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Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
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Erica
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
Is there any word on what Michelle plans to do as first lady other than wear clothes?
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Kivrin
01/22/09

@Erica: For reals.
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morninggloria
01/22/09

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Designing a dress for Michelle would have been such a wonderful Project Runway challenge.
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Cafezinha
01/22/09

@morninggloria: I thought I remembered something about them having to design an inaugural gown for her.

(I could be wrong--I don't follow the show, but do get some information here on Jezebel, so I'm not COMPLETELY out of the loop.)
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thesciencegirl
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
Re: Filene's Basement. I visited Boston this summer after being away for 3 years (I went to college there), and was walking through Downtown Crossing and saw that they had gutted Filene's Basement and dept. store and I literally started crying right there on the street.

When I was little, I used to visit my Nana in Boston, and she'd take me to the basement to shop.

Sometimes I go into the Filene's "basement" here in Chicago and I scoff. It's not even below street level and eveerything is neatly on hangers. Hello?! I want to rifle through bins!
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morninggloria
01/22/09

@thesciencegirl: Which one? On State? That's the classiest Filene's Basement this side of the Mississippi!

There's also a Marshall's AND DSW Shoe Warehouse at Clark and Diversey, which is pretty much heaven.
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notbodacious
01/22/09

@thesciencegirl: Don't worry, they're renovating that one. It's going to take some more years to finish but the place has been shut for a while as they basically gut and re-build the insides. It's part of an effort to revitalize the Downtown Crossing area (fingers crossed that this will actually work).
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thesciencegirl
01/22/09

@morninggloria: I usually swing by the one on Michigan (by the big Borders) because I can get there and back on my lunch break. I have found some awesome dresses there for pretty cheap, but it really isn't comparable to the real FB.
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brendastarlet is on it
01/22/09

@notbodacious: oh, thank goodness. Every summer, without fail, we went into Boston from the Cape to walk another piece of the Freedom Trail. My mom and I always slipped over to Filene's Basement and then to S.S. Pierce. If the store was gone forever, I would mourn.
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TriedandTrue
01/22/09

@morninggloria: Not to mention that the Filene's on State is in the same building as TJ Maxx....two for one stop shopping.
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brendastarlet is on it
01/22/09

@TriedandTrue: the TJ's/Filene's pairing is also at 620 Sixth Avenue. I usually hit the FB on Broadway across from Zabar's.
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
I gotta agree with Madonna, Marc Jacobs is definitely hot...I kinda wish him and Tom Ford weren't gay so I wouldn't feel weird drooling over them.
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returnofthemac
01/22/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: It's ok I think they're non discriminatory in the adoration department. Join me at fashion week and we shall drool together!
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Jello Mix
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
The Satorialist has taught me that I have no freakin' clue what fashion is.
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sportz.star
01/22/09

@Jello Mix: I think some of the things he loves are wack-a-doo, personally. But, I also think I get inspired by his pictures to wear things I might not otherwise, and I think that's the point.
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YourScreenplaySucks
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
I suggest you use it to occupy your forebrain as you ponder the moral correctness of feeling schadenfreude at the expense of a schoolgirl.

*Ponders* Yeah, I'm cool with it. In fact, schadenfreude is my favorite snack food and I appreciate you bringing me some.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
01/22/09

@Your Screenplay Sucks: I eat mine with Haterade.
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YourScreenplaySucks
01/22/09

@BrutallyHonestBabes: Good call. Only Haterade can quench my thirst after a hard day's work of player hating.
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Triana Orpheus
01/22/09

@Your Screenplay Sucks: @BrutallyHonestBabes: I eat mine with a side of hater tots.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
I really like that Tracy Feith outfit she's wearing. I'm glad she doesn't warn thre designers - it gives them a happy surprise.

Question: Why is she listed as Ms Obama, rather than Mrs? Is that her preferred title?
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ausdenbergen
01/22/09

@Perla: Ms. is the standard professional way to address any woman.

I welcome the lack of differentiation between married vs. unmarried. Eliminating the extra "r" also eliminates any subliminal thoughts of married women being more responsible, or on the flip side, married women being unreliable because they'll just leave work to have all kinds of babies soon.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
01/22/09

@ausdenbergen: Oh, OK. We do things differently in these here parts! Some dickheads are still haranguing our leader's wife for keeping her own name!
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miss_bacchus
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
Michelle's dress yesterday was my favorite of all of them.

