Yes, I can relate....

[packinpatland]

'Vanity Fair editors estimated that McCain's fierce saffron shirt dress with the popped collar, diamond earrings, four-strand pearl necklace, white Chanel watch and strappy shoes totaled up to $313,100.'


..........can't you all?

[mraynrand]

Re: Yes, I can relate....

'Vanity Fair editors estimated that McCain's fierce saffron shirt dress with the popped collar, diamond earrings, four-strand pearl necklace, white Chanel watch and strappy shoes totaled up to $313,100.'


..........can't you all?

I don't see the earrings.

[retailguy]

Re: Yes, I can relate....

'Vanity Fair editors estimated that McCain's fierce saffron shirt dress with the popped collar, diamond earrings, four-strand pearl necklace, white Chanel watch and strappy shoes totaled up to $313,100.'


..........can't you all?

Notice that they estimated the earrings at $280k.... but you cleverly left that out of the story..... huh. You also left out the "lower" estimate. yep. you are fair and balanced....

[packinpatland]

I didn't leave anything out........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_en_ot/cvn_gop_fashion

So, if they estimated the earrings at $280k, does that bring her total ensemble to almost $750K?

Vanity Fair, I would think, knows what they are talking about.......I believe their 'estimations' to be true.

[SkinBasket]

Vanity Fair, I would think, knows what they are talking about.......I believe their 'estimations' to be true.

I love Vanity Fair. It's dark and glossy and sexy. Very editorial and very self important. So self important it makes me feel more important just reading it. Hell, I don't even have to read it. If I manage to steal a copy from the gay dentist's office, just leaving it on the shitter makes my poop feel more important. I think from top to bottom, that publication has people that honestly believe what they're doing is changing the world. It's entertaining to read.

[Zool]

Vanity Fair, I would think, knows what they are talking about.......I believe their 'estimations' to be true.

I love Vanity Fair. It's dark and glossy and sexy. Very editorial and very self important. So self important it makes me feel more important just reading it. Hell, I don't even have to read it. If I manage to steal a copy from the gay dentist's office, just leaving it on the shitter makes my poop feel more important. I think from top to bottom, that publication has people that honestly believe what they're doing is changing the world. It's entertaining to read.

Hmmm I would think you would subtract the cost of the earrings from the $313k but thats just me. Its crazy i know, but isnt it possible this is like any other nationally televised program where jewelry companies put their stuff on loan as to get the name out?

And like Skin says, a gossip/fashion rag is the absolute perfect place for solid and accurate information. Such as

GAY CARS
“Outing” the Dodge Ram

or

HURRICANES
What Gustav Can’t Fix

Solid journalism.

Edit: I wish I made those 2 articles up, unfortunately both are right on their front page.

[packinpatland]

Come on............I think you know what I meant. I'm simply saying that when it comes to fashion......they would know their stuff and their estimates would be pretty much inline. VF has been around since 1914.....that has to count for something. I'm not suggesting reading VF to keep up on political issues...or any 'real' issues, for that matter...........

As to what you do with your stolen copy of Vanity Fair............I really don't care.

[retailguy]

I didn't leave anything out........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_en_ot/cvn_gop_fashion

So, if they estimated the earrings at $280k, does that bring her total ensemble to almost $750K?

Vanity Fair, I would think, knows what they are talking about.......I believe their 'estimations' to be true.

Well, then, Yahoo! did. Here's the breakdown:

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html

Ok, so, I'll withdraw my objection IF AND ONLY IF, we start including the appraised value of a woman's wedding ring in with the "estimated value" of their ensemble.... Even most "poor people" would then have relatively espensive wardrobes...

This whole thing is STUPID. The McCain's are wealthy. That's a proven fact. SO WHAT? Seems to me it would be the appropriate time and place to break out the 3 carat beauties if you've got 'em.

But seriously, don't you think including women's earrings that total 89% of the value they quoted for the whole wardrobe to be "slightly" misleading? Hell, PIP, this is National Enquirer stuff!

I guess jealously can't be eliminated, but, really, if you had the money that Cindy McCain has, can you honestly say you wouldn't have a few "toys" too?

[mraynrand]

This is just another example of leftist stooges engaging in class warfare. The left wants radical egalitarianism (equality of outcome) not equality of opportunity. Selective Envy and jealousy are the just the symptoms.

[packinpatland]

I didn't leave anything out........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_en_ot/cvn_gop_fashion

So, if they estimated the earrings at $280k, does that bring her total ensemble to almost $750K?

Vanity Fair, I would think, knows what they are talking about.......I believe their 'estimations' to be true.

Well, then, Yahoo! did. Here's the breakdown:

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html

Ok, so, I'll withdraw my objection IF AND ONLY IF, we start including the appraised value of a woman's wedding ring in with the "estimated value" of their ensemble.... Even most "poor people" would then have relatively espensive wardrobes...

This whole thing is STUPID. The McCain's are wealthy. That's a proven fact. SO WHAT? Seems to me it would be the appropriate time and place to break out the 3 carat beauties if you've got 'em.

But seriously, don't you think including women's earrings that total 89% of the value they quoted for the whole wardrobe to be "slightly" misleading? Hell, PIP, this is National Enquirer stuff!

I guess jealously can't be eliminated, but, really, if you had the money that Cindy McCain has, can you honestly say you wouldn't have a few "toys" too?

You are abolutely right......... maybe this is NE stuff........I aplogize (alittle).

BUT.....having said that, you can eliminate the jealousy theory....honestly. Perhaps it's the Yankee in me...... I can afford a few 'toys'........but find them to be a frivolous waste.
You don't think it's just a little 'over the top'......to be wearing a dress and shoes that are more $ than some folks make in a month?

[retailguy]

You are abolutely right......... maybe this is NE stuff........I aplogize (alittle).

BUT.....having said that, you can eliminate the jealousy theory....honestly. Perhaps it's the Yankee in me...... I can afford a few 'toys'........but find them to be a frivolous waste.

I find them to be a waste too, but I guess I don't penalize others for thinking differently. I saw a version of this story yesterday somewhere else, and clicked the link to Vanity Fair, so I knew the details.

Truth be told, I didn't click the yahoo link before responding, so I apologize for jumping to conclusions too. I thought you had saw the breakdown.

I don't know if the values were real, though I guess I question them, when they can put a value of $600 on the shoes, when they don't know what brand they are. Quite honestly, I'm not sure my wife would be caught dead in a $600 pair of pumps when her dress was well over $3k... (not that she wears that type of clothing, but you get my meaning)... Me thinks that the shoes have a much higher value.

Edit - and my jealousy comment was more directed at the media and the "legs" this story has got more than you directly. I just get tired of seeing these distortions, which happen on both sides of the aisle to a certain degree, and I just want them to end.

[Cheesehead Craig]

The correct answer is "who gives a shit?"

[LL2]

I bet Sarah Palin got her outfit at Target! She's the anti-establishment. She's one of us.

[Maxie the Taxi]

All this really means is that John McCain is smarter about economics than I thought.

[GBRulz]

It's very common for fashion designers, jewelers and handbag companies to loan things like this out for red carpet appearances and stuff. Heck, at the Oscar's this year, Diablo Cody's shoes alone were one million dollars.

On the other hand, the women are highly scrutinized when it comes to their looks. Do you ever hear the media having a 30 minute discussion on how tacky Obama looks with his dress shirt sleeves rolled up all the time? no. It's sad that the media has to focus on what look Sarah or Cindy need to do about their style. Same focus was made on Hillary's pantsuits and how her dark colors made her appear cold and bitter.