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http://www.politico.com/story/2008/01/michelle-o-suited-to-be-jackies-successor-008221
Michelle O: Suited to be Jackie's successor
By Helena Andrews
01/31/08 06:06 AM EST
Taylor said Saturday’s outfit was smart, chic and simple. “And when we flash back to the ’60s, those are the terms that come to mind when we think about Jacqueline Kennedy.”
And lest we forget, Michelle’s husband was there too, wearing a matching ruby-and-white striped tie, none too subtly drawing eyes back to the real star of the show: Sen. Obama — or, more precisely, the Obamas.
“For the first time, I thought, “Wow, don’t they look amazing together?” said Branch.
Marcia Froelke Coburn, a senior editor at Chicago magazine, has been following Michelle’s style since her husband made it to the big time in Washington four years ago.
On Saturday, she thought Michelle’s suiting was a natural progression of her sophisticatedly chic styling, and obviously Jackie-inspired.
“It had a very elegant, simple line, and yet it had style and a little verve to it, which is to me a Jackie kind of sensibility,” Froelke Coburn said, before adding that Michelle’s style was “simplistic” and “ladylike, with a twist and a little flair.”
Michelle is the opposite of “Talbots-y,” said Froelke Coburn.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/fashion/08michelle.html
She Dresses to Win
By GUY TREBAYJUNE 8, 2008
“Everyone knows that people respond to the way you look when you run for office,” André Leon Talley, an editor-at-large for Vogue, which featured Mrs. Obama as an “It” girl in its April issue, said last week in an interview. “A black Camelot moment is the right moment for the Obamas,” he added. “And so the faux pearls, the A-line dresses, the Jackie flip are obviously all part of how her image strategy has evolved.”
When Mr. Obama and his wife triumphantly took the stage in St. Paul Tuesday to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, the candidate, dressed in one of the crisp, neutral suits that have made him a GQ darling, was momentarily upstaged by his wife, and not just because she knuckle-bumped him in front of the world.
What grabbed the eye was the sleeveless purple silk crepe sheath made for Mrs. Obama by Maria Pinto, the former Geoffrey Beene assistant who has long been an Obama favorite. Simple in silhouette and, at about $900 retail, not the kind of garment most working-class voters can reasonably aspire to, the dress was immediately subject to water cooler dissection.
What Ms. Taylor read in Mrs. Obama’s appearance on Tuesday, she said, was a message that she is primed to become first lady, although not necessarily first hostess. “Every woman I talked to was saying how she has this confidence that is empowered,” Ms. Taylor said. “The purple dress, the legs that I have to believe were bare and not wearing the prerequisite suntan stockings, all say, ‘I’m here to do business.’ ”
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2008/jun/06/fashion.barackobama
Robin Givhan, fashion editor of the Washington Post, last month described Michelle Obama’s look as “Camelot with a tan.”
As Yeomans puts it, “Michelle makes constant references to Jackie O, but it's done in a unfussy contemporary way, ensuring she effortlessly projects the image of a modern president's wife.”
In this month’s Vanity Fair magazine, Michael Wolff argues that sex – sex as in sex, not gender – is now as significant a subtext in politics as race. (This, he says, is Bill Clinton’s legacy.) Wolff attributes part of Barack Obama’s appeal to being “the credible and hopeful figure of a man who actually might be having sex with his smiling, energetic and oomphy wife….he represents our ideal of what a good liberal’s sex life ought to be.”
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-obama-a-first-lady-fashionista/
November 7, 2008, 1:55 PM
Michelle Obama: A First Lady Fashionista
Change is definitely coming to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., as our next first lady, Michelle Obama, is bringing a new sense of style to the White House.
Obama follows in the fashion footsteps of first ladies like Jackie Kennedy, who was known for her sophistication and elegance.
"One of Michelle's favorite designers is Maria Pinto, a Chicago-based designer. She wore this very dress in turquoise and added an Erikson Beamon pin. It's a very fashion forward jewelry label. It shows that she is not afraid to take risks. She loves dresses as well. Especially ones that show off her figure," Szish said.
"That says confidence to me," Rodriguez added.
"It sure does and it's so exciting to see someone who is not afraid to be a woman in the White House," Szish said
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http://www.ebony.com/style/flotus-fashionista-michelle-obama-most-stylish-mom-ever-photos-434#axzz4JuwPI2I3
FLOTUS Fashionista: Michelle Obama, Most Stylish Mom Ever! [PHOTOS]
Have a look at why our First Lady, the most fashionable woman in the White House since Jackie O, has graced the cover of Vogue twice
Not many receive the high honor of being referred to as a fashion icon. But for First Lady Michelle Obama, the distinction seems intuitive—style, apparently, is in her DNA. With effortless elegance, confidence and poise, Obama has been worthy of the accolade since at least 2008.
As a fashion icon, Michelle Obama has joined the ranks of Lena Horne, Princess Diana and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, to name a few. Widely regarded as fashion royalty, these women have sartorially made their mark on the world, setting timeless trends while living life fabulously. But unlike former First Lady Jackie O, Obama skipped the pillbox hats and dark sunglasses for a more contemporary look.
http://www.politico.com/story/2008/01/michelle-o-suited-to-be-jackies-successor-008221
Michelle O: Suited to be Jackie's successor
By Helena Andrews
01/31/08 06:06 AM EST
Taylor said Saturday’s outfit was smart, chic and simple. “And when we flash back to the ’60s, those are the terms that come to mind when we think about Jacqueline Kennedy.”
