Instead of ordering mass quantities of ornaments and trees to deck the White House halls, the First Lady decided to dig around the Presidential basement, re-use the 800 or so ornaments from previous administrations, have 60 community groups bedazzle them with local flavor, and then decorate according to the theme: “Reflect. Rejoice. Renew.”

While you may not have 800 ornaments in your basement (at least, we hope you don’t), this holiday season is the perfect time to take a leaf from the First Family’s book and “renew” and recycle your old decor – all in the name of good taste and green living, of course!

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– I LOVE fashion and I am proud of it.
– I am not afraid of blatantly displaying my fashion knowledge, even less so with the myriad subliminal associations about superficiality, frivolity, nor any potential chatter concerning my intelligence, substance, or propriety. I am a woman with real substance to back that all up.

– I am a professional woman of a certain age (not a fashion editor or a gangly blogger), in a very visible, politically- and public opinion-driven position in American politics (not to be confused with France).

The occasion easily was too loaded and involved too much preponderance for most people to take risks, not Désirée.

She pulled the dress off with aplomb: its appliqued bib front with trompe l’oeil pearls embroidery plus the overall nuances of nude didn’t do her justice. But how she looked in it becomes secondary at this point. It’s the gesture, the confidence and the nonchalance of it all with which she carried it – with so much style and ease – that really gets us applauding. Her choice and its message, however subtle and subliminal, scored her bosses and their administration major brownie points for unconventionality and modernity – a befitting, cohesive nod to the modern spirit of the Obamas.

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