MARYMOUNT STUDENTS DESIGN FOR MICHELLE OBAMA

About two weeks ago, USA Today contacted Marymount University's Dean of the Fashion department. Their purpose was to get some designs from a few selected design students for Michelle Obama's inaguration gown. Yes, thats right they called on good ol' Marymount for some sketches other than the high end designers we all know. The select group of senior students only had a few days to complete the sketches and when they were done, a photographer came to take pictures of the sketches. It was said that the sketches are supposed to be reviewed by Tim Gun and then voted on by the public via USA Today's website. So... USA Today has the sketches and now we have sit back and see what happens next. Good Luck to the MU girls!!

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Inaguration Dresses

We all know that Michelle Obama is a fashionista in the White House. She’s smart, intelligent, a great mother… and I must admit that the woman has style. Not only has America realized it, but now we are waiting to see which designer she will be wearing next month.

Designers are compiling their best designs for Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama for the Inauguration of President (Elect) Obama. Designers like Eliza Gran, Bonnie Young, Monique Lhuillier, Carolina Herrera,Betsey Johnson and Diane Von Furstenberg are just few of many designers that have designed dresses for Michelle and the girls. I must admit that some of the dresses for Sasha and Maila look a little matronly. For example, Best & Co. and Eliza Green’s designs for the girls are not my favorite. First off the colors are atrocious and secondly, the designs look to ‘American Doll-ish”. However, Bonnie Young is one of my favorites for the girls, I just wish that the dresses were not so long, but the dresses look gorgeous. Kudos to Isaac Mizrahi because he designed Michelle and the girl’s dresses with such perfect unity. I can really imagine them in these dresses. As far as Malia and Sasha are concerned, they are age appropriate and they do not have the ‘little American girl’ look, but they are not too adult at the same time.There are currently 40 designer sketches for the First Lady’s dress. Did I already mention that Isaac Mizrahi has stolen my heart? Betsy Johnson’s dress for Michelle… lets just say NO. It’s such a cliché with the red, white and blue and fading fabric, I just think that it is a little bit too much. Marc Jacobs for Michelle… let’s just day NO! Does Marcy Marc really think that his yellow and silver concoction of two garments that don’t really go together is going to work for the First Lady because I don’t think so. Monique Lhuillier, Diane Von Furstenberg are a few of my favorites. Christian Lacroix’s design was a little too dramatic, but I like how he mixed the red, blue and black unlike Betsy Johnson. Elie Tahari’s goes in one of my top five picks because it is an elegant silhouette and drapes beautifully. Oscar de la Renta’s sketch was good, but once again that red white and blue thing is kind of being over played.

I am curious to see which dresses are chosen for the women of the first family. After the whole election night fiasco I am pretty sure that Michelle will be picking wisely. (Which by the way I do not think that the dress that she wore election night was that big of a deal, it just caught the light in an awkwardly). With that being said I wonder what the critics are going to say this time around. As long as she doesn’t go for Marc Jacobs, or Betsy Johnson I think that she is pretty safe. As for the Sasha and Malia, Best & Co., Eliza Green are a no go. Isaac Mizrahi will be perfect for all three of them and he definitely gets my vote. Who would have thought that all this would be a good deal anyway? I don’t know, but it’s a big deal.