First Lady Fashion Seven Strategies

AP Published May 29, 2014
This photo taken May 12, 2014 shows first lady Michelle Obama waving as she leaves the crafts area as she and Jill Biden hosted their annual Mother’s Day tea to honor military mothers at White House in Washington. AP
This photo taken May 12, 2014 shows first lady Michelle Obama waving as she leaves the crafts area as she and Jill Biden hosted their annual Mother’s Day tea to honor military mothers at White House in Washington. AP
This Feb. 4, 1981 file photo shows former first lady Betty Ford getting outfitted with a spring wardrobe by Seventh Avenue designer Albert Capraro, in New York. She is wearing a cranberry tweed wood jacket with a silk blouse and flat wool skirt. AP
This Feb. 4, 1981 file photo shows former first lady Betty Ford getting outfitted with a spring wardrobe by Seventh Avenue designer Albert Capraro, in New York. She is wearing a cranberry tweed wood jacket with a silk blouse and flat wool skirt. AP
This 1895 file photo shows Edith Kermit Roosevelt wearing a turn-of-the-century dress of black re-embroidered lace over taffeta. Edith Kermit Carow married Theodore Roosevelt in December 1886 and served as first lady from 1901 to 1909. AP
This 1895 file photo shows Edith Kermit Roosevelt wearing a turn-of-the-century dress of black re-embroidered lace over taffeta. Edith Kermit Carow married Theodore Roosevelt in December 1886 and served as first lady from 1901 to 1909. AP
This undated painting by Schapel shows Abraham Lincoln with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and their two sons, Robert Todd and Thomas Lincoln. AP
This undated painting by Schapel shows Abraham Lincoln with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and their two sons, Robert Todd and Thomas Lincoln. AP
handout photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, taken March 17, 1962, shows first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, center, touring the Palace of the Maharajah in Udaipur, India, wearing an apricot silk ziberline dress by Oleg Cassini during a state visit to Udaipur, India. AP
handout photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, taken March 17, 1962, shows first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, center, touring the Palace of the Maharajah in Udaipur, India, wearing an apricot silk ziberline dress by Oleg Cassini during a state visit to Udaipur, India. AP
This Jan. 18, 1965 file photo shows President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, acknowledge a salute from cheering Democrats at the inaugural gala in Washington. The event, featuring an international cast of stage and screen stars, highlighted the festivities preceding the inaugural ceremony. AP
This Jan. 18, 1965 file photo shows President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, acknowledge a salute from cheering Democrats at the inaugural gala in Washington. The event, featuring an international cast of stage and screen stars, highlighted the festivities preceding the inaugural ceremony. AP
This photo taken May 12, 2014 shows first lady Michelle Obama waving as she leaves the crafts area as she and Jill Biden hosted their annual Mother’s Day tea to honor military mothers at White House in Washington. AP
This photo taken May 12, 2014 shows first lady Michelle Obama waving as she leaves the crafts area as she and Jill Biden hosted their annual Mother’s Day tea to honor military mothers at White House in Washington. AP
This two-picture combo of a handout photo released by the White House, taken Dec. 3, 2006 at the White House in Washington, left, and a Dec. 3, 2006 file photo taken at the Kennedy Center in Washington, shows first lady Barbara Bush. AP
This two-picture combo of a handout photo released by the White House, taken Dec. 3, 2006 at the White House in Washington, left, and a Dec. 3, 2006 file photo taken at the Kennedy Center in Washington, shows first lady Barbara Bush. AP

First ladies feel all sorts of pressure to project a fashionable look, and over the decades they’ve tried a range of cash-saving strategies to pull it off without going broke. Seven frugal do’s _ and don’ts _ that first ladies have tried over the years:

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weq
May 30, 2014 03:45pm
Where and who is Pakistan's First Lady?
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Agha Ata
May 30, 2014 06:48pm
@weq We don't talk of first ladies in Islamic state, we only talk of the first gentleman.
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