It’s a Crappy Little Rag Anyway
US Weekly headline blares cost of Ann Romney’s dress — though first lady’s cost twice that
Readers of US Weekly might have had some sticker shock when they saw a headline yesterday breaking the news that Ann Romney’s debate-night dress retails for $1,690.
But it turns out Michelle Obama’s debate ensemble cost twice as much.
The US Weekly piece went on to report this, but somehow the Obama outfit pricetag was not mentioned in the headline.
…While Ann Romney was sporting a “short-sleeved crimped cotton silk dress by Oscar de la Renta,” that is not yet in stores, as US Weekly reported, the first lady was wearing a “hot pink” outfit of her own — that together cost $3,290.
“Somehow”…SOMEHOW.
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October 19, 2012 11:01 am
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Just think how many Solyndra shares one could buy with that.
Did you see this?:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/10/18/msnbcs_odonnell_challenges_romney_son_to_fight_take_your_best_shot.html
Besides this, there’s a reason why all these public figures get first crack at wearing these things – seeing them on somebody famous and/or dazzlingly beautiful creates demand for them among paying customers. It’s advertising. De la Renta will sell more dresses this way, both at full retail to the cognoscenti, and in cheaper versions to the wider public.
hillbuzz.org has been covering the First Lady’s fashion sense(?) since day 1. I suspect they might have something to say nice on that one – at least it didn’t look like drapes or a sofa cover.
But… only because it’s pink month (did you know that men can get breast cancer too? I didn’t think so.) Otherwise she’d likely have been back to mismatching prints. Sigh.
/snark off
“US weekly” only exists to prove that a yellow rag mag can suck worse than another certain yellow rag called “People Magazine”.