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Michelle Obama is often compared to Jackie O in her dress style and elegance. This concept is not contained within our shores. Amy Andrews, reporter for Irish Central commented on this as a result of Michelle’s recent trip to Target in casual clothing. It was allegedly a secret trip, however there just happened to be an AAP reporter there to record it for international posterity.
Amy’s contention is that Jackie brought a sense of elegance and “mystique” to the First Lady’s Office. The literalists amongst us protest “there is no FLO”, or “she is just a citizen like the rest of us” but others disagree. Back to the point, Amy said that Jackie promoted her “mystique” by “always…being dressed to the hilt, a paragon of style and charm.” She postulates that Jackie would “shudder at the image of Michelle caught dressed so casually.” Amy’s thesis is that Michelle makes herself look “normal” and that we (undefined) don’t want a normal FL as we want that “touch of secrecy”. Do we?
In Jackie O’s day we dressed to the nine’s to go to the city, mall or church. Ladies wore dresses, hose, heels, hats and perfect hair. Today is a different more casual era. Pastors even instruct their congregations to “dress down” for church so as not to give the impression that only rich folk go to church. We go to the mall in jeans and tee shirts, hair down, running shoes. No one did that on Jackie’s day.
Huffington Post continually compares Michelle to Jackie, purring that their dress sense is so similar. I don’t see it, I don ‘t buy it. And I don’t think we need to see, or buy it. To compare them in this manner is to do a disservice to both. We do not need to exhume Jackie O’s dress sense today, and we do not need to bury Michelle’s under her image. Amy says Michelle did not do herself any favors dressing down like that and going to Target. I don’t know if Michelle did herself any favors with the contrived “secret” Target trip, or not, but I know we do neither of them a favor when we refuse to respect their individuality.
RIP Jackie, I admired you greatly and I miss you, but today is a different dress standard day. As courteous as you were I cannot see you insisting Michelle be jammed into your image. I say let Jackie go, and let Michelle be Michelle. What say you?
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/amyandrews_gossipgirl/michelle-oba...
