First Lady Obama rocking Isabel Toledo's design at the Inauguration
According to the New York Magazine website, The Black Artists Association is not very happy with First Lady Obama for not wearing clothes by black designers.
Co-founder Amnau Eele, a former runway model, told Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) , “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’ by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael, Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?” Eele plans to make a formal appeal to Michelle’s office.
Eele was then asked if maybe Mrs. Obama was looking at the world colorlessly; she said, “It’s one thing to look at the world without color but she had seven slots to wear designer clothes. Why wasn’t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.”
I don’t think Michelle should have necessarily chosen a black designer, I mean, it’s not like she said ‘I’m going to look at some designs and pick ones by non-black designers.’ It’s really kind of ridiculous if you ask me. She wanted to look fab, she did, the end.
What do you think?
Source: http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/01/michelle_obama_under_fire_for.html
