Cindi Leive: Have designers shifted their way of thinking since Michelle Obama or the recession?
Robin Givhan: After spending three weeks looking at runway shows, I have to say I don't necessarily think that designers have shifted their thinking. To see Balmain eighties shoulders and rock-and-roll jeans with chain mail in them doesn't make me think that anything has necessarily shifted because of our First Lady. The fact is that we're all still clinging to this idealized woman. And as much as they love and rave about Michelle Obama, when it comes down to who is that fantasy woman that they are connecting to, pining for, putting their clothes on for a fashion show, she's still five ten, and a size 2, and about 21 on a good day.
-Robin Givhan regarding Michelle Obama at the "Future of Fashion" discussion with Cindy Lieve, EIC of Glamour magazine, Isaac Mizrahi, Ashley Olsen, at the 92Y in (NYmag)
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