White House State Dinner Fashions

[Pepper]

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[Pepper]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">The Menu</span>

Potato and eggplant salad

White House arugula with onion seed vinaigrette

2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Modus Operandi, Napa Valley, California

Red lentil soup with fresh cheese

2006 Riesling Brooks &quot;Ara&quot; Willamette Valley, Oregon

Roasted potato dumplings with tomato chutney

chick peas and okra

or green curry prawns

caramelized salsify with smoked collard greens and coconut aged basmati

2007 Grenache, Beckmen Vineyards, Santa Ynez, California

Pumpkin pie tart

pear tatin

whipped cream and caramel sauce

Sparkling Chardonnay, Thibaut Janisson Brut, Monticello, Virginia

Petits fours and coffee

Cashew brittle

Pecan pralines

Passion fruit and vanilla gelees

Chocolate-dipped fruit

[halfwaytree]

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The Reps will probably criticize the Obama's for throwing such a lavish affair while so many are out of work and losing their homes.

[R00TS]

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Wow what a beautiful dress Michelle wore! They are such a handsom couple.

Also liked the blues&amp;green of the other gown shown. Made all those other black dresses look plain in comparrison.

Wonder if anything was used out of the whitehouse veggie garden

[St_Bess]

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This morning early tv reports stated that herbs that Michelle planted was used in the dinner.

[Peasie]

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The menu said White House arugula. I suspect that came from their garden.

Now back to style ... Michelle's eyebrows have been softened. Hallelujah!

[R00TS]

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<span style="font-style: italic"> In picking a theme for the decor for the Obama administration's first state dinner with India, the first lady went for the obvious: garden.

Michelle Obama's green thumbprints were all over the decor, food and flower arrangements at Tuesday's big event held outside in the South Lawn under a big tent.

The tent was decorated to look like a garden with magnolia branches hugging the walls of the structure. And the flower arrangements -- composed of hydrangeas, garden roses and sweet peas -- were to mimic the look of a &quot;classic American garden,&quot; we're told. White House arugula, from the garden, was served in the salad, along with vegetables from other local sources.

&quot;It's going to include the freshest ingredients from area farmers and purveyors,&quot; Obama said of the food, as she debuted the menu and place settings Tuesday afternoon for a gaggle of reporters and young women from the White House's Leadership and Mentoring Program. &quot;And because of all of the hard work of some other kids in the community, we've got this wonderful White House kitchen garden out in the South Lawn and we're going to use some of the herbs from that garden in tonight's dinner as well,&quot; she gushed.

In a affair where every choice sends a message, the Obamas' zeal for gardening and sustainable foods was clear, but they made sure the dinner included touches of India as well.
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now back to style

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politi...3-72922267.html

[Pepper]

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Photos from previous state dinners.

[Pepper]

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[Pepper]

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[jah_yout]

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michelle looks great...
i prefer this hairstyle on her too more than the last one

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Curmudgeon_Milo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Reps will probably criticize the Obama's for throwing such a lavish affair while so many are out of work and losing their homes. </div></div>

there had to be some Reps on the guest list/in attendance for a state dinner.

[Pepper]

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[mountaingal]

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from my daily newspaper:

ATTIRE

While Mr. Singh's wife, Gursharan Kaur, wore a traditional Indian sari, Ms. Obama's golden, strapless gown also had an Indian flavour.

Naeem Khan, who designed Ms. Obama's dress, said the gown took three weeks of work by about 40 people to make. <span style="font-weight: bold">It was made in India.</span>

“It's so beautiful, totally handmade,” Mr. Khan told CNN.

In addition to the silver-sequined gown, Ms. Obama wore a matching wrap, a stack of bangle bracelets on her wrist and dangling earrings.

“I think she looks fabulous,” said Mary Tomer, author of the new book Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy . “She walked out in something that's figure-flattering and chic. Naeem's work is known for glamour and embellishment and this dress seems to embody that. She's sparkling and radiant.”

Mr. Obama stuck to a classic tuxedo.

“I often feel Obama's suits are too big on him, but I think he got a new tux,” said Hal Rubenstein, fashion director for InStyle magazine.