Irony is NOT rain on your wedding day,

despite what Alanis Moreupset might sing. Irony is Laura Bush showing up at Fashion Week in NYC:

AP/Richard Drew

[thanks to res ipsa loquitur for the tip]

Comments

[Kid Charlemagne]

Sure, that is not just one of those cutout figures that tourists can take their picture in front of?

[Nuncamas]

That suit is so wrong so many ways. Ugh. Beauty may be only skin deep, but sometimes ulgy goes all the way in.

[M-Lo]

she really does look like Cesar Romero as the Joker, doesn't she?

[Margie in Austin, Texas]

OH. MY. GOD. Where to start? The Rictus Red lipstick does not go with that Chick Flick Cherry dress she has on. She needs to have a close encounter with some bronzer, or something, to make her look less dead. Surely, she can afford some sensible shoes that don't look like sensible shoes. They're out there-I own a pair. And, ditch the pinky crook already. You're not ever going to convince anyone that you don't remind us of a hog at a trough when you eat.

As a hat doff to my beloved Molly Ivins, I'll use a local colloquialism to describe the whole effect: Gag a maggot.

[Missouri Bird]

Yikes...that little finger...

[P O'Neill]

Check out the emergency Laura-bot shutdown device beside her in this one.

[kate petersen]

The pinky crook is very probably the result of a broken finger than was improperly set. Sometimes when that happens, the inner tendon will shrink and the finger then cannot be fully extended. Since she does it every time she extends her right hand, that's my guess. If it were voluntary, every now and then she'd forget to be dainty.

[konopelli/wgg]

seldom does one see in public someone who is as uncomfortable with her physicality as Pickles...

one might almost feel a twinge of pity for her...were she not voluntarily allied with the bushiviks...
/

[Comandante Agi]

Give the First Lady a break!...when she heard they were giving away free 40oz. bottles of Kettle One she dropped all her plans and decided to pay the Big Apple a visit.

[karmicjay]

The pinky!

[MaryC]

I have a crooked finger too -- it's the onset of arthritis. I'll never be able to straighten it out.

So I'll give her a pass on the pinky. The rest of the look ... Is that her slip showing?

[Saturn 5]

The Women's Day Red Dress Handmaid's Tale Awards-- I see OfGeorge is in attendance with crooked finger. Praise be.

[mothra]

Eeeeek!

[four legs good]

Oy. Can't they hire someone to help her with her wardrobe?

That's just embarrassing.

[Eli]

And when she grabs you with her metal claws, you can't break free... because they're metal, and robots are strong.

[Eli]

("...because they're *made of* metal" - dammit, I had it right the first time...)

[Tengrain]

Photographic evidence that you can make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Who knew?

Thanks Watertiger!

Regards,

Tengrain

[Capital J]

Madame Tussaud's is missing an exhibit.

[don]

She also has a brown stain below her right knee. Did
she miss or forgot to wipe. geeeeeeez! F@#k that
finger, some one tell her she is a walking disaster.

[Terry C, Pelosi Fan]

Looks more and more like The Joker every day.

[TF-MA]

I'm thinkin' Pickles' fashion consultant has to be Edina Monsoon - "Lacroix, Sweetie." They both share that stomach churning criminal dress sense.

You'd think the fashion mavens could make over this ILLustrious fashion victim as a public service.

[Caveat]

Um, I still think she's dead.

[Phoebe]

So the suit is a disaster, shoes are unflattering, etc.... She's a trainwreck. But the makeup. THE MAKEUP! Someone needs to tell her that she needs to lay off the ultra-Joker lippie, and for God's sake, start using the foundation that doesn't show up as a flash in pictures.

[TeddySanFran]

Is this Pickles' outfit for "wear Red for Women's heart health day?" Her companion is giggling because she, not Pickles, got red right.

[TRex]

Really, though, you should give Laura some credit.

She's so lifelike you almost can't tell she's not real.