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"   The red Alexander McQueen dress in question. Photo: Getty Images  Almost two years ago, in April of 2009, Oscar De La Renta expressed disappointment over Michelle Obama&amp;#039;s choice of dress. For one thing, he couldn&amp;#039;t understand her interest in European designers when the Americans were at her disposal, and he was downright disgusted that she wore a sweater to Buckingham Palace. And why, he asked, couldn&amp;#039;t she pepper her wardrobe of Jason Wu and Thakoon with something by an American great? The drama played out over a few weeks as he basically wondered (out loud), if all the other first ladies wear my clothes, why won&amp;#039;t this one? Mrs. Obama went on to wear Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan, but she still hasn&amp;#039;t worn Oscar De La Renta, and he&amp;#039;s found a new reason to be pissed. Today, in reaction to the sweeping red Alexander McQueen gown that Mrs. Obama wore to this week&amp;#039;s state dinner with the President of the People&amp;#039;s Republic of China, De La Renta tells WWD, &amp;quot;My understanding is that the visit was to promote American-Chinese trade \u2014 American products in China and Chinese products in America. Why do you wear European clothes?&amp;quot; He went on to explain that he wasn&amp;#039;t worried about his business, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m old, and I don&amp;#039;t need it,&amp;quot; but was concerned about the young American designers missing out on the opportunity to dress our national style icon. Perhaps De La Renta should get on the phone with Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, Thakoon, Jason Wu, Isabel Toledo, or any of the other designers whose profiles have been boosted. Then he can rest assured that everyone is actually pretty happy. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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