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Shallow I know, but Sarah Brown has appalling dress sense and a terrible figure.

659 replies

moondog · 02/04/2009 18:00

FGS woman, loser a bit of weight and get some nice gear.You're supposed to be representing us.

OP posts:
kittywise · 03/04/2009 20:26

oh I don't need to have achieve anything

pointydog · 03/04/2009 20:30

some days, shallow is all anyone can muster

noddyholder · 03/04/2009 20:38

She is actually v attractive and the colour is great on her.Looks a bit of a pmt belly not hideously fat as someone said earlier.Tbh considering what the agenda is atm her outfit is the least of out worries!

howtotellmum · 03/04/2009 20:40

I find it amazing that you can sit there on your juicy couture clad bums with your french manicures or whatever other hideosity you find "stylish" and criticise her.

if you could see what I am wearing right now! Never had a french manicure in my life.

But then, I am not the PM's wife, thank God.

I don't think anyone is sneering- we are making the point that as a public figure- which she is, then she needs someone to give her a hand to make the best of what she has got.

In a perverse way, we are trying to HELP her!!!

I can't beleive how much feminism there is here, as if it is utterly wrong to criticise another woman's dress sense, when it is patently obvious that she is not wearing a flattering outfit. Why does that, in some of your eyes, equate to an assassination of her character?

As for her being a successful business woman before hand- maybe- but is anything more shallow than PR? Well, maybe advertising...and apologies in advance to anyone doing either.

pointydog · 03/04/2009 20:41

her clothes are obviously too tight. No one can argue with that

NotanOtter · 03/04/2009 20:42

going round in circles here

put simply - as a 41 year old mother who is in the public eye a wee bit in my job

i would have looked at that get up in the mirror and thought

i would then have said to dp ' how does his look' and he would have said 'you need a size bigger'

I am not the pms wife

i do not have a team of advisors nor a wardrobe budget

she is a bright woman imo she needs to learn to buy better fitting clothes

SparkyFartDust · 03/04/2009 20:43

Moondog...only 2 camps? I don't fit neatly into either you have described.

I am in 'the camp' which is accepting of how she looks. I didn't look at her picture and have an reaction either way about 'the way she looked. For what ever reason, it's just not something that registers with me.

Perhaps because, like you I work in a health profession and I have learned the most basic of lessons, 'do not judge a book by it's cover.' Many of my clients have other priorities and concerns and 'taking pride in their appearance' just isn't up there as one of them. If a parent of a child comes into the clinic looking unkempt etc should I then assume that they do not value their role as a parent and that they are lacking in some way?

Again, were I to use your 'dressing professionally correlated to how professional someone is' then I would be a poor judge of skill.

I care about my own appearance, take pride in it for my own sake. If you were to meet me you would see a 30 something woman, size 8 who has an attractive enough face and physic and likes to wear 'nice' clothes. However, I do not use this as a measure against which to 'judge' others.

and howtotell. How horribly patronising of you, 'we are trying to HELP her!!!'
what utter shite.

kittywise · 03/04/2009 20:44

She must have an 'advisor' surely. Someone has told her she looks good in clothes that are too small for her

gizmo · 03/04/2009 20:44

For some reason this thread gives me the Red Mist.

OP bad enough, and that some people seem to think it is justifiable...well...it defies belief.

But thanks to whoever came up with the 'you're all just insecure theory'. That gave me a good laugh, at least.

kettlechip · 03/04/2009 20:56

Agree with NotanOtter. My father worked in politics and I grew up with parents who regularly went to formal functions. My mum always took time to dress smartly and with care, as she felt her appearance reflected on my dad and his role. She had no clothing allowance either but always managed to look good on a budget.

Like it or not, Sarah Brown is representing us and dressing the part as PM's wife is an unofficial part of her role (irrespective of her weight.) I can't believe she couldn't have called upon a personal shopper or stylist to help her out and I do think more care should have been taken to choose something which at least fit her properly.

reach4sky · 03/04/2009 21:00

Not an Otter, she has neither a wardrobe budget or a tem of advisors. As has already been said, no Pm's wife has ever had a wardrobe budget, a hair budget, a make up budget, a chef or anything else. It is all funded out of their oen pocket.

She also does not have a "team of advisors". She has personal assistants who manage her diary as relates to her role as the PM's wife. That's it.

NotanOtter · 03/04/2009 21:00

kettlechip

nail

on

head

TheOldestCat · 03/04/2009 21:01

"SB has a duty to look decent"

Good LORD.

What a nasty OP.

TheOldestCat · 03/04/2009 21:02

Yes, let's hope she has more advisers concentrating on the colour of her tights than on her work to help combat maternal mortality rates.

After all, that's what really matters in life.

spicemonster · 03/04/2009 21:05

I love commenting on people in the public eye's clothes. But I will not make bitchy comments about other women's figures. We have men to do that for us.

It's this kind of thread which makes me despair of this board.

kittywise · 03/04/2009 21:06

course she has a duty to look decent.

The mind boggles as to what she saw in the mirror before she stepped out the door.

TheOldestCat · 03/04/2009 21:07

Don't despair, spicemonster - we don't all judge by appearances and bitch about other women's 'terrible figures'.

TheOldestCat · 03/04/2009 21:09

Maybe she thought she looked nice. Maybe she worried about how she looked (can't imagine why!). Maybe she's got more important things to think about.

Hmmm, the mind boggles.

But let's hope she remembers her 'duty' soon eh?

reach4sky · 03/04/2009 21:15

God, anyone who thinks that the world would be a better place if it was run by women just needs to spend 2 minutes on this thread to be disabused of that notion.

PresidentTaylor · 03/04/2009 21:15

Have not read much of thread, but awful to say she has a horrible figure. Surely it is her business whether she chooses to battle her natural (post 3 pregnancies) shape to conform to some sort of social ideal. She does not have the washboard stomach of a model - but she isn't a model. Neither does she look as if she is on the cakes all day. She is a normal size. I think she has a nice face (looks friendly), and the clothes are not to my taste but it's not me who is wearing them.

I do love Michelle Obama though

herbietea · 03/04/2009 21:21

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reach4sky · 03/04/2009 21:28

"Duty to look nice" - it's really stomach churning HT isn't it, not to mention depressing.

herbietea · 03/04/2009 21:33

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piscesmoon · 03/04/2009 22:19

'course she has a duty to look decent'

In what way did she look indecent?

JeanPoole · 03/04/2009 22:36

this thread hs made me feel very depressed for my lovely baby girl.
SOME women really give us all a bad name.
such a nasty bitchy op and thread.

leave SB be.