Adorar a la Reina! Michelle Obama’s Floral Outfits Cost 23x Annual Salary in Cuba
Posted: March 22, 2016 Filed under: Global, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge, Cold War, Cuba, fashion, Glamour, Havana, hubris, Michelle Obama, President of the United States, United States, Virginia, Wealth Inequality, White House Leave a comment
Morgan Chalfont reports: The two floral dresses that first lady Michelle Obama sported in Cuba this week would not be affordable for the wide majority of individuals living in the repressive country.
[Read the full story here, at freebeacon.com]
US Weekly recently spotlighted two outfits that Obama wore during appearances in Havana on Sunday and Monday that, according to a Free Beacon analysis, together cost more than 23 times the average annual state salary in Cuba recorded in 2014.
When the president and his family landed in Cuba Sunday, the first lady descended Air Force One wearing a sleeveless, rose-print dress made by designer Carolina Herrera. The dress is currently sold for $2,190 at Bergdorf Goodman, an upscale department store.
Later, on Monday evening, Obama dressed in a floral, knee-length dress from designer Naeem Khan to attend the state dinner at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba. A similar frock from Naeem Khan, a Barack Obama donor, available in the designer’s pre-fall 2016 collection costs $4,490…(read more)
Source: freebeacon.com
