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16th January 2009, 13:56 |
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all about Michelle Obama:the first lady - fashion icon
Fashion icon: Michelle Obama's look is a new chapter in first lady style
By SUSAN PHINNEY SPECIAL TO THE P-I Michelle Obama is being touted as the first fashion icon to inhabit the White House since Jacqueline Kennedy nearly a half-century ago. Obama does seem to have a penchant for the sleeveless dresses worn by Kennedy, and their body types are similar: Obama is 5-foot-11, Kennedy was 5-foot-9 (though she used to say 5-foot-7). But Obama's approach to fashion is different. Kennedy was all about designers and pale colors. Obama shops off the rack at stores ranging from J.Crew to White House / Black Market. And when she does wear a designer label it tends to be Maria Pinto, a Chicago-based designer relatively unknown until recently. Obama goes for color. Black and red prints, and dresses in red, coral, violet and purple all spiced the campaign trail. Stripes don't scare her, even when they're horizontal. With her lean body and impeccable posture, anything she wears seems to work. She appeared on the cover of More magazine in a lavender sheath with a purple bow at the neckline. Brooches, big beads and wide belts have adorned her apparel. Her fashion choices are already creating a stir. Tim Gunn of "Project Runway" and chief creative officer of Liz Claiborne Inc. calls her "sophisticated, polished, chic and at ease in her clothes." He says she has "an appropriate yet attainable approach" to fashion. Said Gunn: "I think all these elements combined position her as a trendmaker." Gregg Andrews, the Chicago-based fashion director for Nordstrom, said, "Mrs. Obama is an exemplary example of a well-dressed Chicago woman." Andrews said she stands out because she doesn't dress like other politician's wives: "She's doing a great job of expressing her personal style." Andrews points out that Obama is taller than Kennedy, and she's walking proof that one can be well-dressed without having to resort to designer clothing. "Until recently, people have been looking at Hollywood celebrities and television for fashion guidance and inspiration," Andrews said. But he said those red-carpet costumes usually are selected to draw attention to an individual -- the person wearing it or the designer who created it. They're usually not related to what women really wear. Andrews calls fashion "an industry and an art form," and he hopes Obama will stimulate interest in it. "Her use of color is impressive and will influence the fashion scene," he predicted, giving color-shy women the green light, for example, and encouraging them to wear more dresses and skirts. Andrews noted that President-elect Barack Obama also is an influence, favoring classic two-button suits from Chicago manufacturer Hart Schaffner Marx. He likes soft contrasts -- a white shirt with a pale blue tie, for example. "He has understated elegance about what he wears," Andrews said, "unlikely to fall into the red/white/blue (tie, shirt, suit combo) so popular with politicians." Trend expert Tom Julian, a New York-based consultant, says Michelle Obama brings a reality factor into the fashion limelight and has shown women how to wear high- and low-end fashions. Julian defines Chicago style as "more crafted and sculpted" than the sheer, sexy looks shown on New York runways, and Obama is likely to bring those sculpted silhouettes -- and emerging designers -- to the White House. "It is also an opportunity for her to showcase African-American designers -- Tracy Reese, for example," Julian said. Lynwood Holmberg, fashion director and buyer for Mario's in Seattle, says the Michelle Obama influence is already being noted here. She says shoppers are talking about her, and they're interested in apparel by Thakoon Panichgul after seeing Obama in one of his print dresses. The demand for dresses is growing, Holmberg says. "They're an easy way to get dressed and feel pulled together," she said. "They can go from day to evening." Andrews predicts the Obama era will be about the well-dressed family. "When they appear in public as a family, you know it," he said. He cites the black and red dresses worn by the Obama daughters, Sasha and Malia, and the black-and-red print Narciso Rodriguez dress Michelle Obama wore on election night. "Those messages stick in our minds. It sends a message they are a cohesive, strong family," Andrews said. |
16th January 2009, 14:34 |
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Michelle Obama: a new type of First Lady
That rather sad, muffled noise you hear behind the whoops and cheers of Democrat America is not the sound of defeated neocons mourning the passing of trickle-down economics; it is the sound of sobbing in the Élysée Palace. For Carla Bruni, reigning queen of First Ladies, the game is finally up. Cindy McCain would have been a push-over; even Sarah Palin she could have coped with, sexy specs or otherwise. But in Michelle Obama, Ms Bruni has truly met her match. This is a First Lady like none before. In truth, from the moment Michelle Obama stepped on to that podium at the Democrat convention what seems like, ooh, about three million years ago, we all secretly knew which way this race was going. Sure, he had big, sticky-out ears; sure, all those luvvies made that embarrassing YouTube song about him; but if Michelle thought that he was OK — if she chose him — then he just had to be a good man. Everything about this woman speaks to the modern, post-feminist woman: she is manifestly clever, independently minded, attractive in a normal, accessible way (and not in a scary, plastic-fantastic Cindy way). Her demeanour is a reassuring mixture of sassy and self-deprecating; her easy, confident dress sense neither too sexy nor too self-conscious. Most of all, however, she appears to be the personification of sanity, a woman who, while clearly supportive of her husband’s quest for world domination, is nevertheless not afraid to point out when he is danger of drinking too much of his own Kool-Aid. The evolution of the role of First Lady is a fascinating one. Until now, they have essentially been available in two flavours. The first is the meek, supportive grin-and-bear-it model, as exemplified by Laura and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan and Mamie Eisenhower. Often Republican, invariably well-coiffed, they seem to simultaneously be at the centre of the action yet a million light years away from power. Often, this impression is grossly unfair. Laura Bush’s favourite writer, for example, is Dostoevsky — not that you would have known it from the press release: too intimidating, too intellectual for the wife of the man everyone wanted to share a Bud with. The alternative is the two-for-the-price-of-one First Lady. These tend to be ball-breaking Democrats such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton. They have their own careers, their own lives and their own minds. There is one exception: Jackie Kennedy. She was pure style, a fashion clothes horse who still, 40 years on, has the power to inspire double-page spreads in Vogue magazine. What makes Michelle unique is the way she so skilfully unites all three: supportive, independent and a fashion icon. Sarah Palin blew £90,000 on her campaign wardrobe but let’s face it, it is that blue shift dress that we all remember. In the last American election, the big question was this: who would you most want to share a beer with? In this one, it was more like: who would you like to share a Martini with? The answer of course being Michelle. (Barack could maybe make himself useful by popping out for some crisps.) Michelle is not only invigoratingly intelligent, proud of her urbanity, but also unafraid of showing her abilities. She is certainly the only wife of a presidential candidate I can remember who, instead of playing herself down, played up the general uselessness of her husband in matters domestic — and in doing so not only held her ground intellectually but also reached out to all those women who, while devoted to their spouses, also find them slightly useless in matters of sock-tidying. Perhaps the most exciting thing about Michelle however is what having a woman lawyer like her in the White House means. For it is not often one can go to sleep safe in the knowledge that there is an educated, intelligent, sensible female voice being heard in the corridors of power. At the 2004 Democrat Convention in Boston, when the unknown Barack Obama stepped up to the plate to deliver the keynote speech, she famously said to him: “Don’t screw it up, buddy.” One cannot help hoping those words were repeated last night. |
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