The Scoop on Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Gown and Jewels

She looked beautiful!

She looked fabulous!

Danielle, shut up.

Really, you think tax dollars paid for this? Go back to school.

I thought she looked stunning in both outfits. I thought the daytime outfit was very regal and a wonderfully different color. And the girls looked adorable!!!

A stunning style star.. I imagine it will be a treat to watch her the next several years.

I thought it looked like a bad prom gown! What a disappointment after the terrific look she had for the day.

This dress was awful! As were the dresses from election night and the inauguration. Someone please get this lady a stylist and stop comparing her to Jackie O!

Um our tax dollars didn’t pay for this. This is free promotion for the designers. Everything she wore was given to her. The diamonds were most likely returned today, after the party.

Danielle, just because your team lost doesn’t mean you need to be bitter about it.

I liked the day look (the gold/green sheath and coat), but thought the ball gown was awful! I normally like the clothes that Mrs. Obama wears and I think she is beautiful and stylish, but I think that ugly wedding/prom dress she had on last night was a really bad choice.

I expected more,she really does need some advice on style. I do think she is a lovely woman and tries to promote young designers but needs to keep in mind how a designers clothes look on her.

I liked the evening dress and the fact she used a no name designer makes it even more appealing. The day dress left a lot to be desired. It was a horrid color and I didn’t like what appeared like a vest sort of thing on the inside when it opened up. She was beautiful none the less with her wonderful smile and adoration for her husband and this nation.

Just like typical americans, we complain and
criticize. We would rather look rich than be
rich, never mind good intentions. Come on
people – let’s get our own act together.

Im sorry, did someone say “trendsetter”, or “transgender”??? Just asking.

The dress was pretty, but way too long, she kept fumbling with it while trying to dance! Alot of money went in to that elaborate affair and the pomp and circumstance, with speeches, parades, clothes, limos, luncheons, dinners, etc., what about all the middle class and poor people of this country who cannot afford to pay their rent or buy groceries or prescriptions for their families? Alot of that money spent, could go for more important causes!!!

OMG!

The Yellow Thing was too sparkly for daytime, a design and older woman would wear, and paired with clashing shoes and gloves.

The Curtains-As-Ball-Gown…that looked too young.

PLEASE GET A STYLIST!!

I can’t believe some of the stuff I’m reading on here…. It actually makes me sick. I loved both especially the gown. I thought the gown was a beautiful choice and especially so, after I read the designer’s explanation of the dress….symbolizing HOPE. Obviously taste differs from person to person, but she was the one to ultimately decide… whether you or I like it or not! It was HER decision. Please stop being SO CRITICAL. Be HAPPY!

Awww…what’s wrong Gean? Are you jealous?

All I’ve got to say is SOW! Oh my who dressed that women? Shes got to be as big as oprah…….she looked like someone dressed her in cheap sears sucker outfits. mo if you are reading this, YOU ARE NOT JACKIE O. And please don’t try to be.

She looked gorgeous in both outfuts!
I liked her yellow better than this gown, though.

P.S. She looks better than Sarah Palin ever hoped to look! :)

What’s the big deal is an outfit? If she believed she looked good then to me that’s all that counts. I really don’t care what she wears what I can about is whats going to come out of her. I heard her speak and I think she is dynamic and a sincere person. We should be interested in what she has to say and do then what she is wearing.

To Danielle who posted the comment, is that what our tax dollars are paying for, OMG!!!!!!!!!!! get a life, obiviously you must be a Bush fan and voted for that idiot John McCain, you and Elizabeth Hasselbeck of the view belong together!

Give me a break !!! it’s the Obama’s time to shine in the otherwise bleak world that former Bush did nothing about………

I’m a Republican and did not vote for Obama but DID vote for McCain. Given this, I personally think that Mrs. Obama looked very elegant and beautiful in both her outfits. She is not a size 0 nor pretends to be. Different people have different tastes. In the next 4 years, I’m sure she’ll wear things I love and things that I hate but we all so that’s life. Oh, Toni, show some class and stop insulting people who are not from your ideology. Obama is trying to bring people together but with your help, he will not succeed.

