That Dress

I've been researching Palin, Clinton and Obama lady looks for the upcoming ShangBuzz and I've been bowled over by the blogging backlash against Michelle's dress. When we were watching Obama's acceptance speech and my colleague Nina and I both loudly agreed that it worked. It's the kind of dress that invokes a comment and I think not all but a lot of her looks have this effect. Michelle pushes the boundaries of conservative spotlight style. There is nothing stuffy about her looks. They're fresh, she doesn't hold back the color palette and she's not afraid of showing off her hour glass figure. Go girl!


She looks wears this dress better than the girl who wore it on the runway.

I think Time Magazine rocks. I have a thing for the obituaries - it's more the celebrating life section (possible the Irish Catholic celebration of death thing - I went to a lot of funerals growing up.) in Time and the quotes page is great. Was checking out their site online - this was a quote from today....

"I voted for Obama, but I didn't vote for that dress." JESSICA BETTENCOURT

... and the claws are out for all the ladies who didn't love the dress!! The people in the know however, are comparing Michelle's style to Jackie O - which I can kinda see, in the sense that a lot of Jackie's outfits seem conservative to us now, but she was pushing the style envelope back then and her legacy still lives on. I think that's what Michelle is doing and I think it's an empowering move on her behalf.

Brushing away the post-Obama party cobwebs and stepping out for a Friday night frolick in Shanghai. It's rainy and I have to ride my bike in the rain. With a billowing red poncho on... I make it look chic tho... really... Have a fabulous weekend gorgeous readers! Doing a live broadcast on Monday night 8.30pm CST next week, go to shangby.com then and watch me on camera!!

XXXXjewels and love and all that, Claire