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Early last week, she rocked the Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential people gala with a gorgeous black Kors gown, all sleek and flattering. She topped it with a mix of varied beaded strands around the neck , and her hair was sleek, pulled back and gorgeous. (Initial reports were that the black dress was by Alaia! Woops!) Then, at the White House Correspondent’s event last night, she showed up in a bright pink Kors sheath dress, sleeveless and simple, but topped with a jumbo diamond-encrusted necklace. (By the way, if you want obsessive blanket-coverage of Mrs. O’s daily wardrobe picks, check out New York Magazine’s online “Mobama” blog posts).
Of note (and you can see this at the always-current Mrs-O.org) was a big, black pleated satin corset belt, above, complete with cinched ties in the back atop the black Kors gown. The corset was by one of her favored new designers, Peter Soronen, so she didn’t leave all the young designers in the closet. Advertisement We’ve been on a Michelle Obama fashion de-tox because we were just exhausted trying to figure out who made her every dress, skirt, shoes, belts, jewelry and on and on.
Uhhm, we’re good with Michelle’s mix-and-match philosophy most Maybe we’re just jealous. But if we were going to spend $540 on a pair of shoes, we’d go for these blue suede Miu Miu platform sandals for $595 (below left), or these Brian Atwood starlette printed pumps (below right) for $600, or
We’ve been trying to ascertain the labels the First Lady wore yesterday during the White House egg roll, to no avail. No luck today, either, with the slightly zany look (cropped aquamarine jacket over a striped purple T-shirt and a familiar brooch at the collar) she donned for a speech. We wanted to know about Sasha and Malia’s cute outfits too, but no luck.
We have, however, found a few interesting tidbits here and there: Oscar de la Renta, long revered as a top designer for first (more…)
But we digress, because we want to talk about what she’s wearing. For that information, we turn to the always reliable and entertaining Mrs-o.org, which chronicles the First Lady’s every fashion choice. Her dress is from Talbot’s, the familiar fixture in malls. The dress is a brightly colored “lagoon blue” floral print (with paler blue floral print as well as green leaves) with a full pleated skirt. You can buy it on the Talbot’s Web site for $126.75, on sale from $169 (below). The Style Insider is in the mood to do some Thakoon Panichgul shopping, because we saw Michelle Obama in France today wearing his gorgeous black and fuchsia A-line jacquard silk coat and short-sleeved fuchsia dress. And she just rocked the house, OK? In France. We were so proud. (more…) It’s the fashion face-off style watchers have been waiting for. The tension has been building. The stakes were
Mrs. O definitely dominates in the eye-catching category. Her custom-made floral silk jacquard coat (according to Mrs.-o.org) of black with a fuchsia floral print was colorful but not excessive. Former supermodel Bruni-Sarkozy’s soft, suede Dior coat was cinched at the waist with a thin belt and wide three-quarter sleeves.
Perhaps you were already a bit of a gym rat, and if so, we applaud. But maybe you’ve only recently been inspired by the ruckus over Michelle Obama’s totally toned arms. You wouldn’t be alone — a New York Times story Friday allowed as how the First Lady’s buffness is stimulating economy for personal trainers right now. That inaugural gown, those Vogue and People covers, those Narciso Rodriguez sheath dresses are having their effect. “I want Michelle Obama arms,” Julie Eich told her trainer on the Upper East Side of Manhattan two weeks ago, said the Times story.
Michelle Obama official White House portrait, above, by Joyce N. Boghosian |
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