Michelle Obama goes on a luxury lingerie spending spree

The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc lift in sales.

Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.

Gary Hogarth, Agent Provocateur's chief executive, refused to be drawn on the store's closely kept "secret client list". But he admitted the brand had attracted a high number of "unexpected famous names" – especially in the US, where sales have overtaken the UK.

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ghoti said:

This post reeks of rancid right wing desperation.

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Chris said:

No. Just showing the typical hypocrisy of limousine liberals.

Shame all that 'Hope and Change we can believe in' was just a good election slogan and nothing else.

The more things change, the more they stay the same

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killadoob said:

If this was zuma's wife everyone would be going crazy about over spending and wasting money.

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Ninja'd said:

Great. Now I have an image of Wayne Brady in lingerie stuck in my head the whole day.

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killadoob said:

If this was zuma's wife everyone would be going crazy about over spending and wasting money.

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White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers' money on vacations alone in the past year.

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Alan said:

yes but this the wife of the Obamasiah. No mere mortal.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...10m-public-money-vacations.html#ixzz1kvWxlm7S

Seems she splashes tax payers cash on holidays almost as much as her hubby plays golf

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killadoob said:

10m dollars . Holy cow that is crazy

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Chris said:

A pity she doesn't listen to her husband who is always going on about 'fairness'... :erm:. A very bright idea to have part of Madison Square Avenue shut off while many Americans are struggling.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-boosted-by-US-First-Lady-Michelle-Obama.html

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sutekj said:

I'm sorry, but this isn't news. It's gossip.

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This is so highly offensive on so many levels! The President pays for personal expenses themselves. The Secret Service is with them whether they are on vacation or not! The President makes $400,000 per year, a pittance for the most stressful job in the world. What Mrs. Obama spends on a hotel room is none of my business. The Secret Service must approve of any place the First Family stays for security reasons. You'd rather have them stay in a B & B in the Jersey Shore? Where were all you grousers when George W. Bush was spending a MONTH at a time at his ranch in Crawford Texas? Bush took the most vacations of any of the four most recent Presidents.
- MJ, Boston, USA, 26/8/2011 03:56

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