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First lady Michelle Obama isn't afraid to wear designs by relatively unknown, young designers. But a gown by a 12-year-old boy? Now, that would be a first.
NBC reports Texas tween Grant Mower bested design students in college and high school in his home state to win a contest that could lead to Obama wearing his design during a Utah fund-raising event. He'll travel to Utah for the chance to schedule a fitting with the first lady, the network adds.
"First, I was just drawing little girls stuff, then I came up to where I am now watching Chanel shows and you know sort of a growth in fashion and maturity," Grant, who made his first dress out of newspaper, tells NBC.
Grant's mom, Moanna Mower, tells the network her son has faced bullying for designing clothes.
"He would look for validation, and not get it, so he'd come home from school and it would take him three hours for me to just get him back," Moanna Mower tells NBC. "And out of desperation I would do things like, 'Do you want to watch a Versace fashion show?' "
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7-26-2011 @ 9:08PM
FancyCat said...No matter how you dress a fat pig, it is still a pig! (My apologies to all the real pigs out there).
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7-26-2011 @ 9:24PM
Kris E said...did she lose her "Geranimals" contract? Does even Kmart not want to deal with this b*tch anymore?
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7-28-2011 @ 12:51AM
BravoEcho said...How sad it is that only a very small select few have chosen to say anything at all positive about this young boy and his talent? He has a definite eye for designing fashion as is evident by the video, and he is smart enough to recognize that Michelle Obama is indeed a fashion icon, much in the same manner that Jackie O. was in her day in the white house. Let's not forget that when she was in the white house she had more than her fair share of hateful commenters and plenty of people who outright despised her for her own appearence, her choice of dress, how she raised her children, people found almost anything they could just to say something bad about her. Now, I understand and respect other people's political beliefs but whether you are a fan of Michelle Obama or not is the point here and it is sad to see such hate filled comments on ParentDish, are we not suppose to set an example for our children, if a child sees or hears comments such as these they will copy them they learn by example. Even if no child ever reads these comments it is still doing them a diservice for anyone to continue to let comments like this continue to go on, most of us (I like to think so anyway) want to strive to make the world we live in a better place and that can only happen when we resolve to actively stop the unnecessary hateful remarks that are still going strong. Are these the attitudes and views we want to hand down to Grant Mower's generation and the ones that will come after that? There is polite and healthy disagreement and no one should be expected to like every person (famous or otherwise) but some of the comments here go way beyond just simply not caring for Michelle Obama. I applaud the one person who said they were not a fan of hers but were glad to see Grant pursuing his dreams.That's a healthy veiwpoint to have, the point of this article wasn't about the first lady anyway it was supposed to be about a 12 yr old boy who has a very talented gift. But it was turned into a hatefilled string of comments with hardly anyone having anything good to say about Grant and his goals. Hateful words and emotions only beget more hate, they do no one any good, you do not have to like everyone but we would all be a lot better off if we kept to that old cliche, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
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7-28-2011 @ 2:35PM
RoseBug said...I absolutely agree! Shame on all of you!! There wasn't even a positive beginning to this thread of comments, just instant ignorance and hate. How about a bravo to this awesome young man who is overcoming discrimination to achieve his dreams?!?! you all are just as bad as the other children who make fun of him for having an interest in fashion. It makes me sick that there are "adults" who act like this, think it is acceptable behavior, AND are allowed to breed. Let's be happy for this kid who in 10 years will be designing clothing that costs more than your station wagon.