Michelle and Barack Obama
You gotta give it up to the First Lady, Michelle Obama because she did not choose a dress by an American designer. No. She chose a Cuban born women designer, Isabel Toledo. I came across her work by the work of her husband, Ruben Toledo. Ruben Toledo does beautiful illustration work for books-such as Nina Garcias One Hundred, as well as Nordstrom catalogs. You can see that the love for creativity is alive in their marriage because Isabels work is different. Her work is fresh and represents the modern women. It is noted that she paired it with green gloves from J Crew and Jimmy Choo heels. She dresses like us because she is one of us..mixing Hi and Lo designer items! I love it!
Isabel and Ruben Toledo
Now for evening she chose Jason Wu's white, one shoulder gown. Now i don't remember the previous first wives looking this hot, do you? Our first lady shows us sexy can be done tastefully and with grace. For a woman in her 40s in her position (a career practicing law, mother of 2, now first lady) she looks fabulous. She represents what women should strive for--a balance of the factors in life. No one has executed this kind of style on this occasion. I applaud her. A little info on Jason Wu...he was once designing for dolls for Integrity Toys, until he was discovered by Percy Newsom (a judge for a fashion doll contest) who later had Jason freelance. Freelance lead into full time Creative Director then lead Fashion designer. The rest is history
