Michelle Obama as Fashion Icon

Michelle Obama's Fashion Dresses
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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Dec. 10, 2009
"For the Nobel Peace prize ceremony in Oslo Michelle wore a shimmery Calvin Klein dress that she had reworked from its original runway incarnation. The hem was originally asymmetrical and Mrs. Obama had it made in a more classical shape — proof that she knows what looks and feels right on her."

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