Monday, August 24, 2009

Who Wears Short Shorts?

There are days you don't care what you put on…anything…mainly because it is socially unacceptable to walk around town naked. I hear people get thrown in the clinker for nude walking…and nude running is especially unattractive. Unfortunately for Michelle Obama…throwing on any ole thing…is not an option.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to have your appearance discussed in the national news…The Today Show…and talk shows...like The View. Your clothing, your hair, your make-up…all scrutinized, criticized, and sometimes ostracized in public.

Michelle Obama, while touring the Grand Canyon last week, was photographed wearing shorts. OMG…Start the presses…the First Lady has legs! They were decent shorts…not hot pants (Okay, I’m showing my age)…low-rise shorts, cut-offs, bun huggers, or boxer shorts. Maybe the media was expecting culottes.

Get over it people…Michelle Obama wore shorts to the Grand Canyon…in Arizona in mid-August…where it is 115 degrees in the shade. First of all, the First Lady is 45…not 95…and is redefining what First Ladies look like. The ever so matronly, stately Hillary, probably would have worn her yellow bumble bee jacket…matching pants…and sensible low heels. And she would have been one sweaty bee.

Enough with the questions: Was it a fashion faux pau? Were her shorts inappropriate? Michelle Obama shouldn’t concern herself with these questions.

Michelle Obama should focus on what’s really important: Do they make my butt look big?

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