Wednesday
Nov252009
Chic Bochic Earrings
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 9:05 PM 
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For those curious about Mrs. O's earrings last night, we're delighted to report that they are one-of-a-kind Bochic earrings, made of rose cut diaminds, amber and tourmaline stones.
In the Bochic press release, designer David Joseph said: "We are incredibly honored that Mrs. Obama chose to wear Bochic earrings last night. When we designed the earrings we wanted to integrate both Eastern and Western design elements. We were drawn to the orange hue of the natural amber and the rose color of the rubellite tourmaline, which are traditional Indian colors. We also added rose cut diamonds to create a vintage feel. These one-of-a-kind earrings are handcrafted and completely unique. The First Lady was an absolute vision."
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Reader Comments (32)
These were fun, stately and gorgeous!!
The Obama's handed out food today and Mrs Obama was re-wearing her Rick Owens vest last seen in Paris and looked especially stunning with her multi rows of hip beaded bracelets.
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Wj_jM13KNnC/Obama+Family+Distributes+Food+Martha+Table/g7doxujSGik/Michelle+Obama
Can anyone provide a link so I can see Jill Biden's dress? Thanks
Shelly (still amazed by Mrs O's dress last night)
These earrings were just the right accessory for that fabulous dress last night. When I first saw them I thought of designs by Mariquita Masterson, she does unique jewelry with a twist, also. These are stunning and our Michelle wore them well, she did not disappoint. I'm sure all of the designers involved in last night's total look are feeling quite proud of themselves, as well they should. These earrings = Bona Fide winners!
They are quite lovely, but don't say "India" to me. The fleur-de-lys is, of course, French, and the whole style reminds me of Fabergé.
The earrings are gorgeous, but I find the whole state dinner, the expensive dress, earrings....very unseemly during these hard times...especially when tomorrow is Thanksgiving and many charities will have to 'do' with providing less. Imagine the people that could have been fed vs the money wasted on Michelle's clothing, and the obscene state dinner.
I'd really like to know who IS paying for all of Michelle's clothes. Do the math, even with Barry's salary, and their money now in a trust....at the rate Michelle is going she will bankrupt Barry. Unless she's getting freebies. Regardless, just downright tacky when so many are suffering.
How's that hope and change working for you????
Please, please, would anyone post the link for the room decor, flowers and furniture pictures?
Simply fabulous! These earrings complimented Mrs. O.'s gorgeous gown so well.
I'm still hyperventilating over THE dress. These earrings were a beautiful accessory to wear.
Nice bit of detective work Ms T. I thought these looked completely perfect with that dress. Funny though - I thought they looked VERY Indian inspired when they were on. In this close up, they don't at all. Perception I guess. But the colours and the proportions were perfect with the dress and up do.
Wonderful colours - I'm really glad to see them close up - thanks!
Mrs T, do you have a picture of Jill Biden's state dinner frock? I heard that she looked lovely but i can't find any pictures online.
A few fabulous pictures from the evening. Dr. Biden's dress in included and SOS Clinton. All looked beautiful. What a night!
http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/281660.html
EASTERN CHIC
These earrings are simply divine...and even though they may not be "Indian", the cultural insinuation is there. I think because many of the motifs that come from the "Eastern World" - India, Korea, Sri Lanka, Tibet etc... are so closely intertwined, that many types of jewelry often take on that very oriental look without being territorial. Nevertheless, this is the kind of stuff dreams are made of...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
May your day be filled with friends, family, laughter and lots of love!!!
Cheers!
Bochic has some nice pieces; and Naeem Khan is awesome!
pniks - Thanks so much for the photos you shared at community.livejournal.com They gave a much better peak into the evening.
Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes, Rocky, and I wish the same to you and to all as well.
pniks, those pictures are divine, absolute visual feast.
Hilary Clinton looks beautiful. I love that admiring smile from India's first lady. The venue looks like the Secret Garden, what lovely colours. Honestly, the Obama's make American poliitcs look so glamourous. I can't believe we have another 7 years of this. What a legacy they will leave.
