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| Indian designers in Obama’s ‘nude’ |
| Indian designers in Obama’s ‘nude’ dress row
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 20-May-2010
8:24:46 AM |
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Nit-picking has been high on the agenda when the US got its first non-white President and First Lady. Michelle Obama’s evening gown at the State dinner in White House has sparked off a controversy over the description of the dress’s colour.
From the moment she stepped into the limelight, Mrs Obama was hailed as the ''First Lady of Fashion'', the lady who could carry off High Street buys and glittering designer gowns with equal panache.
However, her choice of gown for a State dinner has sparked a debate about race and the delicate matter of whether one can call a dress colour ''nude'' when it really depends on the wearer.
The dress was described by the designer as a "sterling-silver sequin, abstract floral, nude strapless gown".
"We talk of nude now and there is no one colour. It''s politically incorrect,” The Telegraph quoted Gale Epstein, a lingerie storeowner as saying
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