Michelle Obama as Fashion Icon

Michelle Obama's Fashion Dresses
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State Dinner: China, Jan. 19, 2011
"For the state dinner honoring the Chinese President, Michelle Obama caused a bit of a controversy among Seventh Avenue designers by wearing a dress by the British label Alexander McQueen."

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