Michelle Obama Inaugural Ball Gown (Photos)
First Lady Michelle Obama chose a Jason Wu white chiffon one-shoulder gown to wear to ten official balls celebrating the inauguration President Barack Obama.
What did you think of Mrs. Obama’s Inaugural Night Gown?
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On January 21st 2009, Celeste Dobbins wrote:
I DID NOT LIKE IT AT ALL ~~A BIG LETDOWN~~PLEASE DONT EVER COMPARE HER WITH “JACKIE O” AGAIN ~ANYTHING BUT WHITE !!!IT WAS NOT EXPECTED AND NEEDED MORE GLITTER AND GLITZ~ALL SHE NEEDED WAS BIG WHITE PEARLS AND SHE WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE BETTY FLINTSTONE
On January 21st 2009, kay simons wrote:
Michelle Obama’s inaugural ball gown was ugly. If she had taken a scissors out and cut off that stupid single strap, she’d have done the world a favor.
Wu is a sad designer if this is what he puts out there for the first lady to showcase his work. Bjork had been done. Swan anyone?
On January 21st 2009, karla wrote:
Not her usual professional style but as they have a “modern” fairytale marriage and President Obama is our night in shining armour, it is appropriate that she would wear a fluffy, princess gown in which she looked stunning, as usual.
On January 21st 2009, karla wrote:
Please correct my comment, I meant to say “knight” in shining armour!
On January 21st 2009, Natasha Khomba wrote:
I dont think it was the best of gowns for the night.The one arm didnt do it for me. looking fronm her taste of clothes.Ithink she could have done better than that.She tried too hard to get a dress for the night as a result ended up with something complicated but not very nice.A simple gown would have done it.
On January 21st 2009, Natalia James wrote:
It was the Best in a long time! I loved it. All the Best Michelle
On January 21st 2009, emily wrote:
I ABSOLUTLEY LOVED THIS DRESS!!!! i thought it was so beautiful and she looked great. Michelle good luck!!!
On January 21st 2009, Tansy wrote:
It was the perfect choice for our new First Lady. Sophisticated and regal, yet with an appealing simplicity. She wore the dress, it did not wear her. The dress complimented her, but never took the attention away from her beautiful smile. Mrs. Obama is so naturally striking and statuesque that she doesn’t need to be wearing a lot of glitter.
On January 21st 2009, Barbara Diamond wrote:
This was the most unattractive gown ever worn by a first lady. What a shame that a woman who could have looked elegant, looked like she was wearing a cotton sundress. What a wasted opportunity.
On January 21st 2009, Barbara Diamond wrote:
The dress was ugly.
On January 21st 2009, Pat Malone wrote:
The top of the gown looked like toilet paper, and overall the dress might have been ok for a 17 yr old to wear to a prom, but certainly not elegant enough for a First Lady.
Michelle has very poor taste in clothes, and hair!
On January 21st 2009, KMP wrote:
Mrs. Obama’s ball gown looked like my grandmother’s bedspread. I would describe it as hideous.
On January 21st 2009, Rabbit wrote:
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful.
On January 21st 2009, Carol Raykowski wrote:
Horribly made! I think she has THE worst taste in clothes of ANY First Lady!!! She needs to get a new stylist. Michele is not that beautiful and needs all the help she can get. NEVER compare her to Jackie Kennedy! Even Hillary Clinton looks better than Michele Obama!
On January 21st 2009, Carol Raykowski wrote:
I’ve seen looser designers on Project Runway do a better job.
On January 21st 2009, arden wrote:
That gown was disgustingly ugly! It looked like a puddle of barfed up popcorn.
On January 21st 2009, trish miller wrote:
Wilma Flintstone called…she wants her dress back! Michelle Obama has made some major fashion mistakes. That green ensemble with the ugly brooch and lets not forget that frightening red and black frock! Spider lady. Yikes! Jackie Kennedy’s “most fashionable First Lady” title remains firmly in place.
On January 21st 2009, Em wrote:
It looks like she’s either doing a bad attempt at a mummy for Halloween or doing the bridal shower game where you make a wedding dress out of rolls of toilet paper.
