And you were worried about Mrs Obama's bare arms ...

The debate over Mrs Obama's sleeveless dress has even reached Australian news programmes. I thought people might be interested to see this photograph ...

This is Lady Sonia McMahon, wife of then Australian Prime Minister, Bill McMahon on a visit to thw Whitehouse in 1971.

Comments

Gretchen the Household Deity said…
Yowza! I'd never seen that before.
March 6, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Elaray said…
Everything is relative, isn't it?
March 6, 2009 at 3:16 AM
cidell said…
Well. They say things are more cas' in Australia!
March 7, 2009 at 1:30 AM
Diana said…
Oh my, not very flattering is it? Carol, do you have a flicker account. I'd love to get a closer look at your garments. You make such nice stuff. Or would you be willing to add the feature that allow viewers to magnify your pictures?
March 8, 2009 at 2:06 AM
Diana said…
Oh my, not very flattering is it? Carol, do you have a flicker account. I'd love to get a closer look at your garments. You make such nice stuff. Or would you be willing to add the feature that allow viewers to magnify your pictures?
March 8, 2009 at 2:06 AM
Gail said…
Carol, we must have similar minds. I thought about how embarrassing Lady Sonia was when comments were raised about the First Lady. LS was still on the Eastern Suburbs party circuit until a recent fall laid her low. Thanks for commenting about our shared passion for Cormack McCathy on my blog.
March 12, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Meg said…
Hi Carol, I got your message from Byron Bay, such a gorgeous place, we pop down regularly. Did you read 'the road'?
March 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM
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