Michelle Obama Now Under Fire for Not Selecting African American Designer

First Michelle Obama received some tsk-tsks for choosing to wear Jason Wu‘s evening gown after the internet learned that he likes to use fur in his collections. Now the bizarreness has continued as the Sun Times reports that the First Lady has upset the Black Artists Association because she didn’t select a gown created by a black designer. Apparently believing that this was the one and only time Michelle Obama would be seen wearing clothing in public, the association’s co-founder, Amnau Eele, has spoken out about what she sees as unfair:

“You know, I have an issue that every day I meet young black designers that are facing homelessness, they can’t buy fabric, they can’t get the things they need,” she said.

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