The End of 'Wife Wear': NYTimes
Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 6:28AM PARIS — The establishment rules of what to wear were bent — and then broken — when female politicians stepped out in pants or when a rebellious Princess Diana refused to flatten her hairdo with a hat. So why did Michelle Obama’s colorful and individual wardrobe for her European visit create such amazement and excitement?
It is because the clothes she chose put an end to that most obnoxious of fashion non-statements: wife wear.
“Wives wear pink” was once a mantra for all those dutiful spouses standing by their men, whether as an appendix to a new role for the husband or as a unwilling partner to a confession of marital infidelity. more
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