Michelle Obama Looks Ravishing in Red at the Inauguration
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Michelle Obama in Jason Wu on Inauguration Day.
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Michelle Obama in Gucci attending the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors on December 3, 2016.
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Michelle Obama in Dries Van Noten at the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 22, 2016.
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Michelle Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton at Independence Hall on November 7, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Michelle Obama in a 3.1 Phillip Lim top at a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House.
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Michelle Obama showing off her “swagalicious” style in black tank with a cutout and wide-leg gray trousers on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
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Michelle Obama in Self-Portrait at the United Nations General Assembly at Broadway’s Jacobs Theater, a Let Girls Learn Event.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in a strapless gown at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 46th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.
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Michelle Obama in Givenchy Couture at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner in Washington, DC.
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Michelle Obama in a hot pink dress with her beaming husband, President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Phillip.
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Michelle Obama in a dusty rose dress with President Barack Obama, President of Argentina Mauricio Macri, and First Lady of Argentina Juliana Awada at a state dinner in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Michelle Obama wearing a Narciso Rodriguez dress as the first family exits Air Force One in Argentina.
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Michelle Obama in Naeem Khan with President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba.
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Michelle Obama wearing a floral dress from Carolina Herrera upon arriving in Cuba.
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Michelle Obama wearing a pinstripe sheath at a panel discussion during SXSW in Austin, Texas.
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Michelle Obama looking jazzed in a knee-length dress as she spoke during an event with the cast of the Broadway’s "Hamilton” in the State Dining Room of the White House.
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Michelle Obama in Tanya Taylor with Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Michelle Obama in Narciso Rodriguez at her husband’s last State of the Union on January 12, 2016.
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The Obama family arrives back at the White House wearing their winter clothes following a vacation to Hawaii.
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Michelle Obama waves goodbye to Hawaii from Air Force One at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
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Michelle and Barack Obama visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay Dec. 25, 2015.
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Michelle Obama tracked Santa Claus from Hawaii in a festive dress and topknot.
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President Barack Obama arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii for the family’s annual vacation with daughters Sash and Malia, and first lady Michelle Obama.
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Michelle Obama in a paisley print blouse and navy blue trousers quieting the audience before reading a story to an audience of kids during a visit to the Children’s National Health System in Washington.
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Michelle Obama helps light the menorah for Hannukah in a T-shirt blouse with President Barack Obama and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
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Michelle Obama in a black and white floral blouse paired with black pants helping out at a Toys for Tots event.
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First Lady Michelle Obama in a blue and black gown entering the Kennedy Center Honors reception with her husband, President Barack Obama.
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Michelle Obama in a navy blue ensemble with her mother, Marian Robinson, daughters Sash and Malia, President Barack Obama, and Reese Witherspoon at the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.
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Michelle Obama in Michael Kors unveiling the White House’s holiday decor.
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Michelle Obama with her dogs at the White House in a gray blazer and black trousers.
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Michelle Obama in Michael Kors in the East Room of the White House for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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Michelle Obama boogied in the Diplomatic Room of the White House during a Broadway at the White House event for high school students involved in performing arts programs.
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Michelle Obama in a white ensemble waving from the plane as she departed from Hamads airport following a short visit to Doha, Qatar.
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Michelle Obama in Dries van Noten to present the 2015 WISE Prize for Education to Sakena Yacoobi, the founder and CEO of the Afghan Institute of Learning, with Sheikha Mozah.
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Michelle Obama arrives at the Hamad Airport in Doha, Qatar, where she’ll visit the al-Udeid air base with comedian Conan O'Brien.
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Michelle Obama eschewed a costume and instead wore her casual clothes during Halloween festivities at the South Portico of the White House.
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Prince Harry, first lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden tour the USO Warrior and Family Center at the Fort Belvoir military base.
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First lady Michelle Obama waves before speaking at The University of Akron in a black and white blouse.
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Michelle Obama in a Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress.
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Michelle Obama with blues musician Keb’ Mo’, singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson, and jazz musician Esperanza Spalding in the State Dining Room of the White House during a student workshop for the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the Blue Room of the White House during an event to honor the 2015 class of the National Student Poets.
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First lady Michelle Obama christens the USS Illinois with a bottle of sparkling wine.
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Michelle Obama talking with Stephen Colbert on the “Late Show” wearing a floral peplum top.
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Michelle Obama in custom Vera Wang at a state dinner in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Michelle Obama in multi-textured coat on the White House’s south lawn.
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Michelle Obama with Pope Francis on the balcony of the White House wearing Monique Lhullier.
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Michelle Obama in Carolina Herrera to greet the Pope at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama joined Glamour’s 'The Power Of An Educated Girl’ panel at The Apollo Theater in New York City.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on stage before speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Michelle Obama with her daughters Sasha and Malia Obama in Italy.
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First Lady Michelle Obama arrives at the United States Pavilion at the Milan Expo to talk about her efforts to promote healthier lifestyles for kids.
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First Lady Michelle Obama arrives with daughters Malia and Sasha Obama at Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy.
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Michelle Obama with her daughters arriving in London wearing a Preen dress.
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Michelle Obama wearing a paisley print dress to visit the Mulberry School for Girls.
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Michelle Obama exiting David Cameron’s office in a black dress.
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Michelle Obama with Akie Abe wearing a Monique Lhullier set.
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Michelle Obama in a Tadashi Shoji dress visiting a school in Washington, DC.
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Michelle Obama with her husband, President Barack Obama, in an electri cpurple Tadashi Shoji gown.
Being the first lady comes with a lot of responsibility. And while being a trendsetter certainly pales in comparison to the weight of attempting to curb the childhood obesity problem in the United States or getting kids moving, dressing fashionably is part of the job. A few years into her husband’s presidency, Michelle Obama has already set herself apart from her predecessors, bringing a modern edge — and even J. Crew — to the White House. She’s also a political dresser, conscientiously picking labels to fit with occasions, from wearing a custom Vera Wang gown for a state dinner hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tadashi Shoji when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe came to Washington to Missoni in Italy and Preen in England.
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