Inaugural Fashion: Isabel Toledo for Michelle, J.Crew for the Girls

2009_01_ofashion.jpg First Lady Michelle Obama, who must save the American fashion industry (at least, according to the NY Times), did not disappoint with her first outfit of her husband's administration: She wore a "lemongrass yellow" Isabel Toledo dress and coat with teal green Jimmy Choo kitten heels and olive green J.Crew gloves. Toledo, a New York designer who immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba when she was eight, didn't know that Obama picked her outfit until watching the TV and told the Times that 13 people worked on clothes—"Chinese ladies, Polish ladies, Spanish ladies"—and added, “We’re all grateful for this opportunity, and we don’t even have a PR person!” As for Obama daughters—Sasha in pink and orange and Malia in blue and black— they were wearing clothes made exclusively by J.Crew's Crewcuts girls' line; those outfits and coats will be available this fall.

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Come on! No price tag? All the attention Gov. Palin got for her campaign's wardrobe budget surely has us all interested in the Democrat fashion allocation too.
I sure hope somebody paid for those pre-production threads... We wouldn't want to break any political contribution laws...

I'm sure it'll come soon. But First Ladies do wear glamourous clothes—Laura Bush notably wore Oscar de la Renta.

Plus, the Obamas made a pretty penny last year.

Are we seriously comparing Sarah Palin to the First Lady? Puh-leeze.

Does it really matter what she wears? Society is so wrapped in what people wear. These clothes aren't even made in the USA.

Glenn, Palin wasn't and is not in the white house, so your comment is just missing it.

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