I wonder what the food was like, The menu sounds delicious, the petit fours especially - cashew brittle............yummy !!!!
Alyce, I could not agree with you more. In these hard economic times, to have such an elaborate (the first state dinner ever held outside the White House; how much do you think it cost to erect the tent and chandeliers?) affair on our taxpayers dollars is really outrageous to me. Michelle had to wear a gown that took 40 people to make and wear such expensive earrings? Yes, there has been change and it has been for the Obamas living the good life while the rest of the country struggles. Mr. Obama disappoints as does his wife.
I doubt if Mrs.T will post this as only the accolades for the Obamas are posted.
@ loulou - I hope you read this and feel stupid because your dumb comment has been posted here all day with no deletion from Mrs. T.
Even though you and your friend's comments are dripping with hate and jealousy, your assumption that Mrs. T would not allow your comments shows just how little you understand about people of good will and good spirit. Your nonsensical comment will remain for all who read it to see who really has the issues.
IVA, I echo your every word. And might I add that this site is about the Fashion & Style of Mrs. O. There are a myriad of outlets, Alyse and loulou, to air your envy-invented grievances. This site is clearly not one of them.
These earrings call to mind the Star of India - one of the world's most beautiful sapphires. Aside from the fleur-de-lys part, they are VERY Indian in color and shape. I love them. They worked perfectly with the Naheem Khan dress. Unfortunately I saw the prices and will be waiting for knockoffs at my favorite local store!
Will women who still have a generous clothes budget (through their own salary or not) now flock to a particular Indian-American clothes designer and provide work for him, his staff in America, and 40 people in a workshop in India? Yes they will.
Will an awful lot of women look for a big pair of earrings for their big Christmas party outfit, whether they cost $5 or $5,000? Yes they will.
Will this knock on effect employ shop assistants, rent out retail space, pay taxes? Yes it will.
Did the banquet employ musicians outside of the US Armed forces? Yes it did.
Did the banquet utilise food from industries, farms, market gardeners and shops all across America? Yes it did.
Did it specify each item so that people can go and try for themselves? Maybe over Thanksgiving or Christmas? Yes it did.
Did the banquet use and advertise specific American vineyards for its wines? Yes it did.
Did it acknowledge each of those producers so that Americans can try them out for themselves? Yes it did.
Will this provide financial investment in those business and therefore ensure employment for those staff working at thos places? Yes it will.
Did the banquet use a dance troup for entertainment, thus employing many individuals who may now get re-employed because of the publicity? Yes it did.
Will the banquet bring the US more opportunities for investment in India, or Indian investment in America? Yes it will.
Did the marquee provide business for a company, probably in the DC area, probably employing DC locals? Yes it did.
Alyse and loulou, I take your point that at a very superficial level it does look extravagant. However, looked at from an investment and marketing point of view the whole thing has been a masterpiece. Even I wanted to try the wines from Oregon. The clothes will engender more sales, the food will inspire people at Thanksgiving and Christmas, the business opportunities that come from State visits are usually worth beyond millions. A lot of people invited to that banquet would have been able to make a business connection that will help jobs, businesses, America as a whole. You really do have to look under the skin to find more substance. But if you do look, you will generally find it.
I love your site, its ethereal tone, and its harkening back to a more genteel, respectful era. I appreciate the hushed, yet reverential, admiration for all things tasteful, humble, remarkable, and historic. Know that I and many others are thankful for your site. It is as close to a "safe place" for those of us who do not revel in antics of distraction and degradation. You uplift me.
@Posh, you would think that all of what you said was obvious, right!
Well, "the trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so!" -Josh Billings
Hundreds (if not thousands?) of photos taken at the State Dinner, and I can't find one of Jill Biden except that back view. So here is a lovely one from the inaugural balls.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/sites/drupalblogs.newsobserver.com/files/images/slide_873_15219_large.jpg
BTW, I agree with the poster who said the earrings look French - fleur de lis and very Faberge feeling. Most of those at the dinner wouldn't know the difference, and they did complement her gown. Jewels for a glitzy gown are always tricky business.
