Jason Wu Inaugural Gown

It’s nice to see such a young designer get big exposure like this. However, this dress isn’t really flattering and like we’ve mentioned in other postings, this is JANUARY. What’s up with wearing a spring frock in the dead of winter? Michelle is a strong woman and we like strong colors on her like the rich shades worn on the campaign trail. It lacks the sophistication we’d expect from the First Lady and if it were seen on the red carpet on Oscar night, the press would not have nice things to say about the celebrity wearing it.  Leave the pale colors for Sunday brunch.  Since the other Jason Wu dress worn for the Barbara Walters interview was made in New York, we might believe this one was sewn in the same atelier.

Jason Wu Dress

We know that Jason Wu originates from Taiwan and hopefully he’s got US citizenship cuz we don’t want this much talent deported. This dress has hand embroidered florets with French knots applied with 100 hours of labor in a New York Studio.  Let’s hope the sewers were paid more than minimum wage.