Wednesday
Jan262011
Mrs. O and Oprah Unite
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 10:52 PM 
Mrs. O will join Tom Brokaw and Bob Woodward for Oprah's "The Bravest Families in America" episode, on air tomorrow. To read up on the episode, People.com has a post here.
While fashion is not the main focus tomorrow, Mrs. O's dress and necklace demand a quick mention. For the appearance, the First Lady recycles a purple wool crepe dress by Prabal Gurung, first seen on the campaign trail in October, here. Mrs. O paired her frock with a fabulous FALLON Victoria Royale necklace from Fall Winter 2010.
For those who use Twitter, there was a quite a bit of excitment between @PrabalGurung and @FentonFallon regarding the pairing. So much so that it prompted this article:
"Can Michelle Obama Spurn a Fashion Collaboration?" [Elle]
tagged FALLON, Prabal Gurung
FALLON, Prabal Gurung
Reader Comments (53)
I agree with you Dressmaker :)
It will serve us all well in this blog to stick to a polite tone even if we are critical.
Lets agree to disagree but maintain a level of civility. Just like Mrs O. and the President. and just like our mama's taught us!
"Everything matters at a state dinner – especially at a state dinner for the Chinese."
Precisely. Which is presumably why Mrs Obama wore a silk dress in a flaming red. Silk was the original export from China across the world (it's where The Silk Road starts) and red means good luck to the Chinese. So it was absolutely appropriate, a thoughtful and diplomatic choice. She was very courteous to make such an effort for a head of state who couldn't be bothered to turn up dressed appropriately. How rude of him. (I'M curious about why no-one is giving the Obama's guest a hard time. Funny that.)
"Every President and first family have been publicly scrutinized for their choices and these questions are legitimate, principled, serious and respectful."
No they're not. Often they are rude, insulting, and carefully written to make Mrs Obama and her family look like they don't know any better because they aren't as good as the ones who came before. It gets boring and is sometimes distressing.
"Obviously, I’m disappointed that you’ve spoiled my enjoyment of this site. But I also think your intolerance does a huge disservice to Mrs. T."
Aaaaaalrighty. Firstly - no-one can affect you unless you give them the power to do so. So if you have chosen to let some peoples posts get to you, then that is a decision you have made. I could choose to let your post go over my head. But. I think it's quite rude to dominate one of Mrs T's posts with your press release that you are leaving. (Which ... you've responded to since, so, I guess, you're *not* leaving? In which case, is it like a series of come backs? Will you be popping in every week for a while to let us know that we've REALLY done it this time, and you really ARE going this time....?)
Secondly, this site isn't here for you. If it's for anyone it's for Mrs T. It's hers. She started it. She maintains it, despite the demands of family, work and home. She writes the articles that she feels are necessary. We who people the blog are allowed to frequent it by her good graces. So while I'm moderately amused by your statement, I feel bound to point out that your enjoyment of this site is not my raison d'etre, and I suspect when she started the blog, it wasn't Mrs T's either.
Thirdly, it's reeeeeeally precarious moral high ground to claim that by not behaving the way *you* like, *we're* not being nice to Mrs T. I can assure you that she is more than capable of delivering a slap on the wrist if she feels the need, and I've worked pretty hard for the few I've received. (Not proud, just saying.)
So, beautfully phrased as it was, I thought your post was a careful hi-jacking of a potentially interesting conversation about Mrs O's goals. And while it looks all grown up and everything, you've derailed what could have been about the military families of America, the work that Mrs O is doing for those people, how nice it is for Oprah to support that goal etc etc. Therefore, while I agree that your post was thoughtful, I don't believe that it was meant that kindly towards the site, or Mrs T. This post is intended to be a legitimate, principled, serious and respectful response to yours.
AMEN to you Posh Tater. Your eloquently expressed thoughts on the supposed departure of a poster were so on-point, all I can say is "ENOUGH SAID!" Keep them coming...