[...] The Carolee jewelry company is pitching its line of pearls with photos of four pearl-wearing style icons: two American first ladies, Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama, both Democrats, and two foreign consorts, Eva Peron and Wallis Simpson, who, to put it politely, leaned fascist. [...]
Now I realize that jewelry marketers should not be confused with historians, but if I were Michelle Obama I'd be offended. And if I were managing the Obama brand I'd certainly protest. If the White House can ask a noncontroversial windbreaker-maker to remove a billboard featuring a press photo of President Obama in its jacket, surely the first lady's staff can ask Carolee not to link Mrs. O with Evita.
It is, of course, possible that this is a sanctioned use of the first lady's image. [...]
"Eva Peron's jewelry - 'flamboyant' pins, elaborate necklaces and statement earrings - reflected her glamorous early life as an actress and film star. Eva Peron, known affectionely as 'Evita', used her celebrity to help further humanitarian and nationalistic goals for Argentina."
Yo creo que, como venimos diciendo desde hace mas de dos años por acá, Obama es Perón. No me extrañaría, por consiguiente, que entre los role models de Michelle (ma belle) estuviera la abanderada de los Ricciardi.
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