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Sketching Gowns for Michelle Obama

The next generation of American fashion designers imagines inaugural looks for the soon-to-be first lady.

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Gown & Country
Article | It's no exaggeration to say that any American designer would be thrilled to create an inaugural gown for Michelle Obama. The dress she wears to the official balls will be enshrined in history. If tradition holds, it will be donated to the First Ladies Collection at the National Museum of American...
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The First Lady As Fashion Leader
Article | For Michelle Obama, the task of dressing to please a nation will not be easy, especially a nation with a population as diverse, as judgmental and as addicted to YouTube as ours. But as first lady, that is Obama's challenge, not because it is her job to appease the aesthetic sensibility of 300...
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