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Home › Politics

The Etceterist | 01/20/2009 10:20 am

Getting Gown Part II: Michelle Obama Wearing Isabel Toledo Today

By Billy Norwich
© AP

The exquisite soft maize coat and dress Michelle Obama will wear today to the swearing in of husband Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States on Capitol Hill, comes from designer Isabel Toledo. A veteran of the fashion world, last year was tough for Toledo when label Anne Klein, for whom she had been designing in a relaunch of the brand, let her go for financial reasons. But Barneys officials, who sell Toledo’s own label collection, will now have to prepare extra space to accommodate the increasingly popular designer. Thanks, Mrs. O!

Also noted, Mrs. Obama wore two outfits by Narciso Rodriguez on Saturday: the camel-colored coat and dress worn to the "We Are One" concert, and the purple coat and dress she wore earlier that day for the ceremony at Arlington National Ceremony.

2009_0120_ap_michelle_obama_sat_inaug.jpg © AP

2009_0120_afp_arlingtonceremony_sat_inaug.jpg © AFP

 

More on Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Style:
Read Getting Gown: Part I
Michelle Obama’s Greatest Fashion Hits

 

Read more about: Barack Obama, Fashion, Inaugural Ball, Inauguration, Isabel Toledo, Michelle Obama, Narciso Rodriguez, News, Politics

32 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

S.J. Morgan
I like the purple and the black and yellow..but not fond of the top picture!! To much yellow and to many layers!
By S.J. Morgan on 01/20/2009 10:35 am
Marva Marva
I love the Toledo outfit The shoes and gloves are perfect. Fabulous Rodriquez outfits yesterday as well. Stunning. The girls look amazing today as well. Who are they wearing?
By Marva Marva on 01/20/2009 10:39 am
Buh- Bye
I loved her outfit today, but the gloves? Ech. They didn’t fit with the outfit. Color was off.
By Buh- Bye on 01/20/2009 3:42 pm
Marva Marva
My Alias, Really??? I loved the gloves…matched the shoes which I usally don’t like but worked for me this time. I should also say that I loved the speech too. lol.
By Marva Marva on 01/20/2009 4:53 pm
Belinda Joy
She looks FABULOUS!
By Belinda Joy on 01/20/2009 10:41 am
Sandbee (FB) 54
That camel and black outfit to me was just the best! And those girls are great.
By Sandbee (FB) 54 on 01/20/2009 11:49 am
Grande Camper
She looked great! I agree Sandbee the girls were great too!
By Grande Camper on 01/20/2009 12:06 pm
Dora M
The girls looked amazing this morning, just too cute! And the fact that Michelle is wearing Isabel Toledo just rocks, not only is she an amazingly original designer and completely an insider fashionista but she’s Cuban! yay! makes another Cuban American (me) so proud! and so is Narciso Rodriguez for that matter, how cool is that?! woo-hoo! Cubans rocking White House fashion!
By Dora M on 01/20/2009 12:15 pm
starry Nite
The whole Obama are so beautiful.
By starry Nite on 01/20/2009 12:35 pm
f p
Classy lady and lovely too in a truly beautiful dress.
By f p on 01/20/2009 12:36 pm
Green Tears
She is beautiful and wears everything so well - as a petite, I am quite envious! Couldn’t someone have found shades of gloves and shoes that matched better? That was a distraction to a lovely outfit.
By Green Tears on 01/20/2009 12:46 pm
S.J. Morgan
the dress was to “matronly” for her age!
By S.J. Morgan on 01/20/2009 1:00 pm
Brooklyn Gal
She looked beautiful. I loved her outfit, the cut the colors. Just perfect!
By Brooklyn Gal on 01/20/2009 1:23 pm
EKA -
Loved everything so far, EXCEPT for this dress. Yellow does nothing for her beautiful brown skin, the rinestoney thing at the neck looked tacky, the bow holding the coat together looked to girlish, the fabric was too busy for all the layers. And I agree with SJ above, it looked matronly. She usually hits it but sometimes has some big misses. The red & black ” black widow spider’ dress on election night was one, this, in my opinion was another. She is trying too hard to make a statement, she’ll be fine as she goes along, but I’m getting a little nervous about the Ball gown.
By EKA - on 01/20/2009 1:31 pm
S.J. Morgan
I agree.. It was to lacy!! She is s strong woman she does no need frills! And you are right the yellow of that dress does not flatter her complexion! The bright yellow with the black look fabulous. She would look beautiful in a champaign gold gown shimmering gown or even slighlty orange….I also want to see tonights outfit!
By S.J. Morgan on 01/20/2009 3:55 pm
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