How badly do you want to look like an extra from The Devil Wears Prada? Would you like to wear designers like Jason Wu and Derek Lam on a daily basis but unfortunately have to eat and pay your rent? Well, Rent the Runway now offers everyday wear on loan. Do you want this? No, really, do you?
It's a job with neither a salary nor wardrobe allowance, but First Ladies are still expected to dress to impress, as some of their clothing often become historical artifacts. So where does the cash come from to pay for the ball gowns and designer dresses for FLOTUS's endless public appearances?
After years of concern, concern-trolling, and self-destructive behavior that made even Oprah do this, Rihanna is allegedly taking some time off from her Diamonds World Tour to check into a women's sex and love addiction program at Centers for Relationship and Sexual Recovery (CRSR) on Recovery Ranch, a Tennessee…
He looked dapper in white tie; she was resplendent in a crimson Jason Wu gown. Official caption:
Unless, of course, your name is Jason Wu — and then you have that shit on lock. However, many other designers haven't been so lucky. According the the Washington Post, designing the first lady's first gown is not exactly a one way ticket to International Fame and All the Money junction:
Did you fail to pick out any pieces from the Jason Wu for Target line before it sold out? Look on the bright side— at least you didn't line up outside of a Target at 6:45 in the morning only to have two monster people buy the entire collection before you could get your hands on anything. Unfortunately, this is…
Three first looks at young designer Jason Wu's upcoming collection for Target, set to hit stores February 5, come to us today courtesy of Glamour and T magazine.
As you may have heard, Michelle Obama recently wore a red Alexander McQueen evening gown to a state dinner held in honor of the Chinese president, Hu Jintao. This apparently made a lot of people very unhappy.
Who has a lot of opinions about what Kate Middleton should wear the day she becomes a princess? Designers, that's who! From Karl Lagerfeld, who favors "high boots," to Christian Lacroix, who designed an Elizabethan bodice, everyone has a fantasy.
[Washington, D.C., March 9. Image via Getty]
The First Lady plans to give her white, one-shouldered Jason Wu inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian on Tuesday. Helen Taft's, Eleanor Roosevelt's, Rosalynn Carter's, and Laura Bush's respective inaugural gowns are already in the museum's collection. [AP]
