Michelle Obama's Sneakers | 05/01/2009 11:50 am

Michelle Obama's Sneakers: Lanvin, $540 (Photo)

The First Lady wore plum and silver shiny sneakers made by the high-end French design house Lanvin.

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

The shiny sneakers Michelle Obama sported Wednesday while volunteering with Jill Biden at a Washington, DC, food bank have become all the rage. The plum and silver shoes, built with suede, were made by the high-end French design house Lanvin. The shoes, which will run you $540, also come in satin and denim.

The feet of other famous women, including Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss, Chloë Sevigny, Sofia Coppola, Catherine Deneuve and Jennifer Aniston, have also found comfort in the casual footwear brand.

Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus carry the Lanvin label. Even in this economy, it won’t be surprising if stores sell out of the sneakers.

Click here for a slideshow of memorable Michelle Obama styles from her first 100 days of being First Lady.

Sneaker close up:

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Yep, that’s the "image" our First Lady wants to put out there! $540.00 for a pair of "sneaks."

What happened to wearing "affordable" clothing from J. Crew? Didn’t last long.

As one can see from the outfit she is wearing in the above photo, the image of America’s First Lady has definitely changed. Can’t wait for the bathing suit photo to follow….

By deber B on 05/01/2009 12:12 pm

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Give it a break. Do you have any idea what Laura Bush’s shoes cost? No? You know why? Because nobody cared what she was wearing because she wasn’t even in the picture. But I’ll bet with all that Bush Oil money, her shoes weren’t cheap.

By DeBúrca obj on 05/01/2009 12:22 pm

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Testy today….I am giving my opinion, DeBurca. I find it fascinating that anyone would find what Michelle Obama wears and spends on her clothes "newsworthy." That being said, since it is thrown in our faces on a weekly basis by the biased media we naturally comment on it. The media will eventually turn the public against this couple for the absurdity of it all.

Again, I cannot wait for the bathing suit photo. I’m sure it is next or at least show us a photo of her in her p. j.’s and bathrobe….the public is sitting on the edge of their chairs!

By deber B on 05/01/2009 12:35 pm

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I would be willing to bet she did not wear them to a shelter!..or in her garden!

By S.J. Morgan on 05/01/2009 12:52 pm

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Well, all I can say is, thank God this wasn’t Sarah Palin, wearing $540 shoes at an event like this. Good golly, just imagining the screaming is enough to give one a headache!

By Rachel F on 05/01/2009 1:24 pm

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Rachael, good point!

By C Hardy on 05/01/2009 1:51 pm

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HA! What an elitist! Ah…for someone with all of that "education" Michelle sure made a stupid choice in footwear for a photo op at the food bank…

But wait…she is smart…so then it is once again evident…her elitist attitude and "let them eat cake" ideals. Yes, she knew just what she was doing…rubbing noses into the dirt…she honestly doesn’t give a care. They won after all….

And once again….not a peep from those that she blatantly mocks with her inappropriate display of wealth and excess.

By Kelly In Texas on 05/01/2009 2:01 pm

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as well as ugly looking too!

By A Amedee on 05/02/2009 10:10 pm

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Obama’s are showy people. And shallow. They are both about "look at me"! And "like me". What woman with a brain in her head would choose those shoes to wear to a food shelter? Let alone anywhere. Now if they were business shoes a basic black or a suit I could understand but when a first lady flounts her money with a pair of sneakers for her own feet….she is a…loser!

By Lori Mallory on 05/03/2009 8:09 pm

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How on earth can any of you assume where, how, or how much our First Lady acquired those shoes? Maybe she bought them at a 2nd-hand store; perhaps she borrowed them because her’s were soaked in the rainstorm, and had no idea about their couture status. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps but for those of you who are believers, isn’t there something going around termed, WWJD. And isn’t it written "judge not lest ye be judged?"

Frankly, I don’t believe any of you who also bring your "faith" into these discussions. No wonder the world isn’t following your example.

By C jay on 05/03/2009 11:58 pm

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she wears affordable clothing to show people that are really affected by this recession ( low income- to middle income) that you can still be stylish at a low cost. She obviously does not fall into that income bracket. She and president Obama have money. When he says be smart on how we spend he is speaking again to those mostly affected by this recession. The rich are not scared to spend their money they are scared to invest. Because some of us cannot afford those sneakers it does not mean that no one in the world should be seen with them on. Please try to speak your thoughts objectively. All the fuss about sarah palin was a fuss because they spent campaign money on her wardrobe. If it were her own money no one would have an opinion. We cannot get upset over how ANYONE spends money they themselves have earned.

By Jessica Rodriguez on 05/02/2009 8:03 am

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I agree with your point, Jessica! I think those who has much too say against the First Lady is full of envy!

By A Amedee on 05/02/2009 10:14 pm

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"All the fuss about sarah palin was a fuss because they spent campaign money on her wardrobe. If it were her own money no one would have an opinion."

That’s pure BS. Cindy McCain was also raked over the coals because of her garments, that she bought with her own money.

By Rachel F on 05/04/2009 8:01 am

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This is a funny thread…invisible posts, shoe talk and (of course) Sarah Palin swipes…

But…in the allObamaLove all the time media presentation of all things Obama comes the very real risk of backlash. Yes…times are hard for most Americans; the President is telling us all to make ‘tough choices’ and the media (in their blithering idiocy) decides to breathlessly report on the value of Mrs. Obama’s shoes. Maybe the writers of this drivel really and trully are impressed by Lanvin; or Mrs. O wearing such high end items…BUT it won’t ‘play’ (public opinion wise) well for long.

Anyone else remember back, during the campaign when GWB’s Treasury sent the $600 stimulus checks? And Mrs. O (during a stump speech) commented $600? Why what are you going to with that? Buy a pair of earrings? And then Mrs. O was kinda taken off the trail for a little while…well, ‘because.’ Well now we all get our thirteen dollar a week Obama stiimulus (which add up to about $600 per year) and the media gushing about a pair of sneakers (I thought they were Keds at first, who knew those shoes were that high end?) that cost about the same amount as the pittance most Americans receive as ‘tax break’. Not a savvy PR move…especially at a food bank photo op. Things come back around to bite sometimes…

By Mary Quite-Contrary on 05/02/2009 12:50 pm

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Mary…good point…and that wonderful $13 a week we will have to all give back at tax time next year…I posted awhile back that an accountant who did someones taxes warned her that she had better change her W-4 because she could end up paying in because of this "bonus" we are getting weekly….watch out everyone….might want to put it in a savings account to help pay what you owe next year.

By Libra Lady on 05/02/2009 4:24 pm