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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Spare no Expense - Kate Middleton wears $340 dress by Reiss to meet Michelle Obama in her tasteless $2000 dress

Here she goes again. No taste, no expense spared, and no class. Time and again Michelle Obama dresses in an expensive, gaudy mess only to be shown up by a classy, simple and dignified outfit by the first Ladies of Europe. [See photo]

It could be taken metaphorically, couldn't it? And Kate Middleton was the commoner!

Kate Middleton wears $340 dress by Reiss to meet Michelle Obama - NYPOST.com

The pauper's princess

Style experts say Kate’s the perfect role model as royal recessionista

By KIRSTEN FLEMING

Last Updated: 12:28 PM, May 27, 2011

As newly minted princess Kate Middleton greeted Michelle Obama in the ornate surroundings of Buckingham Palace Tuesday, it was hard to believe she was wearing a $340 dress from British retailer Reiss — a frock any commoner could buy.

Middleton’s appearance in the nude-hued “Shola” dress sparked a shopping frenzy, causing the retailer’s Web site to crash and the dress to immediately sell out. And now style watchers are hailing the Duchess of Cambridge as “the pauper’s princess” — the first stylish royal to embrace affordable trends, and the perfect recession-era symbol. ...

While Michelle Obama has also been applauded for wearing clothes from affordable stores such as J.Crew and H&M, she also favors big-name designers such as Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo. The floral Barbara Tfank dress she wore to meet Middleton this week cost at least $2,000.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/fashion/the_pauper_princess_rfiaz4yU7LIURcFv6aMOEK#ixzz1Nmx0BLU6

Here was the perfect reader's comment to the NY Post

Barbara Gunn

On the other hand, Michelle is dressed like she's attending a 1950s freshman prom. Yuck, doesn't this woman ever look in the mirror?

MOOSERIDER magazine

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Spare no Expense - Kate Middleton wears $340 dress by Reiss to meet Michelle Obama in her tasteless $2000 dress

The pauper's princess

Style experts say Kate’s the perfect role model as royal recessionista

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