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Michelle Obama's Wardrobe A Big Boost To Small Designers

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 12.12.2011

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When first lady Michelle Obama steps outside the White House, all eyes are watching. For a handful of lesser-known independent designers that make her...

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FLOTUS Flaunts Floral In The Fall

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 12.28.2011

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MIchelle Obama pulled out one of her favorite Thakoon dresses yesterday when she met with students from John Sexton Elementary School at Tampa Interna...

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PHOTOS: What FLOTUS Wore On The Tarmac

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 12.27.2011

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Michelle Obama looked lovely in Florida today as she met with students from John Sexton Elementary School at Tampa International Airport. Clad in a...

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Launches and Anniversaries

Melissa Berkelhammer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the torrential rain last Thursday night, celebrities, designers, and scenesters turned out in full force to fete a host of celebrations taking place throughout the city that evening.

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PHOTOS: Target Brings Back Dresses You Missed The First Time Around

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bargain shoppers and Michelle Obama alike, rejoice! Target is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its GO International program by re-releasing 34...

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What if Phoebe Philo, Victoria Beckham and Tory Burch Designed Men's Clothes?

Blue Carreon | Posted 05.25.2011

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While there have been exciting trends to come out of the Milan shows and more to come surely from the City of Lights, I still feel that men are sometimes left out of the fashion game.

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Thakoon Spring 2011: Which Looks Should Michelle Obama Wear? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thakoon Panichgul showed his Spring 2011 collection at New York Fashion Week on Saturday. For the non-fashion-obsessed, you might know Thakoon from hi...

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Asian-American Designers Take Over Fashion Industry

New York Times | Eric Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Their ascent to the top tier of New York fashion represents an important demographic shift on Seventh Avenue. At the Fashion Week that begins here on ...

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Michelle Obama WOWS At Cinco De Mayo Celebration (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The first couple attended a celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, where Michelle Obama may have dropped jaw...

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Michelle Obama Welcomes G-20 Spouses, Hosts Dinner At Teresa Heinz Kerry's Rosemont Farm (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

*PHOTOS BELOW* By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH - First lady Michelle Obama shared her passion for eating fresh, healthy...

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Michelle Obama Fabulous In Florals (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The jacket was by Thakoon. First lady Michelle Obama speaks at an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Tuesday, May 11, 2010...

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Governors Ball 2010: Michelle Obama Bares Her Arms In Black (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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We were expecting to run a slideshow of the arrivals at Sunday night's White House Governors' Ball, but--thanks to the Salahis?--there seem to be no s...

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Thakoon Fall 2010: What Should Michelle Obama Wear? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thakoon Panichgul presented his Fall 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday, February 14th. The designer is a favorite of Michelle Obama's...

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Thakoon To Make Brooches, Jewelry For Michelle Obama?

StyleList.com | Lisa Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thakoon Panichgul, the genius behind Thakoon, is branching out into fine jewelry. The ready-to-wear designer (and Michelle Obama favorite) has signed...

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Michelle Obama Visits 'Jay Leno', Discusses The Brady Bunch, Her iPod And Her Tennis Game (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Obama appeared on Jay Leno's "Ten@Ten" segment on Friday night, fielding ten questions about her life in the White House. When Jay told her s...

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The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fashion often looks to the past for inspiration. This fall, history is in great evidence: surrealist flourishes from the 1940s abound; shoulder pads and neons from 1980s saturate clothing lines at all levels.

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Spring Fashion Week Starts -- Glitz & Glamour to Divert your Attention

Alex Geana | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Spring Fashion week approaches, I'm expecting glitz and glamour. The industry is trying to get shoppers to forget interest rates are in a nearly un-manageable stratosphere.

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Designer Thakoon, A Michelle Obama Favorite, Shows New Collection At Fashion Week (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Designer Thakoon Panichgul, he who outfitted Michelle Obama for the final night of the Democratic National Convention and the first debate between Bar...

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Michelle Obama's Favorite Designers Discuss First Lady

wwd.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I'm an exception," Cornejo said with a laugh. "I'm not big on choices." Apparently, the First Lady is. So much so that she still doesn't clue in d...

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Fashion Face-Off! Michelle Obama And Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Finally Meet In France (VIDEO, PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

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*Video, poll and slideshow below* Update: See a slideshow of more first lady fashion at Friday night's NATO dinner and concert. ** The meeting ...

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Jason Wu, Thakoon Panichgul Celebrate Glamour's 70th Anniversary (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Glamour Project art exhibit celebrated Glamour magazine's 70th Anniversary with a dinner hosted by editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and Senior Vice Pre...

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Fashion's Remedy for the Recession

Susan Cernek | Posted 05.25.2011

In fairness to the harbingers of gloomy grays and browns, it's not that designers forgot we're in a depression -- they just guessed wrong at how the fashion world would deal with the drama.

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