Uch, such pressure. I was reading an artcle in Women’s Wear Daily about the top U.S. designers response to being snubbed by Michelle Obama. Now, granted, I think her Jason Wu and Thakoon obsession is not that warranted, but it’s really cool of her on some level. What level, I’m not sure, but a level. And I see the point that Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera make. Oscar was even bold enough to say, “You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.” Oh, no, you didn’t. Good for him, though. What does he have to loose? I must go on record here to say: on the day after the Inauguration, I told my friend Deb, who works with Donna, that I felt that Donna’s fabulous draping would be perfect for Michelle’s body type. I thought the Jason Wu dress did not work, on the contrary. She is built like Meryl Streep and Susan Sarandon, who also always look great in Donna. And duh, there it is, months later in WWD, this suggestion (see below).
Michelle would look fierce in this Donna.
Anyway you slice it, Michelle can’t win. It’s going to be pressure all the way. And that it thanks to whom? The media, who else. You’d never see Jackie O cave to a bunch of bloggers and publicists, that’s for damn sure. Maybe we should come up with some kind of fashion lottery. I know, Andre Leon Tally should put all the names of the CFDA members names in a hat (fedora) and each day, pick one out at random…and the winner is. It could even be announced on the nightly news by that silly New York Lottery women, Yolanda Vega. Or perhaps someone a bit more stylish, anyway. There must be some Democratic way to be inclusive of all the fashion houses without all the annoying fashion publicists resorting to attacking the White House in order to present their wares to Michelle. I would surely hate to be on the receiving end of that pressure fest. And for the record, by honoring Michelle in the upcoming CFDA Board of Directors Special Tribute, there’s no guarantee that she will waltz in wearing a Calvin ensemble, flanked by an Oscar bejeweled coat and topped with a Donna hat.
Democracy Rules
If the fashion industry had not run so fast up Michelle’s butt (plenty of room there) in the early days of the campaign trying to stake their claim, things might have turned out differently. But again, that’s always the case with sucking up. No guarantees, just alot of air kisses and bullshit.
