First Lady Style Watch: Hayrunnisa Gul Goes to UAE

Turkey's first lady Hayrunnisa Gul recently visited UAE with her husband il presidente Abdullah Gul. :) If you don't know much about the first lady, you can click here for a post I did on her more than a year ago. :)

I just saw a few photos from that trip, and I just love some of her outfits:

This is the outfit she was wearing when she was getting off the plane. I am in love with her green leather jacket. However, I can't say the same for her scarf. I know she's wearing a white turtle neck inside, but I think I would have preferred to see a darker scarf, closer to the colour of her charcoal skirt. Regardless, she looks fabuloso!

Yup, you guessed right! Another jacket I'm drooling over. I also love her colour combination here of tan brown and grey. Looks awesome.

How elegant. I love this woman.

Mashaallah :)

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First Lady Style Watch: USA - Michelle Obama and her Belt Fetish

We all know that Michelle Obama, wife to Barrack Obama, the president of the USA is one stylish woman. However, I have noticed something common in most of her outfits. She seems to have a belt fetish much like mine... except without the extra meat onher bones! LOL

I have gone through many of her outfit photos, and I do seem to like those in which she wears belts the most. I also like seeing her use the same belts with different outfits. So just because she is the First Lady of USA, it does not mean that she goes wild on shopping. Yes, she may be investing more in her outfits than the next person, but her reeated use of clothing items and accessories makes me see her in a different light...

Back to the belt...

She wears them mostly over jackets and cardis and also over a simple dress to add some umph to it. :) I think... to wear it over cardis and jackets, you need to have a svelte figure to do so... if you, like myself do not fit into this category, then you can create a svelte shape using belts under cardis and jackets.

So girls, invest in belts... different colours and styles. I think I have over 15 belts at the moment, and plan to have more, because I want them in every colour. :)

Let's take a look at her style... shall we? :)

I really like this look. Very Grace Kelly...

Same belt as the above photo.

Love the dress. A belt once again to jazz up a somewhat plain outfit. Love the 'pose' too :)

Again, same belt as above. You go girl! Also one of my fave outfits of Mrs O. This is the best I have seen of the belt over cardigan look on anybody.

Mrs O looking stunning in yellow... accessorised with a very wide belt. Gives the cardi over shirt look a whole new look.

Lovely; belt and dress same colour combo. Absolutely stunning!

A very chic dress. This woman can pull off any look! Again, the belt over dress...

It seems this cartoonist is also aware of Mrs O's belt 'fetish'. :))

Which is you fave look? Do you use belts often in your outfits? Do you wear belts over or under jackets/cardis? If you have never incorporated a belt in your outfit, would you consider?

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First Lady Style Watch: Turkey - Hayrunnisa Gul

Born in 1965, Harunnisa Gul, wife to Abdullah Gul, Turkey's 11 President. So she is currently Turkey's very contraversial First Lady. The contraversy comes from her being a hijabi. She is Turkey's FIRST hijabi First Lady. Can you see what I mean?

For a secular country like Turkey, this is a huge thing. It's been three years and it's still an issue. Oh Allah, as if there are no other significant issues left for the parliament to deal with.

Anyhow, let's get to the point. Hopefully this will be an ongoing segment... I have chosen to start this segment, because ladies in the parliament generally dress modestly. I have come across many inspirational images that we ourselves can implement.

Regarding Hayrunnisa Gul, some hate her style and some love it. I find her style generally simple, well coordinated, clean, and neat. We all make mistakes, so 1-2 mistakes here and there isn't going to kill anybody, and since Turkey's First Lady is human... well obviously she too is prone to making mistakes like the rest of us. What I'm trying to say is: I like her style. LOL

Here are some of her ootd's that I like... :)

I wouldn't have thought of teaming grey with such a pastel blue. I probably would have gone for white with this blue instead, but I love how the grey makes it look softer. Great choice.

Yup! You guessed right; I love the brown leather jacket with her cream hijab. Lovely...

Simply elegant... The Turkish media argues that this woman stands out and looks tacky amongst the other first ladies. I could say a lot about this photo, but saying negative things about some of the other ladies in this photo would sound like I'm pointing the 'facts' just to make 'my' lady look good lol So I aint giving any names. You tell me what you find wrong in this photo... I think Turkey's first lady is probably the best thing here. I'm not biased... promise! :)

Queen Elizabeth's visit to Turkey... The headpiece Mrs Gul wore on this occasion was the talk of the country. It seems different at first, but after seeing it so many times on the tabloids (I was in Turkey back in those days) it started to grow on me. I think it looks fine. :P The only thing I would change about Gul's outfit here would be the shoes! I'd throw 'em away and put some heels on her... but I believe this was done stratigically so that she didn't stand too tall next to the Queen out of respect (note that the Queen is wearing heels and she is still a tad bit shorter)... I'm just assuming :))

This is one of the recent photos... I love everything about her outfit here, minus the platform shoes. They are nice, but she looks like she's going to a party.. all sweet and cute... :)) Probably if the dress length was a little longer, the platforms would not have stood out as much.

What do you lovelies think?

I think this woman is not afraid of colour and experimenting. That's why I think she is so damn gorgeous as a 'package'. :) Mashaallah...

Do you like her style?

There aren't too many photos to judge from, but yeah.. some of you would already know her and have seen her style before... so yeah, gimme opinions peeps.. you are too quiet! :))

Now I gotta go and sleep, so bye! :)

Mwahhhh

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