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What Michelle Obama's Wearing Now

by Nana at March 31, 2009, 6:45 PM

Because we're officially obsessed with Michelle Obama's fashion choices, we launched this fashion album to catalog her outfits and share links on the Bluefly pieces that'll help you get the First Lady's look at hook-up prices. We'll update this post regularly, so keep checking in!

UPDATE: Our Michelle Obama album has gotten so big we had to create a second. To see what Michelle Obama's wearing RIGHT now, check out all her most recent looks HERE.

What She's Wearing: A strapless black maxi with a layered necklace and earring studs
Where She's Wearing It: Speaking at Time's event honoring the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people (May 5, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A fitted black maxi dress. This Vera Wang Lavender Label dress, this jersey dress by Laundry and this beaded shoulder dress by David Meister all have the same effortless and elegant effect of Obama's simple crewneck gown.
2. A pair of stud earrings
3. A layered strand necklace like this one by Lee Angel
4. Beaded black heels

[photo by Mrs-O.org]

[All photos courtesy of Getty Images with the exception of those noted]

Click "link" or Continue Reading "What Michelle Obama's Wearing Now" to shop the First Lady's past looks.

What She's Wearing: The same floral dress (!) she wore the day after the Inauguration to attend services and welcome DC residents into the White House.
Where She's Wearing It: To give a talk at the United States Mission to the United Nations (May 5, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A strong floral print dress
2. A pair of comfy flat shoes

What She's Wearing: A striped shirtdress and flats
Where She's Wearing It: At the unveiling of a bust of Sojourner Truth in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton (April 28, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A shirtdress or solid-colored shirt with striped skirt
2. A wide belt
3. A pair of comfy flat shoes

What She's Wearing: An argyle boyfriend cardigan, white top with bow detailing, and black dress pants
Where She's Wearing It: In the East Room of the White House taking questions from White House employees' children on Take Your Children to Work Day (April 23, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A cardigan with a fun print like this patterned Yaya Aflalo style , or this cropped Charlotte Tarantola sweater, or a cardigan in a bold color with an interesting shape. For a true "boyfriend" fit, go for a men's argyle sweater in a small size -- just make sure to belt it.
2. A fluttery blouse with some sort of special detail like a bow, ruffle, georgette, or print
3. A crisp pair of dress pants

What She's Wearing: A violet blazer with matching patent belt, leaf-print tank blouse and pinstripe trousers.
Where She's Wearing It: At the Seed School where President Obama signed The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (April 21, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A fitted blazer -- I like this twill-trimmed jacket by Development or this cropped BCBG MaxAzria style
2. A flash-reflecting patent belt -- if you go with a cropped blazer you don't need a belt
3. A bold print blouse. If you go with a darker blazer, the rich greens in this chiffon BCBG blouse would look awesome peeking from beneath your open jacket. If you go with a lighter colored blazer, a paler print or simply a blouse with a soft feminine detail (like this frost striped pleat detail top by BCBG) will create the same effect.
4. A crisp pair of dress pants

What She's Wearing: A sleeveless garden-print dress with cardigan
Where She's Wearing It: To Easter Sunday services at St. John's Episcopal church (April 12, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. An arm-baring print dress like this one by Vera Wang
2. A matching cardigan like this one by Michael Kors that picks up one of the colors in the dress
3. A pair of pumps -- also in a color that matches the tones featured in the dress.
4. A traditional pearl necklace or a double-strand style like this wood beaded one by Wendy Mink

What Michelle's Wearing: A fitted jacket trimmed in leather, black trousers, white shirt and colorful scarf, patent flats
What France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's Wearing: A lilac coat, prune-colored quilted Chanel bag, black satin top, colorful scarf knotted around her waist, black trousers, and patent wedges
Where They're Wearing It: Visiting Rohan Palace in Strasbourg, France on a trip planned for the spouses of NATO member leaders (April 4, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. Black dress pants
2. A shell tank in black or white
3. Patent leather shoes for a little gloss
4. A bright print scarf for color
5. A fitted blazer with leather piping like the one Obama is wearing, or a coat in a cheery spring color like the one Bruni-Sarkozy is wearing
6. A killer Chanel bag

What She's Wearing: A full-skirted black dress with baby cardigan, patent heels, and a single cuff
Where She's Wearing It: At the spouses' evening at the opening of the NATO summit on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany (April 3, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A dramatic black tank dress
2. A shrunken jacket or a cropped tuxedo blazer
3. A pair of patent pumps
4. A conversation cuff like this chunky stretch bracelet by Viktoria Hayman, this black and white enamel bangle Lee Angel, or this silver wire cuff by Argento Vivo

