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Offline Chris

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Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« on: March 19, 2010, 10:54:21 AM »
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CHICAGO -The signs of Maria Pinto's rise were clear when Michelle Obama entered the world stage wearing her designs, also favored by Oprah Winfrey.

Today the signs on Pinto's Chicago shop say something different: "Closeout." "Final Sale."

Pinto is closing her Chicago boutique with a liquidation sale through Saturday offering discounts of up to 70 percent on her clothing, some of which is priced at thousands of dollars per piece.

The designer blames a poor economy, but the closing also may call into a question the notion that a fashionable first lady could single-handedly save an on-the-verge designer.
http://www.aolnews.com/story/capital-culture-designer-favored-by/957265

What surprising news. :p
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2010, 11:24:41 AM »
To be fair: they've done wonders for the firearm and ammunition manufacturers of America.
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 11:38:00 AM »
There's someone out there that'll actually claim credit for DESIGNING this hideous thing?   :thatsright:


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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 11:41:29 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 19, 2010, 11:38:00 AM
There's someone out there that'll actually claim credit for DESIGNING this hideous thing?   :thatsright:



Looks like something Tookie came up with while waiting for the needle.
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 11:46:14 AM »
There are only a limited number of women who are over 6' tall and willing to show off their upper arm flab.
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 12:04:41 PM »
The designer blames a poor economy, but the closing also may call into a question the notion that a fashionable first lady could single-handedly save an on-the-verge designer.

Who said the first bitch is fashionable?
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 03:34:51 PM »
And in (possibly) related news...

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Rasmussen: Obama more disliked than Bush?
posted at 3:52 pm on March 19, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
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Today’s Rasmussen numbers from their daily presidential poll puts Barack Obama into an unusual position.  In just 14 months, he has made himself more unpopular than his predecessor, at least by the measure of strong disapproval.  Obama’s approval index has tied its lowest mark yet at -21: ...
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/19/rasmussen-obama-more-disliked-than-bush/
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2010, 06:38:00 PM »
So the designer is closing their shop. Michelle can go and stock up on stuff from their "bargain bins".  I think that's where she was buying her stuff, anyway, but it was from the bargain bins at the Salvation Army Thrift store.
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2010, 06:59:41 PM »
Women found that they could achieve the same look for a whole lot less money by using a burlap sack.
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Re: Designer favored by Michelle Obama closes
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2010, 08:47:10 AM »
Thousands of dollars for a "boob belt"?

I'll stick with my $30 Levi's, thanks very much.
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