Michelle Obama to save American fashion

January 9, 8:33 AMFashion ExaminerMiMi Dabo

Previous Next

2 comments Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the Fashion Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

Boutiquemix.com 

There is Michellefashionmania everywhere - from newspapers to magazines to television news - its remarkable.  Michelle O has clearly turned herself into a fashion force to be reckoned with.  Not the type of high-price couture that the average working woman cannot afford, but reasonably priced fashion stunners. 

Her bold and stylish choices for the campaign trail definitely garnered her some popularity votes.  A First Lady who is tall, beautiful, smart and dresses fabulously - Pure fabulosity!

Clearly we know what  President-elect Obama has to do - save the American economy.  Will Michelle Obama  save American fashion?  The media seems to think so.  As I type this sentence, Matt Lauer is asking whether Michelle Obama is the next fashion icon.  Is she?  Or is she just another woman whose stylist knows what works for her body?  Is she really into fashion as much as the media makes it out to be? I don't know.  But I do know that I love her style. 

From her trademark jewelry and sweaters to her affordable dresses, Michelle Obama has carved out a little niche for herself - the first lady of fashion.  Fashionistas are buzzing over her J. Crew ensembles, her Isabel Toledo and Thakoon Panichgul designs, and let's not forget that red and black Narcisco Rodriguez outfit that left fashionistas divided.   Michelle O's fashion appeal is not that she is a divanista.  It's that she is wearing clothes off the rack.  The same clothes you or I could walk into White House Black Market or J Crew and buy.

Whether Maria Pinto follows Michelle O to the White House or not, we know Michelle O will remain a fashion favorite during her stay in the White House.  Will she continue to favor her off the rack ensembles or will she focus on designer routes?  Somehow, no matter what,  I have a feeling she will favor American designers.  

Stay tuned for a more detailed analysis of Michelle Obama's fashion impact on fashionistas in Washington DC.