It wouldn’t be an election year if we went a week without political rumors, and the Telegraph released a doozie on Sunday: allegedly Michelle Obama spent $50,000 on a lingerie shopping spree at Agent Provocateur. But try to contain your outrage and/or jealousy: let’s look at Gawker’s math on the topic first. So did the first lady spend like a member of the 1%? Find out after the cut!
When it comes to expensive underthings, Agent Provocateur is the place to go. Go to any page on the site and you’ll probably see a $190 bra. So perhaps it would be easy to drop 50 grand on bustiers and whatnot? Not according to Gawker, who shows that even the most seasoned shopper would have to buy almost every piece of undergarments on the site to come close to that mark:
45 bras $7,18083 “knickers” $11,260
35 suspenders, waspies and garters $6,320
13 corsets, basques and playsuits $7,270
17 kimonos, gowns and slips $17,090
And even that (every available piece of lingerie in the store) only runs you to a total of $49,120. It’s okay; toss in a couple accessories — these $710 crystal cuffs, say, and the $660 leather whip — and you’re bumped right up to an extremely erotic $50,490. [via Gawker]
The White House is (naturally) denying the original story, and there isn’t even a source for it. My biggest reason for disbelieving the rumor, however, is that even I couldn’t spend that much on lingerie if I tried. And I have an irrational, bank-breaking love of the stuff.
What do you think of the rumor? Could you spend that much on lingerie?
magnolia / 1066 posts
I doubt any woman, even the most rich and famous, has that much underwear.
cherry blossom / 42 posts
I have that much underwear, but not that much expensive underwear.
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I know that Agent Provocateur garments are very expensive, but even rich ladies, I really doubt would buy 45 bras at once. How much time did she spend trying all of them on? Geez! $5,000 I would believe, but not $50,000. Personally, I cannot spend that much on lingerie. (Few hundred dollars, tops.) Even if the disposable income was open ended.
guest
Barack must be tearing that shit UP!
guest
And now we know why she is the President’s wife.
guest
I just clicked the link to see why it was BS.
guest
She is a member of the 1%. Just because she’s the wife of the left’s political hero doesn’t mean she’s not just as rich as all those greedy old white bastards.
Nah, she probably didn’t buy that much underwear. Isn’t it insane that people care about what public figures buy? In the first place, enough to make up the story (because they know that someone will read it and be outraged), in the second place, enough to bother denying it?
guest
That’s crazy, but it does sound like a bunch of bull.
ranunculus / 3457 posts
So what? The celebrity idiots many Lovelyish users admire are famous for their ridiculous expensive habits.
guest
shit I would buy excessive amounts of pretty lingerie if I was in any sort of position to. I fail to see why this is a big fucking deal.
sunflower / 337 posts
I wouldn’t spend that much on lingerie because I don’t have that kind of money. If I did, I’d probably buy lots of expensive shit. If you have the money, then go ahead and buy what you want.
rose / 791 posts
So? It’s her money. If she wants to spend it on underwear, let her.
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blabla don’t know, don’t care.
probably not easy for her to go shopping btw. Let her be.
guest
Sounds like her. She’s had absolutely no problem spending taxpayer money jetting off to Hawaii and other places; why should she have a problem spending taxpayer money on lingerie?
guest
There’s no way.
guest
it’s listed quite detailed here, and if the stuff is so exepnsive it’s, say, techniaclly possible.
I can imagine it. I don’t think she meant to do evil, but those rich folks lose sight of what is normal and necessary. Imagine you sit there and put every item you like from the store into yor online shopping cart. I don’t see where the problem is.
guest
Who cares? She can do what she wants.