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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This Story 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... See the Designers' Sketches Submit Your Sketch This Story 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... The Wind of Change On Culture: First Ladies and the Fabric of the Nation On Culture: Letting Her Hair Down, but Still Keeping Up Appearances A First Lady Gowned in Green Would Be a Go Wide Angle: Gown & Country Sketching Gowns for Michelle Obama		Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOX E-Mail This Reprints		Related Chronicling the Obamas Photos \| Twenty years ago in Chicago, two bright young attorneys met and joined forces. Leading Looks Photos \| Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama and others in the political spotlight made fashion statements at this year's conventions. More on washingtonpost.com • More Photo News » washingtonpost.com
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This Story 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... See the Designers' Sketches Submit Your Sketch This Story 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... The Wind of Change On Culture: First Ladies and the Fabric of the Nation On Culture: Letting Her Hair Down, but Still Keeping Up Appearances A First Lady Gowned in Green Would Be a Go Wide Angle: Gown & Country Sketching Gowns for Michelle Obama		Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOX E-Mail This Reprints		Related Chronicling the Obamas Photos \| Twenty years ago in Chicago, two bright young attorneys met and joined forces. Leading Looks Photos \| Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama and others in the political spotlight made fashion statements at this year's conventions. More on washingtonpost.com • More Photo News » washingtonpost.com
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