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brendastarlet is on it
04/29/09

In reply to WWD Really Wants To Know Michelle Obama's Dress Size
I disagree that people are refusing to age. What they're refusing to do is wear matronly clothing. And you definitely don't have to, as long as you choose clothes that are appropriate for your age and figure (the latter more important than the former.)

I was in H&M last night and knew exactly what I could wear and what was too young for me. Likewise, I was in Nordstrom's last week, trying on some things, and the sales woman said, "that's way too old for you."
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Rare Affinity
04/29/09

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I disagree that people are refusing to age. Some people refuse to grow up which is another matter all together. However, I think nowadays people are less willing to be placed into a box, wooden or otherwise, simply on the basis of their chronological age and for that we must thank baby boomers, who were never going to accept the rigid age demarcated roles of the past.
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stacyinbean
04/29/09

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I would pay a decent sum of money to hear Michael Kors say 'hoochy mama' live.
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bluebears
04/29/09

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In other news I am refusing to recognize the sovereignty of the state I live in and will not be renewing my license tags. what? according to Micheal Kors this should work!
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mommy_dearest
04/29/09

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It's cool that we have finally solved ageism by refusing to age. We really showed them!
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AthertonMerriweather
04/29/09

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I thought all you had to do to refuse to age was stop celebrating your birthday.
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thesciencegirl
04/29/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I celebrate anniversaries of my 25th birthday. People thought it was cute this year (my 1st anniversary), but I think it will just be sad about 5 years from now... :)
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Dottie Gale
04/29/09

@thesciencegirl: You have just given me a solution to my impending 30th birthday.
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Easybreezy
04/29/09

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I have a friend-of-a-friend who is a clothing designer working on a bespoke suit for Mrs. Obama and even the DESIGNER does not know her measurements. That's right. They told the designer which sizes she wears on top and bottom and her height, but that's it.
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Merkin
04/29/09

@Easybreezy: If that's true, it's kind of dumb. Why on earth would one pay the kind of money one pays for a bespoke garment and not have it properly tailored?

(I am reminded of tales of French couture houses in their heyday, in which there used to be - perhaps still are - top-secret rooms where dummies of the wealthy and the famous stand, every hidden lump, bump and assymetry carefully padded into place so that it can then be rendered invisible and of no consequence through the expertise of the coutourier.)
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LaFemme
04/29/09

@Easybreezy: That is ridiculous! Especially with Vanity sizing so out of control. Do they specify the brand? Like she is a Banana Republic size 8, more of a J. Crew 6, a 10 usually in Club Monaco...
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Easybreezy
04/29/09

@Merkin: @LaFemme: Yeah, it's really odd. I think the idea was that Michelle's personal tailor would make any last-minute alternations to the garment if need be.

I sort of thought maybe it was some kind of crazy security issue, but I don't know if that makes any sense. Like if the terrorists find out her measurements, they can...I don't know what...
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LaFemme
04/29/09

@Easybreezy: I can see that being ok if the garment were too loose, but if it is cut too small? Pretty difficult to alter.

Whatever floats her boat I guess.
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femaledwightschrute
04/29/09

@Easybreezy: This explains so much. When I look at her clothes, a lot of times I think "This would be perfect if you add a few inches of sleeve here, or nip this extra fabric from here." Obviously if the designer didn't have the exact measurements things like this would come up.

Of course, this could just be me being nitpicky.
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brendastarlet is on it
04/29/09

@CassetteLove: I call b.s. on this account, too. There's no such thing as a standard 6 or a standard 10. When you have something custom made, you provide measurements, end of story. They're just not going to give them up, nor should they.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
04/29/09

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If only there had been gyms in the long-ago times, women would have gotten the vote earlier!

If we had been toning our arms, rape would never have been invented!

If we had exercised away our cellulite, we'd be paid equally!

And if we all got botox tomorrow, the Taliban would spontaneously combust into a fireball.

Yay wimmens.
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merv
04/29/09

@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Many pioneers of the 19th Amendment did spend plenty of time in the West, otherwise known Fitness Boot Camp of the 1910s. Alice Paul was CUT.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
04/29/09

@mervbaby: Well there goes my theory. We're fucked, the end.
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msAnthrope
04/29/09

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have to disagree with the "hideous" comment about siriano's proposed shoe line for payless. i'm really disappointed they won't be sold. i loved them as soon as i saw them.
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Sister Toldja
04/29/09

@msAnthrope: Co-sign! I liked them a lot! They aren't exciting but they are cute. I love my Alice+Olivia for Payless boots (though I felt poor when I walked past the actual A+O store wearing them, lol). I hope Payless keeps these partnerships going! I'm sad Issac Mizrahi ended his Target run, even though some of his pieces were a little boring there.
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Sister Toldja
04/29/09

@Sister Toldja: Whoops, I meant the chosen shoews are cute, not exciting. The scrapped ones were pretty fierce! I'd wear all the non spikey ones! OMG. PLEASE RECONSIDER!!!!
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msAnthrope
04/29/09

@Sister Toldja:

it's like a designer runs their ideas past the corporates at payless, who then puts them through some kind of mediocrity machine before they hit the shelves.

maybe we should petition payless to reconsider!
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wooden_shoes
04/29/09

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I kind of liked the non-spikey shoes Christian did for his runway, and I'm kinda hoping Payless does "tweak" the design some more before they put them out, because those are kinda boring...
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Jello Mix
04/29/09

@wooden_shoes: I am not what one would call "cutting-edge," but even I think those are boring.
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sjct
04/29/09

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I am NOT refusing to age so it's not "everyone."
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Newsgirl
04/29/09

@sjct: Me either.
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gobblegirl
04/29/09

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re Michael Kors: I wish he had said "people are aging gracefully" or "aging without changing who they are." It would be more true and less creepy.
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pandorasmittens
04/29/09

@gobblegirl: I was going to post the same thing. Saying "everyone is refusing to age" is both creepy and a little demeaning. It insinuates that aging is some universal experience, one that doesn't include exercise, or yoga, or any form of physical activity that isn't letting oneself go in a rocking chair while knitting and waiting for death to claim your sorry, sorry, soul. Aging isn't a lifestyle. Aging is life itself.
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vamusical
04/29/09

@gobblegirl: You mean instead of saying how great it is that older women are getting work done or working out? Yeah, sooooo noble of him.
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bluebears
04/29/09

@vamusical: seriously. Oh its so much better now, before women used to worry about aging but NOW, why now women can shell out thousands of dollars and mold their whole lifestyles around their quest for the fountain of youth! happy days indeed!
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Poindextrous
04/29/09

@gobblegirl: Yah. My grandma is doing yoga and going to the gym and "getting work done" but she will not hesitate to say "I should know, I'm 80 after all" after every point she makes.
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brendastarlet is on it
04/29/09

@Poindextrous: Succubus ISO opposite marriage: I don't think of Michelle Obama as an older woman. And since Michael Kors is older than Michelle Obama, he shouldn't either. Perhaps his mother (as seen on PR) fits the description more aptly.
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Trulymadlyme
04/29/09

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Fashion is so wonky. Where is the line between diversity in taste/beauty and fetishistic co-opting of people and cultures. The whole "African" trend piece in the Times makes me wonder if we'll every truly integrate fashion.
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pear.shaped.Sara
04/29/09

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As far as I'm concerned, Michelle Obama is a size AWESOME
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sybann
04/13/09

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Re: Chloe's line. Have you seen it? It's possible she made that crap herself. It would explain a lot.
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