Secret Fashion Police

Secret Fashion Police

by digby

Limbaugh’s bad Charlie Chan impression was bad enough but today’s assault on Michelle Obama’s dress at the state dinner makes me want to start drinking. Can these people get any stupider?

“Michelle Obama’s Dress Slips Off At Commie Red China Obama State Dinner.” Gateway Pundit blogger Jim Hoft critized not only at the color the First Lady chose to wear–calling the event the “Commie Red China Obama State Dinner–but also the fit of the gown. Showing photos of the dress from all angles, Hoft declared that “It was just another one of her bizarre dress selections.” [Gateway Pundit, 1/19/11]

I hate to tell these bozos, but their icon Nancy Reagan was known for wearing Commie red and that was in the middle of the Cold War:

Nancy Reagan’s wardrobe consisted of dresses, gowns, and suits made by luxury designers, including James Galanos, Bill Blass, Adolfo, and Oscar de la Renta. Her white, hand-beaded, one shoulder Galanos 1981 inaugural gown was estimated to cost $10,000 while the overall price of her inaugural wardrobe was said to cost $25,000. She favored the color red, calling it “a picker-upper”, and wore it accordingly. Her wardrobe included red so often that the fire-engine shade became known as “Reagan red”.

Here she is in the White House’s “Red Room” wearing her Galanos gown:

According to the right wingers, that dress was wholly inappropriate as well, being off the shoulder and all.

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