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Spot the difference (Original Post) octoberlib Jun 2019 OP
Elegance v "elegance INVADED" hlthe2b Jun 2019 #1
Yep Gothmog Jun 2019 #26
Waiter! some more champage! brooklynite Jun 2019 #2
LOL trev Jun 2019 #3
I'm going to go out on a limb here matt819 Jun 2019 #4
Difference is some Teflon thread and about 400lbs of extra shear force RealityBasedNewYorkr Jun 2019 #5
After Beaming Barack, now I'm with Dumpster Donniebaby? MFGsunny Jun 2019 #6
He looks like a miserable Humpty Dumpty. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #7
Does he not have a tailor?? RockaFowler Jun 2019 #8
Even my non-fashion conscious Bettie Jun 2019 #14
Little Donny looks angry Bettie Jun 2019 #9
I thought that was photoshopped to make him fat, but it's not! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #10
WTF is wrong with Grampy? It's not like he hasn't been able to get away with...... well Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2019 #11
Lol! I was just thinking the same thing. Butterflylady Jun 2019 #28
Forget the contrast re clothes and body malaise Jun 2019 #12
And her body language Bettie Jun 2019 #16
Indeed malaise Jun 2019 #17
I would want to be... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #29
GQ says the bottom of the waistcoat shouldn't stick out from under the jacket renate Jun 2019 #13
Trump is dressed like the head waiter? Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #15
Or the butler. trev Jun 2019 #32
Aside from the obvious diff. in mood, is the Queen wearing the same dress? napi21 Jun 2019 #18
Oops! I was wrong. The bodice of each dress is almost identical, but one has a lace skirt the napi21 Jun 2019 #19
Initially I thought the same thing.... magicarpet Jun 2019 #36
My husband says Trump looks like he was dressed by rental company Cheapo Ted's Tuxes" Peacetrain Jun 2019 #20
If they provided the coat, it probably wasn't a good idea to give Trump the same one Obama brewens Jun 2019 #21
One strange difference: blugbox Jun 2019 #22
Obama's state dinner was 8 years ago, so she might have shrunk a little bit with age but octoberlib Jun 2019 #23
I wonder if Elizabeth has osteoporosis? irisblue Jun 2019 #24
The soles of his shoes look... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #30
For this thread Gothmog Jun 2019 #25
The Queen got two scoops of ice cream. SallyHemmings Jun 2019 #27
oh my... stillcool Jun 2019 #31
Trump's pants are pooling at the ankles. The jacket sleeves Ilsa Jun 2019 #33
One grew up in wealth the other in a 2 bedroom Boomerproud Jun 2019 #34
And O looked fine in the tux, too. Vinca Jun 2019 #35
I played in orchestras all over the world for 30+ years fierywoman Jun 2019 #37
This tux is what happens when you piss off the homosexuals. Gothmog Jun 2019 #38

matt819

(10,749 posts)
4. I'm going to go out on a limb here
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jun 2019

and say two things.

Her Majesty is not amused.

And my guess is that President Obama got the fit right on the dinner jacket. Looks like Trump forgot to tuck his in. I can't wait for all the photos and all the memes pointing this out.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
6. After Beaming Barack, now I'm with Dumpster Donniebaby?
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:27 PM
Jun 2019


What fresh hell is this?

I already have SERIOUS indigestion. See my face? (EIIR)

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
14. Even my non-fashion conscious
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:38 PM
Jun 2019

18 year old son just looked at the picture and asked why his clothing fits so awfully and pointed out that at the level of dress he's at, the vest should generally only come down an inch or so.

Apparently band geeks learn a lot more about formal clothing than I realized.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
9. Little Donny looks angry
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:30 PM
Jun 2019

and the Queen looks like my grandma used to when she had had about enough of this nonsense.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
10. I thought that was photoshopped to make him fat, but it's not!
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:32 PM
Jun 2019

He really is THAT fat

First pic, Queen is saying, "What a lovely young man!"

Second pic, Queen is saying, "I hope the fat fucker doesn't try to mug me! Luckily, I'm wearing the fake jewels."

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
11. WTF is wrong with Grampy? It's not like he hasn't been able to get away with...... well
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:34 PM
Jun 2019

pretty much everything!!!!

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
16. And her body language
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:41 PM
Jun 2019

is entirely different with the two men.

With Obama she's relaxed, engaged, and standing in a way that includes him. With Trump, she's tense, folding in on herself a little as if she wants to be elsewhere, and facing directly forward, not including him in her circle.

renate

(13,776 posts)
13. GQ says the bottom of the waistcoat shouldn't stick out from under the jacket
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:35 PM
Jun 2019

President Obama (and even Benedict Cumberbatch, in the picture with the article) didn't get it 100% right, and GQ says it's a subtle point, but wow did Trump miss the mark. What on earth happened? I know he didn't pack his own bags, but that's like he's wearing someone else's outfit.

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/white-tie-dress-code

If he were smiling like a normal person would be, though, that would have made up for a lot.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
18. Aside from the obvious diff. in mood, is the Queen wearing the same dress?
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 05:01 PM
Jun 2019

I didn't realize she had a "State Dinner" Dress.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
19. Oops! I was wrong. The bodice of each dress is almost identical, but one has a lace skirt the
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jun 2019

doesn't. sorry, my bad.

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
36. Initially I thought the same thing....
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 08:41 PM
Jun 2019

... with the top of the gown being so similar.
Then I too noticed the crystal and lace work was quite different.

blugbox

(951 posts)
22. One strange difference:
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 05:13 PM
Jun 2019

We've seen tRump and Obama stand side by side...

Yet in these photos, the Queen's head goes to about clavicle height on Obama, yet way short of tRump's shoulders.

Is he wearing ridiculous lifts to attempt to dwarf the Queen?

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
23. Obama's state dinner was 8 years ago, so she might have shrunk a little bit with age but
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 05:24 PM
Jun 2019

enlarging the picture and looking at Trump's shoes, they do look like lifts. Nice Catch!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
33. Trump's pants are pooling at the ankles. The jacket sleeves
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 07:39 PM
Jun 2019

are down to his knuckles.

He looks horrible. What the hell is wrong with him? He must have bought this off the rack.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
34. One grew up in wealth the other in a 2 bedroom
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 08:01 PM
Jun 2019

apartment raised by his grandparents. You can't teach class.

fierywoman

(7,686 posts)
37. I played in orchestras all over the world for 30+ years
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 09:03 PM
Jun 2019

with rich and poor musicians, and I've NEVER seen such badly cut tails (or "frock" coat as it is sometimes called.) For me, Placido Domingo had the most beautiful threads -- as a sewer, it was hard for me to resist going up to him to feel the fabric of his coat!
The width of Spanky's pants, JFC!

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