trying to make Michelle Obama the next Jackie Kennedy. They need to be putting any glamor on her fashion design team that can make the beast look decent.

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"Mrs. Obama bringing glamor to Moscow this weekend Email this Story Jul 4, 7:57 AM (ET) By CATRINA STEWART (AP) In this July 16, 2009, file photo, Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russia's President Dmitry... Full Image MOSCOW (AP) - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands. In a country where a presidential candidate once quipped he'd sooner pack his wife off to a convent than allow her to dabble in politics, Russia still has trouble with the concept of an empowered woman behind the throne. "The institution of first lady in Russia is still quite young," said Alyona Doletskaya, editor of Russian Vogue and doyenne of the Moscow fashion scene. "So there are no huge expectations on the part of Russian public." Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana is pious and discreet and met her husband while she was a schoolgirl. She supports charity and the arts, but has assumed no independent voice on issues facing the country. She dresses conservatively, lacking the edgy fashion sense that has attracted a nationwide following for Michelle Obama. Russia has known one iconic first lady in modern times: Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was much loved around the world for breaking with tradition by appearing regularly in public with her husband, embracing high fashion and firing off wisecracks during official foreign trips. But she earned little affection for her boldness in Russia, where she was seen as strong-willed and ambitious. Far from shrugging off the old constraints when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Boris Yeltsin's wife Naina assumed a lower profile behind her husband, achieving popularity by declaring indifference to politics and saying she would sooner see Yeltsin retire. As for Vladimir Putin's wife, Lyudmilla, she only occasionally appeared in the company of her husband - fueling widespread reports the two were estranged. In the United States, first ladies are accustomed to coming under the media spotlight - and Michelle Obama seems to revel in it. On a recent trip to Paris, she impressed the fashion-conscious French with her chic designer outfits standing side-by-side with the country's former supermodel First Lady Carla Bruni. In Britain, she famously breached palace protocol by putting her arm around Queen Elizabeth II. And she does not hesitate to speak her mind on a range of important social issues, such as health and education. Many Russians, traditionally conservative, look askance at such assertiveness. "A wife should be sitting at home, creating comfort and cooking food," said Zoya Getmanova, a female pensioner living in Moscow. "She could express her opinions over the dinner table, but she shouldn't meddle in politics." Perhaps in deference to Russia's uneasiness about a political wife with popular support of her own, U.S. White House officials have suggested Michelle Obama will avoid the limelight during the visit. Svetlana Medvedeva, meanwhile, has flitted between the shadows and the spotlight. She is liked by younger Russians, who follow her appearances at celebrity bashes and her frequent outings - hand in hand - with her husband. She has acquired a reputation as a tenacious networker who helped restart her husband's career in the mid 1990s, and is said to play an influential role in his career behind the scenes. Trained as an economist, she gave up her own job to look after the couple's only child, born in 1996. Despite all that, Svetlana barely breaks the mold crafted by so many first ladies in Russia before her. She largely confines her public observations to carefully rehearsed speeches; she provides sympathetic interviewers with bland comments on womanhood. She dresses conservatively in tailored, pastel-colored outfits. Michelle Obama's fashion sense attracts comparisons with Jacqueline Kennedy, and there is a Web site entirely dedicated to what she wears. Vogue's Doletskaya is cagey about passing judgment on Svetlana's style, saying simply that she is "very representative of Russian femininity." But when questioned about the U.S. first lady, Doletskaya becomes lively. She describes Michelle's style as "very fresh," as someone who mixes boldly "but in a very refined way." There is a recognition that Svetlana has a difficult role to play - managing the expectations of both a conservative older generation and ambitious, career-minded younger women who would like her to step up. "It's not easy" to be a first lady, said Oksana Fyodorova, Miss Universe 2002. "But I think she (Svetlana) will succeed. And then we'll see who is better - Michelle or our Svetlana.""

7/4/2009 10:40:17 AM

So don't pay attention to it then. That seems easier than being a whiny bitch.

7/4/2009 11:08:39 AM

ive been tired of that googly eyed bitch since i laid my poor eyes on her

7/4/2009 12:54:13 PM

yeah she ranks somewhere between and

7/4/2009 1:17:03 PM

So don't pay attention to it then. That seems easier than being a whiny bitch.

7/4/2009 1:23:47 PM

Do NOT knock Whoopi.

7/4/2009 1:26:33 PM

don't you talk about my Harriet Winslow!

7/4/2009 1:28:43 PM

she is one hideous beast, and rumor has it she wants a more active role in running things. Jackie had class and was sexy, Michelle is just an angry radical bee-atch like her husband. I mean hell, all it took was her husband to become president before she was actually proud of this country.

7/4/2009 1:59:45 PM

he hasn't taken your guns and the army is still killing muslims, and your taxes are still too low. what are you all still so pissed about?

7/4/2009 2:22:40 PM

apparently, he's^^ a maritime pilot. no wonder he's an unreasonably bitter kook.

[Edited on July 4, 2009 at 2:25 PM. Reason : .]

7/4/2009 2:24:46 PM

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"In Britain, she famously breached palace protocol by putting her arm around Queen Elizabeth II."

really, really uncool

7/4/2009 2:44:13 PM

people just want to love the obamas so much. they can't help it, you understand?

