Aught Fashion: The Style of 2000-2009

Meg Hemphill, 12.28.2009

Senior Editor, Blush.com

What are the notable fashion moments from the first decade of this century that you people will talk about 30 years from now?

We're All Barbie Now?

Rosalyn Hoffman, 12.27.2009

Author, Bitches on a Budget

We're stumped about why Michelle O's chic, broad-ranging style is a matter of debate. An accomplished woman, how she chooses to spend her money on her clothing is her business.

Bring Back the Belly

Rosalyn Hoffman, 12.10.2009

Author, Bitches on a Budget

Girls growing up today have enough pressure without these unrealistic and unhealthy images of scarecrows. I say bring back the belly. Quick.

Heel Power: Men Lust After Women, Women Lust After Shoes

Rosalyn Hoffman, 12.14.2009

Author, Bitches on a Budget

We've been thinking about shoes and why we love them. Why is it we have so many pairs and they are all so different? (One might argue that the twelve...

Michelle Obama's State Dinner Earrings By Bochic: "We Were Very Happy"

Rachel Strugatz, 12.01.2009

Fashion and style writer

The one-of-a-kind Naeem Khan gown Michelle Obama donned for the state dinner stole the spotlight initially, but it was her show-stopping rose cut, amber, and tourmaline pear shaped earrings that stole our hearts.

Trends: The Lady Brooch

Gina Pell, 11.11.2009

Content Chief, Splendora Style Culture Radar

The brooch doesn't always have to be worn grazing the shoulder. I pin mine to a silk ribbon or velvet cord and wear it around my wrist.

Narciso Rodriguez: Designer Of Michelle Obama's Election Night Dress Looks Back (PHOTOS)

Rachel Strugatz, 11.04.2009

Fashion and style writer

Narciso Rodriguez was already an established designer and sartorial tour de force before the First Lady was photographed wearing his dresses.

Michelle Obama's Dress: In Defense Of Her Decision

Verena von Pfetten, 11.04.2009

Sr. Editor, Air America Media

Editor's Note: In honor of the one year anniversary of Barack Obama's election, we thought it would be fitting to re-publish this defense of Michelle ...

Michelle Obama Fashion: Spring 2010 Predictions

Carol Han, 10.29.2009

I'll never forget the moment our First Lady, Michelle Obama, walked out on stage during her husband's Inauguration Ball wearing the now-famous sweep...

What Michelle Obama Can Teach Us That Models Can't

Adia Colar, 10.14.2009

Publicist, Freelance Writer

When I was looking at a lot of the models from Fashion Week, I thought the same thing: She looks like girls I met in treatment. She needs to be hospitalized right now. In an inpatient facility. For months.

Laura Smalls: Michelle Obama's Next Favorite Designer? (PHOTOS)

Gioia Diliberto, 11.16.2009

Journalist and author of The Collection

The debut collection of Laura Smalls would suit the First Lady -- or any lady for that matter.

A Glimpse Of Designer Maria Cornejo: A Michelle Obama Favorite

Sabine Heller, 10.18.2009

Writer, Editor and Creative Consultant

For designer Maria Cornejo -- headstrong, fiercely independent, brilliant, beautiful -- not belonging has made her stronger.

Straight Talking

Lola Jaye, 10.17.2009

Writer

Some believe if you keep your hair natural, you are more in touch with ones "Africanness," whilst those of us who use a relaxer are, let's just say, not that into it.

French Women Don't Wear Shorts

Gioia Diliberto, 09.27.2009

Journalist and author of The Collection

Michelle Obama seems acutely aware of the image she projects with her clothes. It was 104 degrees at the Grand Canyon, and maybe she just wanted to be comfortable.

Forget the Right to Bare Arms, Everyone Is Talking about Michelle's Right to Bare Legs

Mary Hall, 09.24.2009

The Recessionista

Sure, she is the First Lady, but it's been hotter than Hades out there and I think she has the right to be comfortable.

Jason Wu's Office: See What's Inside (PHOTOS)

Rachel Strugatz, 09.10.2009

Fashion and style writer

Designer Jason Wu is a sartorial force to be reckoned with. Usually when someone is described as having shot to fame "overnight," it's used as a figure of speech and not meant literally.

President Obama: Mom Jeans Never Looked So Good!

Mary Hall, 08.22.2009

The Recessionista

I've long said that Mrs. O is a Recessionista with her J. Crew apparel at Buckingham Palace, and now I see Barack is exercising his fashion rights to live chic and cheap.

J. Crew's Jenna Lyons: See What's In Her Office (PHOTOS)

Rachel Strugatz, 08.11.2009

Fashion and style writer

Meet Jenna Lyons, the creative director of J. Crew, the face behind "Jenna's Picks," and the resident visionary responsible for catapulting the retailer into a realm of success never seen by the likes of most brands.

Four Hot Tips for a Cool Summer

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin, 08.07.2009

creators of poshmom.com

All this effort for just three months of basking in the sunshine? Here are four ideas to make your efforts less painstaking and remind you that it is well worth the trouble.

Political Fashion Smackdown! (PHOTOS, POLL)

Karin Tanabe, 07.20.2009

Managing editor, Washington Life magazine

It's finally here! The glamazons of government are going head-to-head in the ultimate political fashion smackdown. Sure these friends and frenemies ar...

What's With Our Obsession with Michelle's Clothes?

Linda Buzzell, 07.18.2009

Psychotherapist, co-editor "Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind"

Today's news includes a great picture of Michelle working up a sweat in her garden as she tends her veggies. But folks still insist on commenting mostly on what she's wearing.