The XX Factor : Michelle Obama inauguration dress

Add Jason Wu To the List...

Julia Turner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:32:00 GMT

Michelle Obama really is avoiding the First Lady fashion cliches (Oscar de la Renta, Escada), isn't she? With the debut of the ivory Jason Wu column Jessica wrote about tonight, we can add Wu's name, too, to the list of semi-obscure fashion names that...(read more)

Is Barack Obama Blacker Than Michelle?

Julia Turner — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:25:00 GMT

A few weeks ago, I posted about Women’s Wear Daily ’s gallery of inauguration looks for Michelle Obama. Many of the top designers who submitted sketches made Michelle look white, rendering her skin in cottonball hues. This week, WWD asked designers to...(read more)

Fashion Faux Pas

Marjorie Valbrun — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:55:00 GMT

Julia , I too found some of the renderings of Michelle Obama questionable and also troubling because of their subtle use of stereotypical imagery. Christian Lacroix's Michelle is a sneering, mean-looking lady , much like the "angry black woman" the Obama...(read more)

How Hard Is It To Draw Michelle Obama?

Julia Turner — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Women's Wear Daily has commissioned fashion designers from Betsey Johnson to Peter Som to imagine outfits Michelle Obama might wear to the inauguration. The resulting slide show , published on Monday, is full of sumptuous looks: I favor the clean lines...(read more)