7/4/2009 2:46:20 PM

7/4/2009 2:54:33 PM

i love that picture

7/4/2009 3:03:12 PM

i guess you don't realize it's completely mocking people of your ilk

7/4/2009 3:03:56 PM

she's a slightly more attractive Oprah as far as I'm concerned

7/4/2009 3:05:41 PM

jeepers, i never thought i'd actually live long enough to witness someone talking down to a person in reference to the New Yorker

7/4/2009 3:09:23 PM

lol

touche

[Edited on July 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM. Reason : .]

7/4/2009 3:10:26 PM

The press is on its knees in front of everything Obama. This shouldn't surprise you.

ZOMG Obama Killed a Fly!
ZOMG Obama has glistening pectoral muscles!
ZOMG Michelle Obama is ssoooo glamorous!
ZOMG I want to kiss his hand like the pope when I bid him goodnight!
ZOMG Men in Saudi Arabia will stop beating their wives because their masculinity will be more secure with Obama in the White House (no shit, Andrew Sullivan said this prior to the election).


The press needs to go away. Seriously. There was no established formal national press in the late 18th century and we managed to shod ourselves of the greatest empire at the time.

Besides, people have to give a shit for the press to matter anyway and we're all to busy slurping at the trough of sensationalism and pop-stardom to think for themselves.

My advice? Find some rich people and live it up while the empire crumbles.

7/4/2009 4:40:19 PM

racist!

Let the africian americans have their poor (wo)mans verision of Jackie Kennedy!

[Edited on July 4, 2009 at 5:44 PM. Reason : w]

7/4/2009 5:42:48 PM

Michelle Obama has none of what made Jackie Kennedy so popular- class. When you couple that with her husband implementing destructive policies left and right, she just needs to stay out of sight.

7/4/2009 7:39:32 PM

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"i guess you don't realize it's completely mocking people of your ilk"

made me lol

7/4/2009 7:56:30 PM

THAT'S A HUGE BITCH

7/8/2009 6:49:07 PM

dude, that photo looks chopped as a mother fucker

7/8/2009 6:54:41 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090708/ids_photos_wl/r209215502.jpg/

7/8/2009 6:56:08 PM

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 7:01 PM. Reason : n/m]

7/8/2009 7:01:12 PM

its called perspective. she's standing, like, a foot closer to the camera.

also who gives a flying fuck

7/8/2009 7:26:43 PM

7/8/2009 7:43:52 PM

its called, thats a huge bitch

7/8/2009 7:47:11 PM

yeah, because she's so much taller than obama here.

oh wait, she isn't.

7/8/2009 8:09:02 PM

barack only looks bigger because he's in front of her

like this

7/8/2009 8:14:37 PM

Its actually the heels and the perspective

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM. Reason : lkj]

7/8/2009 8:45:29 PM

I'm probably the farthest thing away from a fashion expert but most of the shit she wears is pretty weird and not attractive imo

of course so are fashion shows

7/8/2009 9:36:02 PM

Peter, she is not as attractive but beast is too harsh, brah.

7/8/2009 9:37:55 PM

if you look at her feet it doesnt really look like shes that far in front of him.

i don't know, im horrible when it comes to stuff like this. don't ever ask me to hang a mirror or picture

7/8/2009 9:37:58 PM

heels + perspective people. it's not that hard to comprehend/

7/8/2009 9:46:03 PM

So don't pay attention to it then. That seems easier than being a whiny bitch.

7/8/2009 10:00:59 PM

i'm not saying she is

jeez. im just saying when you look just at her feet they looks pretty close to obamas

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM. Reason : grammer-i needs it]

7/8/2009 10:03:23 PM

She looks like Wayne Brady

7/8/2009 10:11:08 PM

wow some ignorant fucks hate people who don't look like them

who knew?

7/8/2009 10:24:28 PM

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 10:26 PM. Reason : whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, u mad?]

7/8/2009 10:26:21 PM

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"jeepers, i never thought i'd actually live long enough to witness someone talking down to a person in reference to the New Yorker"

lulz

yet it was your 'ilk' that got sandy vag's about it....



yeah i agree though MO is not any sort of fasion icon of any sort, and comparisons to mrs kennedy are ludicrous

7/8/2009 10:28:15 PM

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"Related News Photo Gallery * Michelle's smashing summer style * Obama's travels: Behind the scenes * The First Lady Michelle Obama Articles * First Lady kicks in own foot feat for fashionistas * Back to Gap: Obama wears $10 Gap T-shirt * From Moscow with Style: Michelle, Obama girls"

[Edited on July 9, 2009 at 10:24 AM. Reason : :carlface:]

7/9/2009 10:19:56 AM

FAILz

7/9/2009 10:21:56 AM

This is normal stuff for a new first lady. Maybe you kiddies were'nt watching the news back when Laura Bush and Hilary Clinton were magazine darlings.

7/9/2009 10:41:49 AM

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"he hasn't taken your guns and the army is still killing muslims, and your taxes are still too low. what are you all still so pissed about? "

Taxes are never too low

7/9/2009 10:55:53 AM

Is that sum Harriet Winslow ITT???

7/9/2009 10:57:50 AM

^^says someone paid by said taxes.

7/9/2009 11:04:27 AM

arab13, what are you talking about??? my ilk? and whoever "we" are, what was it we got sandy vags about :'(

7/9/2009 11:05:32 AM

set em up

7/9/2009 11:07:01 AM