Just for fun: what color should Michelle Obama pick for her Inaugural Ball gown?

I gave this some thought. I think she should either wear fuschia or turquoise. A lovely jewel tone would look spectacular on her!

Ok, ok, I'm being frivolous. I can't help it, I'm too giddy about this election right now...

forward to seeing Michelle's ball gown for months!

And Barack in tails -- fan me off!

Made from material that sparkles in the lights.

blue looks great on Michelle!

Those two deserve all the happiness they can get.

Count your chickens before they are hatched.

I hope you haven't hexed them. :)

My aimless daydreams don't augur anything...:hi:

I was going to say a lovely jewel toned green. But the vision of Barack and Michelle in blue and purple sounded so beautiful. I'm going with you on this one.

I think that any color gown in the blue color family would be appropriate for a Democratic first lady! The jewel tones look great on most everyone and turquoise is a color that almost everyone can wear!

It would be a nice nod of the head to Nevada and New Mexico...

light blue, or okay, turquoise.

it's up to her. and i'm sure she'll look stunning.

Sorry, not a fan. She did turquoise at the convention, too.

I agree she looks good in jewel tones, but I think ivory would be a classy color to wear for the inaugural ball.

You are right about ivory. It could be absolutely stunning but it shouldn't have too much yellow or gray in it. As a Winter in terms of her coloring she needs clear, strong tones which an ivory could definitely be. I would also like to see her in a contrasting, patterned bolero that harmonized with the solid color of her dress, but boleros are difficult for long legged women to wear (my buddy who has long legs wishes she could wear a bolero but it kinda "cuts her off" as she puts it).

Give me visions of Jackie O. Nevertheless, I think we're going to see jewel tones on her.

but I just hate that color. On anything or anyone.

I agree not too much yellow. Maybe more off-white than ivory. It may not be appropriate, but she's so tall that I think she'd look better in a dress that hits mid-calf better than full length. Maybe with an empire waist and A-line skirt. With bright jewelry, of course.

will want to dress her - she's gorgeous and will look good in any color. She'll probably chose an unknown designer and the dress won't cost a gazillion dollars.

designs.

http://womensissues.about.com/b/2008/06/18/maria-pinto-the-woman-who-makes-michelle-obama-look-good.htm

http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2008/03/michelle-obama-dresses-better-than-you.html

YES! Michelle, I hope you read this and take my advice! :) (Though other colors would be nice - this is my favorite choice for her)

Beautiful color and good on her and BLUE!

she would look ravishing in that color. I envision a flowy chiffon overlay

oh- diamonds and silver (not yellow gold) jewelry

Just as long as she avoids pastels she'll look great. She looks good in yellow, but even today that's a bit of a faux pas in January: a very saturated blue with some red highlights?

Maria Pinto, a local Chicago designer, has been dressing Michelle for several years (no, she doesn't buy everything at the Gap). She has always made exquisite gowns for private clientele ... but just this summer she opened her first public retail boutique. And it's two blocks from my house!

I've never had the nerve to walk in, but my girlfriend was visiting from out of town the other day, and together we mustered the courage. I saw the turquoise dress Michelle wore for the Convention speech right on the rack (it was $800-plus dollars). But the evening clothes were spectacular. I saw a deep-rose-colored long gown on a mannequin, with a subtle flower pattern, that I thought would look swell for the Inauguration.

Let's see.

She looks terrific in bold colors.

I am sure she will turn over the designer dresses she got from the RNC.

(My fave for Michelle would be the cornflower/periwinkle blue of Sasha's dress here.)






We are truly blessed to have this family leading America.

but sapphire blue is a good political color.

The blues are nice and propitious, but I'd like to see her in warmer colors...

with a whole lot of sparkles. And I think the President should wear white tie. He looks great in that. Of course, I have no idea whether or not that is appropriate.

...I am of the opinion that Inaugural Balls should be greatly subdued, if not canceled outright, while our boys and girls are fighting and dying overseas. (And yes, they shouldn't be there at all, but that's not the point.) I don't have the stomach anymore to watch our leader party in wartime, whether it's chimpy or President-Elect Obama.

That said, turquoise always looks good on a woman of her skin tone. But it might look too "prom"ish. Maybe if it's not too shiny.

EDIT: We capitalize words at the beginning of sentences, right? Sheesh!

We'd all be disappointed in a way but if Obama said "no inaugural ball while our men and women fight abroad" I'm sure everyone would understand.

Perhaps a reception at the WH where the people could have a chance to attend, if that could be somehow possible...

or a garnet. I think either would look spectacular with her complexion. Something cut very simply using the drape of the fabric to achieve sophistication.

Lets take their color too.

She'd look GREAT in red, but wearing red after helping to soundly whoop the GOP might be a good deal snarkier than our First-Lady-to-be is capable of. :rofl:

She is a big woman with wide hips. She looks great in an A-shape dress but most of the time she wears tight dresses that just emphasize her hips.

When she went on the View, with that off the rack white and black dress, she looked great.

I think that an A shape dress offers a fluid view as opposed to the tighter one that break her shape and appear to ride up or just pinch her.

diamonds.

oh yes

:-) :patriot:

So I'm jumping ahead four years. It feels too good not to. ;)