Laura Bush is always thinking about others. When you live with Bush the delusional decider, it's a survival requirement. So when 3 (three!) other women showed up at a gala event wearing the exact same dress as the First Lady, Laura slipped away and changed into a little black thing. She said she did it so the other women wouldn't feel uncomfortable.
Red faced: First Lady Laura Bush and three other women wore the same $8,500 Oscar de la Renta dress to the White House Christmas party. She changed her outfit since her husband has famously come out against cloning.
Red faces over four identical dresses: Arriving at a party in the same outfit as another guest can be viewed as a misfortune. Wearing the exact same $8,500 (£4,300) costume as two others smacks of carelessness - at least possibly on the part of the suppliers of the “exclusive” garb.
So how much of a fashion faux pas is it when three guests arrive in identical gowns, and then discover their host is wearing exactly the same number? A pretty large one, it would seem. Luckily the hostess in question, Laura Bush, the first lady, had an extensive wardrobe at her disposal and was able to discreetly nip away to change.
The venue for the designer pile-up was Sunday’s star-studded Kennedy Centre Honours hosted by Mrs Bush and her husband, President George W Bush. Glamorous guests included Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Reese Witherspoon, Aretha Franklin, Tom Hanks, Joan Collins and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Despite the switch, however, the incident will not be immediately forgotten as Mrs Bush is also wearing the gown in this year’s official presidential Christmas photograph.
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