I kind of wished she had choosen a different color, because white on a long gown always ends up looking a little bridal. Nonetheless, I thought she looked elegant and sophisticated. I liked her inauguration day outfit as well.

By the way, to the person who thought our tax dollars pay for this- you’re a fool. You probably supported your tax dollars killing innocent lives abroad and our soldiers meanwhile.

Pretty lady, not-so-pretty choices of dresses yesterday. Honestly, her matching dress and coat looked like they were made out of drapes and the coloring was not particularly flattering. Frankly, I was disappointed in her ball gown choice, as well–it wasn’t all that flattering, either. For someone who so frequently is dressed to a T, I was surprised.

I thought her dress beautiful and she looked just breathtaking! I also liked the daytime ensemble she chose with the exception of the shoes. While matchy matchy isn’t good, they were in the wrong hue. The dress and coat had an olive tone while the shoes were teal! Those little ones looked adorable as well.

NEWSFLASH: this isn’t CNN, it’s people.com. Get over your political views- we’re talking clothes here. And I loved her looks- and the white dress looked beautiful.

To all of you who are still apparently bitter about the 2008 election and complaining about how this dress is a “waste of taxpayer money”:

She did not pay for this dress! It was likely a gift from the designer, Jason Wu. If you are still somehow incredulous that a designer would just “give” a dress for free, keep in mind that this is the First Lady. Anything she wears in the public spotlight means free publicity for the designer. Fashion designers would KILL to be able to dress up the First Lady on Inauguration Day. As a result, a relatively-unknown American designer is suddenly becoming a known name. Trust me, money couldn’t buy this publicity.

lOOKS LIKE SHE WAS HIT BY A FEATHER PILLOW, NOW IF SHE COULD ONLY STAND WITH HER HEAD HIGH,HER BACK STRAIGHT & NOT HUNCHED LIKE A AMAZON!

she is a very beautiful lady. however humble pie is very sweet.

I agree, the coloring was off on both outfits and yes, too much sparkle for daytime. The only thing the gown did was show of her fabulously toned back and arms.

She’s said a number of times that she shops on her own, hopefully now that she’s First Lady she won’t have time and will hire a stylist.

I think she looked beautiful but i expected something a little different from her. Maybe something a little brighter.

Someone please help: I have seen several commments made to “Geann”….yet, I don’t see a posting from a Geann. What did she say?

I liked both outfits. I wish that I had the curves that she has. When I saw her in the white dress, my impression was that it made her waist look small. As for her hair, I like the way she styles it. As for her brain, I wish that I were as smart as she is.

Not so much my favorite, until I sad back and really looked. She is elegant, confident, proud, and absolutely regal.

She carries herself with the respect and glamour and confidence not many of us do. Strangely enough, we all have it in us to increase our beauty by the way we present ourselves. Beauty is truly from within.

Agree with you, girl…

Mrs. Obama’s “gown” looked more like a wedding dress than a ball gown. Way too much fabric on the train made it hard to dance in. She needs to wear bright colors not plain old white!

Wow, so many negative comments. They are only clothes.What’s the big deal? Not EVERYONE is going to love what she wears because we are not all the same person. I was surprised by her day outfit……I loved it!! The style, color and especially the little sparkle. The shoes and matching gloves were a surprise, but I really think the color worked. She looked beautiful. At night she was just so graceful and beautiful. She could have worn anything and still looked so pretty, and the way she kept looking at her husband. Well, what a wonderful end to a fabulous day.

I thought the dress Mrs. Obama wore to the inauguration ceremony was beautiful. It was elegant, classy, and flattered her figure. I did not like her ball gown at all. I’m not a fan of little puffs all over a dress that is going to be worn by an adult. Also, the full skirt fitted at the waist did not flatter her figure at all.