Posh, there are those who will never understand the far reaching ramifications of a state dinner at a time like this and it is probably a waste of time trying to explain because they do want to be critical. I suspect however, that many who criticize are not bothered by the recession and the suffering of others, just pissed that the Obamas are in the White House. Remember the Rothschild lady who complained that POTUS was elitist. It would be sad if it wasn't comical.
Posh you put it more politely than I would given the tone of the posts. State dinner were held during the Great Depression and will be held long after Obama leaves office. The Obama's pulled it off beautifully and I look forward to the next one.
Mrs O, u looks so beautifull . I always wished to see you with gems , jeweleries. Yes, expensive jewelery , diamond, tanzanite, tourmaline, emerauld, all them, i dream to see you wearing them around your neck, shoulders like egyptians, in your hair, everywhere in your body.So you will be the most beautifull.
Comparing you to someonelse is" a faux pas" , you are Michelle Obama, but let me say , tonight you reminds of late Lady Diana.
i do have trust in your choice. Personally, in all my life , i will not be able to afford one of the dress you wear but seeing you in them boost my ego as a black woman.
Thank you, and your husband to lift us in a such level.
i love you for that.
Just for historical purposes, there have been state dinners in tents erected on the south lawn as recently as the Clinton Administration; and one of the most elaborate dinners goes back to the Kennedy era when guests were taken down the Potomac River on the presidential yacht for a state dinner at Mount Vernon.
Posh Tater, denisegirl , Ralle, couldn't have said it better. Even as unpopular as President Bush was, nobody ever insulted Laura Bush and that's not because it wouldn't have been very easy to. The gratuitous and neverending disrespect and insult of First Lady Obama is very troubling. I think the very shortsighted amongst these ubiquitous critics of the first lady and President Obama are those who forget that there will be subsequent presidents and first ladies but there won't be a reversal of standards after they set this precedence of denigrating, nitpicking and questioning every sneeze and cough that comes out of the Whitehouse post the Obama's.
Everyone needs to realize that this was the first Presidential "E-Election" with the focus being on the many young people (voters) who grew up and were comfortable using social networking and also on the many adults who surrendered to the inevitability of a social "E-World". Think about how many 55+ people are now on Facebook, write blogs, and are computer savvy compared to just 4-5 years ago. This is the main reason the Obamas' every move is under the scrutiny of an "instant" virtual magnifying glass. That includes what the First Lady is wearing. First Ladies wardrobe choices actually were picked apart and analyzed, only not on as huge a scope or as quickly as now. So it's not so much a "reversal of standards" as it is a paradigm shift to the way the world thinks and gets its information. If you visit any third world country there may not be enough to eat on a supper table but a lot of people certainly have cell phones and Internet access.
Imagine if the technology we have today had been around when Jesus or Mohammed walked the earth.....or Hitler. Our world might be far different. We're simply moving in faster and more far-reaching cybercircles than at any time in history.
"Picking apart" and "analyzing" first lady wardrobes may be a timeworn pastime. Unwarranted and unprovoked vicious insults and malicious attacks on the person of the first lady, going as far as comparing her in words and pictures to an animal cannot be explained away with the glib so-called "E-world" excuse.
No time in America's history have we qestioned the cost of traditional and routine Presidential rituals and events or the cost of protecting and transporting our First Family - So please spare us all th trite attempt to again gloss over the glaringly obvious.
It is a lighting-fast E-world, like it or not, but thankfully today the controversial and despicable photoshopped image of the FLOTUS that Lota was referring to has been or is in the process of being removed. It is truly insulting to see ANY First Lady portrayed in such a demeaning manner. Similar images of the POTUS have surfaced on occasion. The Office of the President deserves respect, I don't care who occupies the White House.
hey, don't look at the bochic website right now, it's got a virus. I am waiting for a knock off too, but short of that, check barneys, although their stuff is also expensive.