Yes, but when will designers be knocking off Aretha's HAT???
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AthertonMerriweather
01/22/09

@miss_bacchus: H&M needs to get on a knockoff of that hat!
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sportz.star
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
So, Michelle gets up in the morning, looks at her clothing options, and picks one -- without calling the designer first? I'm going with that. Save me all those calls to Banana Republic and Nine West.
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Cafezinha
01/22/09

@sportz.star: Seriously. Target has taken out a restraining order to stop my phone calls to talk to the head of "xhilaration" and "C9".
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AthertonMerriweather
01/22/09

@sportz.star: Sarah Palin is silently wheeping, still packing up her clothes from the campaign trail to return to Nordstrom.
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brendastarlet is on it
01/22/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I called Eddie Bauer this morning when I got dressed, and he cursed me out. I forgot the time difference.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
Michelle better wear a black designer to Fashion Week or people will literally implode.
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AthertonMerriweather
01/22/09

@Raspberry Swirl doubts your commitment to Sparkle Motion: "She" by Sheree.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/22/09

@AthertonMerriweather: Sheree...the real housewife?
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AthertonMerriweather
01/22/09

@R.S.: Yeah. She's showing at fashion week didn't you know?
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cirocco
01/22/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I'd love to see Sheree try to dress Michelle. I'm picturing Sheree coming over to the White House with sketches (drawn by someone else). Sheree then tapes the sketches onto Michelle.

"These drawings are gorgeous," says Michelle. "When will the dress be finished?"

"This IS the finished product," Sheree replies. "Seriously, my part in this process is over, unless you want me to call the sketch artist and yell at her."

(Yes, I watch too much reality TV)
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Raspberry Swirly
01/22/09

@AthertonMerriweather: Had no clue, but I don't keep up with designers.

@cirocco: That was amazing. That is all.
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AthertonMerriweather
01/22/09

@cirocco: Michelle will just carry a big sketch around with her!
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sportz.star
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
A Satorialist book. Can. Not. Wait.
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
01/22/09

@sportz.star: I am SO there!
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Cafezinha
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
The Tracy Feith dress is the one in the picture there?

I really like it. It's kind of...mom-ish, but not in a terrible way. I have a strange fondness for modestly-cut patterned outfits--maybe 'cos Mamãe Zinha always wore them to work.
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TexasCrude
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
The site describes those Armani pants look as "country gent meets city fop meets Indiana Jones."

That is what my grandmother would call, "pinches loco."
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morninggloria
01/22/09

@TexasCrude: I love Spanish swears. So much fancier than English swears.
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ausdenbergen
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
OMG I LOVE THAT SHE IS WEARING FLATS. Tall women FTW!
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Uncommon Whore
01/22/09

@ausdenbergen: YEAH!!! *sigh* she's so purty.
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alexburrito
01/22/09

@ausdenbergen: I think her feet are probably killing her from Inauguration Day! Those are likely 1/2 size bigger than she usually wears!
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brendastarlet is on it
01/22/09

@alexburrito: she has a built-in excuse not to wear heels: she has to be on her feet all day, and besides, this keeps her closer to the American people.

I hope Michelle single-handedly wipes out the four-inch stiletto business.
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theruraljuror
01/22/09

@ausdenbergen: I noticed this too! LOVE it!!!
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vamusical
01/22/09

In reply to Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?
DON'T GO FILENE'S. AAAAAAUGH!
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Kivrin
01/22/09

@vamusical: Huh? Why not? I was about to say how glad I am that my local FB isn't on the hit list...
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Liz11685
01/22/09

@vamusical: If they close the FB near my parents house, I will cry. Probably cry more than when Filene's turned into Macy's, I always find good stuff there, and after the renovations it is so easy for me to find things!
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Kivrin
01/22/09

@vamusical: Oh good lord, I am an idiot. I totally misread your post as "Don't go TO Filene's," so I thought you'd had some kind of traumatic experience in one of the stores, ha!
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