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Michelle Obama’s style ‘dreadful,’ says designer Vivienne Westwood

by Rina Raphael, TODAY | March 8, 2013 at 3:07 PM
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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood acknowledges applause following her Fall/Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 2, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood acknowledges applause following her Fall/Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 2, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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TODAY -  Vivienne Westwood’s harsh tongue keeps getting her into trouble.

The British designer, 71, who criticized Duchess Kate’s style and makeup earlier this month, has now taken on our first lady. In an interview with The New York Times, Westwood – while discussing her upcoming “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum – took a few jabs at Michelle Obama’s wardrobe choices, much to the reporter’s surprise:

The New York Times: You must love our first lady, who is famous for recycling her clothes.

Westwood: Don’t talk about her. It’s dreadful what she wears.

The New York Times: What?

Westwood: I don’t want to talk about it. Really, I can’t. She’s a very nice looking lady, but it’s a nonstarter regarding clothes that suit her.

Westwood, however, seemed to only have kind words for another first lady – Jackie Kennedy. “[She] was a different matter altogether,” Westwood said. “It just had to suit her and be something that makes a human being more glamorous.”

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