And lest we forget, Michelle’s husband was there too, wearing a matching ruby-and-white striped tie, none too subtly drawing eyes back to the real star of the show: Sen. Obama — or, more precisely, the Obamas.
“For the first time, I thought, “Wow, don’t they look amazing together?” said Branch.
Marcia Froelke Coburn, a senior editor at Chicago magazine, has been following Michelle’s style since her husband made it to the big time in Washington four years ago.
On Saturday, she thought Michelle’s suiting was a natural progression of her sophisticatedly chic styling, and obviously Jackie-inspired.
“It had a very elegant, simple line, and yet it had style and a little verve to it, which is to me a Jackie kind of sensibility,” Froelke Coburn said, before adding that Michelle’s style was “simplistic” and “ladylike, with a twist and a little flair.”
Michelle is the opposite of “Talbots-y,” said Froelke Coburn.
============================================
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/fashion/08michelle.html
She Dresses to Win
By GUY TREBAYJUNE 8, 2008
“Everyone knows that people respond to the way you look when you run for office,” André Leon Talley, an editor-at-large for Vogue, which featured Mrs. Obama as an “It” girl in its April issue, said last week in an interview. “A black Camelot moment is the right moment for the Obamas,” he added. “And so the faux pearls, the A-line dresses, the Jackie flip are obviously all part of how her image strategy has evolved.”
When Mr. Obama and his wife triumphantly took the stage in St. Paul Tuesday to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, the candidate, dressed in one of the crisp, neutral suits that have made him a GQ darling, was momentarily upstaged by his wife, and not just because she knuckle-bumped him in front of the world.
What grabbed the eye was the sleeveless purple silk crepe sheath made for Mrs. Obama by Maria Pinto, the former Geoffrey Beene assistant who has long been an Obama favorite. Simple in silhouette and, at about $900 retail, not the kind of garment most working-class voters can reasonably aspire to, the dress was immediately subject to water cooler dissection.
What Ms. Taylor read in Mrs. Obama’s appearance on Tuesday, she said, was a message that she is primed to become first lady, although not necessarily first hostess. “Every woman I talked to was saying how she has this confidence that is empowered,” Ms. Taylor said. “The purple dress, the legs that I have to believe were bare and not wearing the prerequisite suntan stockings, all say, ‘I’m here to do business.’ ”
=============================
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2008/jun/06/fashion.barackobama
Robin Givhan, fashion editor of the Washington Post, last month described Michelle Obama’s look as “Camelot with a tan.”
As Yeomans puts it, “Michelle makes constant references to Jackie O, but it's done in a unfussy contemporary way, ensuring she effortlessly projects the image of a modern president's wife.”
In this month’s Vanity Fair magazine, Michael Wolff argues that sex – sex as in sex, not gender – is now as significant a subtext in politics as race. (This, he says, is Bill Clinton’s legacy.) Wolff attributes part of Barack Obama’s appeal to being “the credible and hopeful figure of a man who actually might be having sex with his smiling, energetic and oomphy wife….he represents our ideal of what a good liberal’s sex life ought to be.”
=====================================
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-obama-a-first-lady-fashionista/
November 7, 2008, 1:55 PM
Michelle Obama: A First Lady Fashionista
Change is definitely coming to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., as our next first lady, Michelle Obama, is bringing a new sense of style to the White House.
Obama follows in the fashion footsteps of first ladies like Jackie Kennedy, who was known for her sophistication and elegance.
"One of Michelle's favorite designers is Maria Pinto, a Chicago-based designer. She wore this very dress in turquoise and added an Erikson Beamon pin. It's a very fashion forward jewelry label. It shows that she is not afraid to take risks. She loves dresses as well. Especially ones that show off her figure," Szish said.
"That says confidence to me," Rodriguez added.
"It sure does and it's so exciting to see someone who is not afraid to be a woman in the White House," Szish said
===============================================
http://www.ebony.com/style/flotus-fashionista-michelle-obama-most-stylish-mom-ever-photos-434#axzz4JuwPI2I3
FLOTUS Fashionista: Michelle Obama, Most Stylish Mom Ever! [PHOTOS]
Have a look at why our First Lady, the most fashionable woman in the White House since Jackie O, has graced the cover of Vogue twice
Not many receive the high honor of being referred to as a fashion icon. But for First Lady Michelle Obama, the distinction seems intuitive—style, apparently, is in her DNA. With effortless elegance, confidence and poise, Obama has been worthy of the accolade since at least 2008.
As a fashion icon, Michelle Obama has joined the ranks of Lena Horne, Princess Diana and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, to name a few. Widely regarded as fashion royalty, these women have sartorially made their mark on the world, setting timeless trends while living life fabulously. But unlike former First Lady Jackie O, Obama skipped the pillbox hats and dark sunglasses for a more contemporary look.