone else in this country, and criticizing the First Lady for wearing relatively inexpensive clothing (Though I don't think $300 for a sweater is inexpensive) is sort of like saying, "Yeah, I know most of the country is unemployed and homeless and possibly starving, but that's no reason why they can't be FABULOUS!"
WAKE UP, Oscar de La Renta, and give your fashion industry a good healthy slap while you're at it.
What exactly IS the right message at this particular point, Oscar? That we should be spending as much on a pair of shoes as I spent on my first car, or as much on a handbag as some people paid for their whole house? I've sort of understood for a long time that the fashion industry was detached from reality, but this just shocked me.
Honestly, Oscar, do you know what is going on beyond the fashionable world you live in? Not "the right message"?? I'm sorry you are having difficulty selling your craft, but so is everyone else in this country, and criticizing the First Lady for wearing relatively inexpensive clothing (Though I don't think $300 for a sweater is inexpensive) is sort of like saying, "Yeah, I know most of the country is unemployed and homeless and possibly starving, but that's no reason why they can't be FABULOUS!"
WAKE UP, Oscar de La Renta, and give your fashion industry a good healthy slap while you're at it.
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hahaha...FABULOUS