Michelle Obama Gets Fashion Honor in NYC - Political News
foxnews.com 6/16/2009 — NEW YORK -- The fashion industry made it clear at its annual awards ceremony Monday night that it's looking to future stars to see it past the doldrums of the recession, shunning longtime favorites and honoring a largely new guard: Rodarte, Proenza ...

Video - Michelle Obama: First Lady and fashion icon
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — From her love of bold colors to her penchant for figure-hugging sillouettes, Michelle Obama is the first lady fashion designers and style watchers have been waiting for.

Note to Fashion World: Michelle Obama Is Black
motherjones.com 12/6/2008 — Womens' Wear Daily commissioned top designers to 'dress' Michelle Obama in her role as First Lady. I'm with Slate's Julia Turner : Why'd so many draw her as a shiksa? I get that these drawings are stylizations but, to design for someone ...

Can Michelle Obama Save Fashion Industry?
abcnews.go.com 11/20/2008 — Michelle Obama will soon be the nation's first lady and mom in chief, but others are expecting even grander things from her, like saving the fashion industry. The flagging fashion industry, for one, is hoping that the future first lady will inspire ...

Michelle Obama: Fashion Icon?
abcnews.go.com 1/18/2009 — Future first lady Michelle Obama donned a red-and-black, figure-accentuating dress as she took the stage Nov. 4 to celebrate her husband's presidential win. The entire Obama clan was color-coordinated, with Barack Obama's tie and Malia and Sasha ...

Michelle Obama's high fashion in hard times
dcexaminer.com 2/27/2009 — Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 2/27/09 So what was the White House social secretary doing at the New York fashion shows? It didn't make most of the papers or the TV newscasts, but Desiree Rogers, the new White House social secretary, caused ...

Michelle Obama Fashion and Style
mrs-o.org 3/30/2009 — DV491743 Photo by Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images First Lady Mrs. O and President Mr. O pose for photos with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her husband Joachim Sauer, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the NATO ...

Fashion, Journalism, Shame
dailykos.com 8/30/2009 — This is a tale of the difference between fashion reporting and third-rate fashion punditry. The Obamas, you see, went on vacation. And now it's time for the Obama women (or woman and girls) to be chastised for their lapses in appropriate dress being ...

Is Michelle Obama getting too much attention for her fashion choices?
theloop21.com 3/11/2009 — Come to The Loop and voice your opinion now!

Michelle Obama: 'Leading' First Lady
swamppolitics.com 4/30/2009 — by Mark Silva "I feel like I've never left Chicago,'' First Lady Michelle Obama said today in Washington - soccer on Saturdays, slumber parties for the girls' friends. Add to the routine now: Walks before dawn with the first dog - which ...

Music Review: At the White House, a Blend of Jazz Greats and Hopefuls — NYT > Politics 6/16/2009
On Monday afternoon, Michelle Obama invited about 150 high school jazz students to the White House for a program called Jazz Studio, with workshops led by jazz musicians and a concert.

First lady: Government alone can't rebuild — msnbc.com: Politics 6/16/2009
First lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that struggling communities shouldn't look to government alone for help. She stressed the importance of the national service law.

First lady's inaugural outfit in New York exhibit (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 6/16/2009
Reuters - The ensemble worn by Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day goes on display on Wednesday, allowing the public a first close-up look at the design that helped earn the first lady praise for her fashion sense.

Students join Mrs. Obama in harvest — msnbc.com: Politics 6/16/2009
First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped plant in the spring.

Michelle Obama on the Importance of Eating Vegetables — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 6/17/2009
Amy Chozick reports on the White House. First Lady Michelle Obama wants you to eat your vegetables. “Too many kids are consuming high-calorie food with low nutritional value,” Obama told a group of students from Bancroft Elementary School ...