I thought she made a wonderful choice in both outfits. The swearing in outfit was totally appropriate and looked classy and stunning. Her ball gown looked sweet and flattering, although I think the train was problematic when having to dance at all 10 balls. She made all of us proud, carrying herself with dignity. And this coming from a McCain supporter.

Even though i wanted McCain to win so bad, something tells me things are going to get better.

I thought our new First Lady looked magnificent in all of her outfits! As for our tax dollars Mrs. Obama paid for all of her clothes with her own money.

Elda: You wanted McCain to win so bad??? You are very smart… NOT. Plain weird. Anyone who picks SARAH PALIN as a running mate is NOT qualified to be President. Period. And people like you who support him, should NOT be allowed to vote.

Now, about the outfits, I am not a fan at all of the green one, but the white dress she wore to the ball was beautiful.

I don’t know – I think she missed the mark. She’s got potential but this dress did nothing for her figure. The only “hope” that inspires me, is that she’ll learn over the next four years.

k.t – maybe if you had 1% of the education they had you would have some grammar and punctuation skills. Ouch! Don’t forget that you are on people.com and they expect to hear what we all thought of Mrs. Obama’s gown. Talk about slow…

Her outfit at the inaugaration was hideous as was her dress for the inagural balls in additionher daughters looked not very good to.

The dress is gorgeous…but not on her. She should haave chosen something that was better suited for her. And I agree, her inaugural outfit was terrible. Something patriotic would have been more appropriate.

I feel as if First Lady Obama is a loving person. It would be nice to meet her. As for her sense of style, she looked very elegant and sophisticated during the inauguration ceremonies.
I hate that she chose to wear diamonds. There are so many young African children who lose their lives working in those rotten diamond mines in South Africa everyday. Their families have to slave them out for only peanuts.
I hope she will consider wearing man made stones in the feature. They are just as lovely!!!

Leave the woman alone – that one would attack her looks – I mean really, what are you in – grade school? Take a good look in your mirror, I’m sure you’re not without flaws. She has a husband that obviously adores, respects and loves the way she looks – I hope for all your sake you find the same fortune in your dreary lives….

She usually dresses so chic. I thought this dress was not up to her usual standards. She could have done much better.

I honestly thought both gowns looked absoluetly hideous with all the hype about how her gowns were going to be so beautiful I think they could have picked much nicer looking ones. Especially the Inauguration dress not only was it not flattering it was just plain ugly. The other dress did not make her look good, rather old looking.

That dress was absolutely HIDEOUS! It put at least 50 pounds on her. She needed something that accentuated her figure NOT a bedspread! From the neck up she looked GORGEOUS!

A great deal of the comments show now native people are still in 21st century. It make sense to be jealous of The first lady, but to claim the tax payers paid for her fabulous look…then you are empty headed.
If you hate her appearance comment all you want.. hate all you want… It wouldn’t change the fact that she is the woman behind a brave and smart man with love for US. A man named Barack Obama

NR you are a retard. Do you know her personally, do you know him, no. so quit acting like. you might like her, i might think she sucks. OPINIONS. get over yourself and learn to spell

I was extremly disappointed in the new first lady’s choice of clothing. I don’t feel that any of the choices flattered her. She is a big woman and needs to stay with simple styles and especially dark colors for the bottom half of her outfits. Do the brighter colors for the top as she is very small and this would help to de-emphasise the bottom half. She should ask Oprah for advice. Oprah’s weight fluctuates but she is always a class act.

People like ME, need to get a life n stop taking blogs so serious!! i mean REAlly!! he he!

LOVE HER IN THAT DRESS LOOKS GREAT WITH HER FIGURE SHE IS A HOT MAMA!!!

As far back as I can remember, I don’t remember anyone looking this tacky. I know she can’t help being such a large woman, (also, much heavier than her husband – and equally as tall!) with protruding teeth, and a horrible shaped body, but there has to be someone that can dress her in more flattering fashions. I realize you can only do so much with what you have, but so far, she seems to be batting zero!