What She's Wearing: A magenta dress with floral prints (that kinda look like paws (in a good way)!), and kitten heels
Where She's Wearing It: Meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband, Joachim Sauer (April 3, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A whimsical-print dress or a simple short-sleeve dress in a bold color.
2. A pair of patent kitten heels

What She's Wearing: A cornflower blue dress with an argyle cardigan, double strand of pearls and the same Jimmy Choos from Inauguration Day!
Where She's Wearing It: Visiting the students at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Secondary School in London (April 2, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A solid maxi dress
2. A boyfriend cardigan
3. A double strand of pearls
4. A pair of patent heels

What She's Wearing: Embellished cardigan, textured pencil skirt, killer pumps, pearls and stacks of bangles
Where She's Wearing It: Visiting Maggie's Caring Cancer Center with Sarah Gordon, wife if Britain's Prime Minister(April 1, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A cardigan with a fashion-forward shape or detail
2. An embellished top that will sparkle under your cardigan, but won't cause the knit to snag
3. A pencil skirt with a cool pattern
4. A pair of printed, exotic skin or embellished pumps
5. A double strand of pearls or two different pearl necklaces
6. Layers of different bracelets

What She's Wearing: A tank top, puff skirt, and pumps
Where She's Wearing It: To meet the Queen of England (April 1, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A soft tank blouse
2. A skirt that's appropriate for evening
3. Patent leather heels
4. A double strand of pearls

What She's Wearing: A knee-length chartreuse dress, black jacket with studded patent belt, and patent flats
Where She's Wearing It: Getting off Air Force One on her first trip to Europe as First Lady (March 31, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A chartreuse dress with some sort of detail at the neck
2. Alightweight black coat -- if you want to give the look some edge, go with a blazer or a motorcycle jacket
3. A studded black belt
4. Patent leather flats

What She's Wearing: A royal purple knee-length dress with bow, a matching jacket, and patent kitten heel pumps
Where She's Wearing It: At an awards ceremony held by Hillary Clinton to honor International Women of Courage. (March 11, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A purple dress with some sort of cool embellishment
2. Apurple blazer or jacket -- if you want to give the look some edge, go with a cropped or leather style
3. Patent leather heels

What She's Wearing: A fluid emerald green dress with black empire waist band, metallic sandal heels, and stacked bangles
Where She's Wearing It: At a celebration honoring musician Stevie Wonder's receipt of the Library of Congress' Gershwin Price for Popular Song (February 24, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A flowing green dress or empire waist frock
2. Aset of bangles
3. Metallic heels

What She's Wearing: A sleeveless silk blouse with a wool skirt in purple
Where She's Wearing It: At her husband's address to both Legislative Houses. (February 24, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A silk tank blouse
2. Wool skirt in the same color as your blouse
3. High heel pumps

What She's Wearing: A twinkling metallic dress with a multi-strand pearl necklace layered over a diamond necklace
Where She's Wearing It: Previewing the Governors Ball Dinner in the White House kitchen. (February 22, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A metallic evening gown
2. Alayered necklace
3. Jeweled heels

What She's Wearing: An electric blue dress with textured black pattern, patent leather kitten heels
Where She's Wearing It: Previewing the Governors Ball Dinner in the White House kitchen. (February 22, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A graphic patterned dress
2. Patent leather kitten heels

What She's Wearing: A cropped houndstooth jacket, pearl constellation brooch, black turtleneck and slim-fit slacks
Where She's Wearing It: At the Department of Transportation, giving a speech. (February 20, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A bold cropped jacket
2. An eye-catching brooch
3. Matching turtleneck and dress pants
4. Suede pumps

What She's Wearing: A deep v-neck sweater over a spanking white shirt, with a belt, and what looks like the same tweed skirt she wore in her spread from the March '09 issue of Vogue
Where She's Wearing It: In the White House East Room, hosting a Black History Month event for local Washington DC 6th and 7th graders. (February 18, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A a fitted v-neck sweater
2. stark white shirt
3. A pencil tweed skirt
4. Suede pumps
5. a belt that will pull your look together

What She's Wearing: A playful frock with sheer plaid overlaying a taupe slip
Where She's Wearing It: At Ford's Theatre where her husband was presented with a replica of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (February 11, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A casual plaid dress that you can dress up with accessories
2. Stacks of bangles
3. Chandelier earrings
4. Kitten heel pumps

What She's Wearing: A black knee-length dress with red colorblocking at the collar and shoulders by Narciso Rodriguez
Where She's Wearing It: At a shoot for Vogue's March issue.
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A colorblocked LBD
2. Kitten heel pumps

[photo courtesy of Jezebel]

What She's Wearing: A coral ruffle detail blouse with matching cardigan and a tweed skirt rich with browns, corals and creams
Where She's Wearing It: At a shoot for Vogue's March issue.
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A ruffle detail blouse -- this one by Joie is closest to the color she wore
2. Acardigan that matches your blouse
3. A tweed skirt that picks up the colors in your blouse and cardigan