On January 22nd 2009, John Bockman wrote:
The dress was not what we have come to expect from Michelle Obama. She is a classic, traditional dresser, and the gown she wore did not fit her style. She has a casual elegance and this frilly dress is not her style. She did not look confortable in wearing it! I look forward to seeing her return to her natural, causal elegance.
On January 22nd 2009, LadyEve wrote:
Michelle’s dress was a lovely dress…it looked vintage. Who the hell cares if all you HATERS do not like it? GO MICHELLE
On January 22nd 2009, anna wrote:
If an actress had worn that dress to an awards ceremony, she would be on People Magazine’s Worst Dressed page!!
On January 22nd 2009, angie wrote:
To all of Mrs. OBAMA haters get a life, I believe the ones that are hating is either desperate and lonely (jealous) or white and just cant take it (jealous). Mr. Obama loves her and that’s all that count, he had a beautiful woman like Beyonce in front of him and still gave his lovely wife props!!HA!HA!!HA!!!!! I think look marvelous together she’s a beautiful woman (black). Black is Back!!!!!!
HAND CLAPS GO OUT TO YOU MR. AND MRS. OBAMA !!!!!!!!! WE LOVE!!
On January 23rd 2009, cj wrote:
Only geeks would’ve even worn that to the prom! Just hideous. . . Michelle is too big to pull off a frilly little frock like that!
On January 23rd 2009, nancy wrote:
With everyone expecting fabulous, Mrs. Obama amazingly disappointed. She succeeded in totally missing the mark with the ball gown and inaugration day dress. Looked like emsembles from the Lucy Show.
Defending “awful” encourages more of the same.
The ball gown completely excentuated her small breasts and looked like a hand-me-down from her grandmothers “hope chest” . How appropiate.
Must be a case of the Empress has no clothes. Everyone is afraid to tell Michelle the truth. That’s pitiful.
On January 23rd 2009, rebecca wrote:
Did the first lady with the big gums steal my bedspread from my guest room?
On January 23rd 2009, Danielle wrote:
It looks like she got into a hit and run accident with a swan…..good thing she got them all out of her teeth
On January 23rd 2009, Jenny wrote:
Don’t like it at all. She needs more color.
On January 24th 2009, Terri wrote:
Embarrassing that the first lady wore a dress that should have been left forprom night. She is way too Amazon built to wear a filly frock.
On January 24th 2009, Norma wrote:
Michelle Obama’s gown was the ugliest gown I have ever seen. It looked like a limp rag and she looked hideous in it. The one strap was horrible.
Between the Inaugural gown and that horrible red and black dress she wore at the acceptance speech, the woman needs help with fashion. Someone at the White House, please help our first lady with her wardrobe. She is a pretty lady and need some fashion sence.
On January 27th 2009, JOANNE TRURO wrote:
Absolutely ugly. Unsophisticated. Would be great for a senior prom.
Thumbs down!
On January 28th 2009, Karen wrote:
So disappointing! I think Michelle is a beautiful woman, and I had really been looking forward to seeing her gown. I agree with the comments posted (i.e. cotton sundress, bedspread, horrible strap, etc.), but I have another observation to make. Why would she choose a dress with a train when she knew she would have the eyes of the world on her as she danced all night? The dress was clearly too long, and she had to keep pulling it out of her way. I’m amazed that Barack didn’t trip on it and send them both crashing down.
On February 3rd 2009, Well? wrote:
I think she should have done her hair up more and either worn no straps or a light veil like material draped around her shoulders and fastened with her brooch. Anyone get my picture, she would have looked younger.
On February 10th 2009, adef wrote:
I thought her ball gown was very pretty. I think it would have been absolutely georgous without the shoulder strap thing though.
She did herself proud by wearing that soft flowing dress, she appears to be such an angry woman, and the dress softened her.
Her choice of clothes is really bad, like the horrid black and red thing that looked like she murdered someone, and then that yellow couch cover looking mess.
I feel for her and wish she didn’t come off as being so very mad all the time.
On March 22nd 2009, Lola wrote:
What an ugly, fugly dress. She has no style and she should never wear anything that clings to her ASS.