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"The most famous words ever uttered by longtime Barneys creative director Simon Doonan just might be &amp;quot;Say no to ho,&amp;quot; a style philosophy he&amp;#39;s been pushing since the &amp;quot;boobs &amp;#39;n Botox &amp;#39;n bleach&amp;quot; makeovers of the reality TV era started encroaching upon us a few years ago. I wonder if he offered that choice phrase to Michelle Obama when he stopped by the White House to decorate her tree?\nPinterestFacebookNEW YORK - OCTOBER 19: Creative director of Barneys New York Simon Doonan speaks at &amp;quot;Are the Brits as cool as the think?&amp;quot; a Q&amp;amp;A with Sir Paul Smith at Barneys New York on October 19, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesIn all fairness, he also said, &amp;quot;Knowing who you really are and dressing the part -- with an air of amused recklessness -- is life affirming for you and life enhancing for other people,&amp;quot; which totally makes me think he &amp;quot;gets&amp;quot; Mrs. O and will deck her halls just so.\nThe Caucus blog over at The New York Times announced earlier this week that Doonan had been selected several months ago to decorate the White House, and the results will be on display when Michelle Obama officially opens it up to the public for tours later today.\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!\nWhile details haven&amp;#39;t emerged yet, the Caucus reports that the display will include several artworks by children--and will likely be less controversial than some of Mr. Doonan&amp;#39;s past Christmas extravaganzas for the Barneys windows, which include homages to Madonna and Dan Quayle portrayed as a ventriloquist&amp;#39;s dummy. (Check out this awesome video to find out more about how he creates the Barneys holiday windows each year!).\nReally dolls, would you expect anything less from a first family as chic as ours? They&amp;#39;re dressed in Rodarte and Jason Wu, so why shouldn&amp;#39;t their home get the same fabulous treatment? What do you think about Simon Doonan decorating the White House this Christmas? Have any of you been lucky enough to visit it in previous years? Will you have a chance to check it out this year? And who does most of the decorating in your house? Discuss!\nPlus...\nTell us if crashing a White House party is a Do or a Don&amp;#39;t...\nSee what the first lady wore to said crashed party...\nand\nFind out why Michelle Obama is one of Glamour&amp;#39;s Women of the Year!\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage\nFollow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!\nPhoto: Amy Sussman/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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