The First Lady As Fashion Leader: Washington Post
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:10AM 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 million citizens but because it is her fate as she steps into a role that is ill-defined and largely symbolic.
As a culture we have become increasingly accustomed to nitpicking the styles of the famous. The red carpet postmortem is irresistible during the award show season, and everyone loves a makeover after which viewers judge whether the weight loss, new hairstyle, refreshed makeup or modernized wardrobe has been as wonderfully transforming as advertised. more
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