A recent article in The Huffington Post described Ann Romney’s robins egg blue nail polish that she rocked at the second presidential debate on the eve of Oct. 16 as “edgy” and said that First Lady Michelle Obama “kept it minimal with ladylike pearls”. So is that an indirect way of posing the idea that Ann Romney is not a lady because she likes to add a pop of color to her nails?
The bias of the media towards Michelle Obama’s superb fashion sense has been ongoing. I specifically remember the presidential inauguration in 2008. Obama flaunted a stunning one-shouldered white dress complete with delicate flower designs. Although I would not exactly consider myself the First Lady’s number one fan, a fashionista like myself can’t help but appreciate good fashion when she sees it. I even ended up modeling my senior prom dress after it (but I must say, I think I looked better on me…sorry, Michelle).
If I have to see another fashion magazine discussing Michelle Obama’s elegant taste or ripped arms, I will vomit. I may not see eye to eye with Obama politically, but I have no problem admitting when she dresses well. Yet, our media just takes it to the next level by borderline obsessing with her fashion decisions.
I would describe Obama’s taste as very blasé, nothing to lose sleep over and certainly nothing to engulf covers of magazines daily. A true fashionista is bold. A true fashionista can turn a simple dress from The Gap, dress it up and make it look like Chanel. Fashion is about mixing and matching colors, textures, patterns. Fashion is a work of art, and true fashionista’s are artists.
The definition of fashion as a noun is “a prevailing custom or style of dress” and as a verb it is “to accommodate; adjust; adapt”. An individual with genuine fashion sense blends both the noun and verb of fashion by adapting fashion into their own personal style.
I believe every individual is born with their own internal style and no two people share the same fashion. No one person’s fashion is superior to another. If Michelle Obama wants to wear pearls with her bubble gum pink dress and Ann Romney would rather spice things up a little with blue accessories and nail polish, so be it. In my opinion, I always take the nonconventional approach when it comes to fashion. The first word that comes to mind when I think of pearls: boring.
Now, if they’re choker pearls the size of golf balls, that’s a different story. I prefer the jaw-dropping look when it comes to fashion, but that’s just me.
Regardless, the bigger question about the media’s infatuation with the style of the First Lady is why they even care. I mean, as long as Romney isn’t up there wearing a plunging neckline with a pushup bra and stilettos I don’t see what the issue is. Our country is trillions of dollars in debt and has one of the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression and the media is concerned about the color of Ann Romney’s nail polish? Lady Gaga wore a dress made of meat to an award show…I think there are more important things to be worried about. I was also quite perplexed on how her nail color was even noted . . . was a reporter crawling on the floor with a magnified glass? Maybe if the media spent less time worrying about a speck of color on Romney’s fingernails and more time actually paying attention to what was being said in the debate they would learn something worthy of reporting about.
Rock on, Romney, Katy Perry would be proud of your color choice.
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