Politician shows up to help feed the poor in $540 sneakers!

[Danno 1,228]

Michelle Obama Wears $540 Designer Sneakers to Feed the Poor

Friday , May 01, 2009

It's a first lady faux pas -- wearing expensive, high-fashion French designer sneakers to a food bank.

Michelle Obama wore the sneakers, made by Lanvin, while helping feed the poor at a Washington food bank on Wednesday. The pricetag on the footwear? A cool $540.

Keds, they're not.

The sneakers, which come in denim and satin, are a favorite of comic Ellen DeGeneres and rapper Kanye West -- and they're "certainly not a reflection of the poor economy," said FOX News' Noelle Watters, host of iMag Style.

"She paired the kicks with a much more reasonably priced cardigan from J. Crew similar to the one she's worn in the past," Watters said. "And quite honestly, the usually well-styled Michelle didn't match. While her over-priced designer sneaks were gray and pink, her sweater was a gold argyle style. A definite fashion faux pas."

According to the New York Daily News, the first lady of style likely got her sneakers through Ikram, the Chicago retailer that usually outfits her.

Obama's style helped catapult her into the 93rd spot of Maxim's "eyeball-searing, fantasy-fulfilling, brain-exploding" Hot 100 list, which was announced Friday.

The first lady's sense of fashion has received considerable media attention. During her trip to Europe last month to accompany President Obama to the G20 summit, her fashion choices and protocol-breaking touch of the Queen of England nearly received as much ink as the summit itself.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518652,00.html

[john & jean 37]

DAMM, IF THAT PIC IS THE 540$ SNEAKERS......

[Danno 1,228]

No kidding, those things are not only priced for a shallow person but also ugly as hell.

[john & jean 37]

No kidding, those things are not only priced for a shallow person but also ugly as hell.

YEAH,I have some that must be worth several thousand!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Simple minds, simple people. Just like Clinton drinking Diet Coke out of a can. Get a glass, for heaven's sake! Sheesh!

[jundp 191]

[john & jean 37]

Simple minds, simple people. Just like Clinton drinking Diet Coke out of a can. Get a glass, for heaven's sake! Sheesh!

wonder how much that endorsement was worth, millions.....

[Danno 1,228]

Simple minds, simple people. Just like Clinton drinking Diet Coke out of a can. Get a glass, for heaven's sake! Sheesh!

... but I sometimes drink out of a can too,does that mean Clinton and I are alike?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

ditto....####### is wrong with Faux News? Run by former Republican strategist? Ah, never mind. They need to change their name to Fox Propaganda & Entertainment. Holy sh!t...they are desperate.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So she has a taste for expensive clothes.

So what?

The argument here seems to be that because she was helping to feed the poor/homeless she should have dressed down for the occasion.

What attire would be appropriate I wonder, or otherwise provide the impression that she was taking the event suitably seriously?

A stained pair of khakis with holes in the knees?

A string belt?

Odd socks and shoes?

Strong and unusual body odour?

A pink straw hat?

Shame on Mrs Obama for not dressing up like a bag lady!

Edited May 8, 2009 by Private Pike

[Donna A 4]

why does the news make such big deals about these things. the obama are loaded with money. rich people dont wear cheap stuff. im sure the donald probably wears $1000 shoes and it dont get written about.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

ZOMG!!! Burn her at the stake. She should have gone barefoot and nekkid. WAIT, then the article would say she is a perverted one. Sour grapes are sad, sad indeed.

[Danno 1,228]

Finally the Obama defense league arrives... what took you guys so long?

By the way... FOX ran it in the Entertainment section, other sources ran it in the general news.

It's only paranoia when it's unfounded.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Finally the Obama defense league arrives... what took you guys so long?

By the way... FOX ran it in the Entertainment section, other sources ran it in the general news.

It's only paranoia when it's unfounded.

Danno, paranoia is posting ####### like this --- irrelevant bullsh1t. Really, you can do better.

[SMOKE 1,426]

slow news day i guess. but, she got ripped off $540 for keds.