[photo courtesy of Jezebel]

What She's Wearing: a metallic black dress with sewn in matte cardigan and a constellation pearl brooch
Where She's Wearing It: At a performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center. (February 6, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A metallic dress with matching cardigan
2. A pearl brooch

What She's Wearing: regal blue with pearls
Where She's Wearing It: At a National Prayer Breakfast meeting. (February 5, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A jeweltone dress
2. A pearl earrings or necklaces (if the dress doesn't have any jeweled detail of its own)
3. suede or patent pumps to add texture to the look

[photo courtesy of Politico.com]

What She's Wearing: a royal purple blouse with grey skirt suit
Where She's Wearing It: Speaking at the Department of Housing & Urban Development. (February 4, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A jeweltone blouse
2. A grey skirt
3. grey blazer

What She's Wearing: a button-down shirt with zigs and zags of stripes, deep v-neck cardigan, belt and ruched skirt
Where She's Wearing It: At an unannounced visit to D.C.'s Capital Charter School. (February 3, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. A top with a fun stripe pattern or a striped blouse with interesting details.
2. A deep V-cardigan that showcases the stripes, or a belted cardigan
3. Woven belt for texture, if you don't go with a belted cardigan
4. A dark skirt with some texture to it like this Marc Jacobs navy silk crepe pleated skirt or this more youthful indigo Nanette Lepore mini.
5. Ballet Flats

What She's Wearing: crisp white shirt, cardigan and python belt
Where She's Wearing It: At the Department of Education, to raise support for President Obama's stimulus package. (February 2, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1.White shirt with menswear details
2. Chocolate cardigan
3. Wide-buckle belt
4. Wideleg trousers
5. Ballet Flats

[photo courtesy of Mrs-O.org]

What She's Wearing: Heather coat by J. Crew, belted sheath dress, patent Jimmy Choo pumps (the same ones she wore on Inauguration Day), oversized black hobo bag
Where She's Wearing It: To lunch with Dr. Jill Biden, Newark Mayor, Adrian Fenty & his wife. (January 30, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1.Heather coat
2. Sheath dress
3. Patent pumps
4. Patent belt
5. Hobo bag

[photo courtesy of Huffington Post]

Who She's Wearing: a v-neck blouse with wrap detailing, purple boucle suit by Narciso Rodriguez and strand of pearls
Where She's Wearing It: At the bill signing of the 'Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act' in the East Room of the White House. Ledbetter (pictured with Obama) is a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant in Alabama who sued when she discovered she may have been getting smaller raises than her male co-workers. She lost the case which went all the way to the Supreme Court, but this bill now officially grants equal pay to women. (January 29, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1.White silk blouse
2. Strand of pearls
3. Dark blazer with matching pencil skirt or dress pants
4. Patent flats

[photo by Stephen Crowley, courtesy of The New York Times]

[photo by Charles Dharapak, courtesy of AP]

What She's Wearing: Royal purple coat by Narciso Rodriguez with matching scarf
Where She's Wearing It: Arriving at her daughters' school, Sidwell Friends (January 29, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. Bold-colored coat with matching scarf

Who She's Wearing: Tracy Feith
Where She's Wearing It: Receiving guests on her First Day in the White House (January 21, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. Printed dress
2. Patent flats

Who She's Wearing: Jason Wu dress, Loree Rodkin jewels
Where She's Wearing It: All 10 Inauguration Balls (January 20, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. One shoulder evening gown
2. Peep-toe heels
3. Drop earrings
4. A set of bangles

Who She's Wearing: Isabel Toledo coat and dress, J. Crew gloves, Nina Ricci cardigan, Carole Tanenbaum vintage Victorian paste pin, and Jimmy Choo pumps
Where She's Wearing It: Inauguration Day Events (January 20, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. Matching brocade coat and dress
2. Cashmere cardigan
3. Patent leather pumps
4. Leather gloves
5. Stud Earrings
6. Signature brooch or pin

Who She's Wearing: Narciso Rodriguez
Where She's Wearing It: Pre-Inaugural We Are One concert which featured performances by Beyonce, Sheryl Crow, John Legend and Bruce Springsteen, and appearances by Denzel Washington, Tiger Woods and Jamie Foxx. (January 18, 2009)
How You Can Wear It Too:
1. Matching Wool or Cashmere Coat and Wool knee-length skirt
2. Cashmere sweater
3. Pointy-toed pumps
4. Leather gloves
5. Drop Earrings
6. A belt that matches your pumps (if your coat isn't already belted)

Also check out:
>Mrs-O.org
>MichelleObamaWatch.com

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